餒
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Tainted.
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nêk ien;
the meat is spoiled.
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cía hṳ̂ mng ien ló;
this fish is just on the verge of becoming tainted.
焉
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Why; how is it that.
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lṳ́ ien cai úa m̄-àiⁿ?
How do you know that I do not want it?
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i ien lêng hāi úa?
How can he harm me?
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i ien tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
How can he do thus?
遠
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Remote; distant.
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íong-íen;
everlastingly.
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îo-íen;
in the far distance.
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lō-tîo îo-íen;
the way is interminable.
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íen kṳ̆u thŵn mîaⁿ;
famed far and near.
激
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ìen-khì;
irritated; vexed.
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cē ìen-khì cū màiⁿ i;
as soon as he gets out of temper he won’t take it.
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khṳt i cē ìen-khì cū sek tīo;
if he gets out of patience with it, he will throw it away.
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i cē ìen-khì cū lîah i khṳ̀ cio-cò̤;
whenever she gets vexed she takes him and punishes him.
燕
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The nest of the cliff swallow.
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ìen-o̤;
edible bird’s-nest.
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kuaⁿ ìen; kuaⁿ ien-o̤;
the finest sort of edible bird’s-nest.
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ìen-pâi;
an inferior quality of edible bird’s-nest.
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cêk mn̂g-khí tŭn nŏ̤ cúaⁿ ìen-o̤ khṳ̀ cîah;
every morning cook two edible bird’s-nests by boiling them in a dish surrounded with water, and eat them.
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thâu úaⁿ cū sĭ ìen-o̤;
the first dish is edible bird’s-nest.
筵
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A banquet.
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cíu îen;
a feast, with wine.
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îen sîah;
a banquet.
援
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To relieve; to bring forward.
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mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu-ĭen;
hope he will come and rescue.
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ĭen-ín pâk kò̤ kâi cṳ lâi cò̤ cèng-kṳ̆;
bring forward a quotation from another book as proof.
遠
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To keep at a distance; to stand aloof from.
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tîeh chin kun-cṳ́, ĭen sío-jîn, m̄ hó̤ chin sío-jîn ĭen kun-cṳ́;
one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.
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kúi sîn, īu tîeh kèng i, īu tîeh ĭen i;
as to spirits, good and bad, one must do homage to them, and keep aloof from them.
延
- To procrastinate; to invite.
khùe-khùe khṳ̀.
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màiⁿ ĭen-chî;
go quickly and without delay.
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m̄-hó̤ ĭen-ko̤h;
do not delay.
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ĭen-māng kúi jît;
put it off for a few days.
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chî-chî ĭen-ĭen;
dilatory.
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lṳ́ cò̤-nî khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ĭen, ĭen kàu taⁿ?
Why have you kept putting it off until now?
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cêk gûeh ĭen kùe cêk gûeh, cêk nî ĭen kùe cêk nî;
delayed it month after month, and year after year.
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ĭen khah kú cū bô̤ ēng;
if you delay it too long it will be of no use.
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ciu jît i tó̤ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ ĭen-ĭen to bô̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;
he dilly-dallies all day and never does it.
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khṳt i tam-ĭen kàu jîeh kú cìaⁿ hâiⁿ;
he put off the payment of it for no inconsiderable time.
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i sĭ tó̤ chien-ĭen sî-jît kâi;
he is staving it off as long as possible.
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ĭen-chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
invite a guest.
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ĭen sṳ kà-tok;
invite a learned man to superintend it.
羨
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To desire strongly; to long for morbidly.
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him-ĭen;
to covet.
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him-ĭen căi;
longs for greatly.
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àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, thû-thû tó̤ him-ĭen;
want it but cannot have it, and can only crave it.
衍
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To amplify; prolix; superfluous.
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hu-ĭen;
prolix.
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hu-hu ĭen-ĭen;
a superfluity of amplification.
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i cn̂g kâi tàⁿ m̄ tîeh ūe nêk, to sĭ hu-ĭen kâi ūe;
he does not get at the gist of the subject at all, but expatiates without making the matter any clearer.