闕
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A blank; a deficiency; to exercise reserve; defective; wanting in.
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khueh-gî;
a mental reservation.
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cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ chíaⁿ khueh-gî pàng kò̤;
do not giye this full credence at once.
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cí phien cṳ khíong-ùi sĭ ŭ khueh-bûn;
I fear this leaf has a hiatus in the
text.
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cí phien bûn-cieⁿ íⁿ-keng khueh mîaⁿ khṳ̀, m̄ cai tī-tîang kâi;
this essay wants the signature and I do not know whose it is.
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cí kù cṳ kâi ngĭ khueh;
the meaning of this passage is lost.
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cho̤ kàn jīm cū àiⁿ sīa khueh;
on arriving at one’s post, one makes obeisance (toward the Imperial Palace).
缺
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The duties of an office; a post; to lack.
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hṳ́ kâi tī-hng sĭ káng khueh a sĭ hwn khueh?
Is that station reckoned as an easy or as a hard post?
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m̄ sĭ, sĭ tong khueh;
it is neither, it is an ordinary post.
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m̄ pí cí-kò̤ sĭ ìo khueh, īa sĭ tōa khueh;
it is not so important a post as this, but it is an important one.
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lṳ́ sĭ pó tī-tîang kâi khueh?
Whose place are you supplying?
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khui khueh;
to resign, to leave a vacancy.
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táng tī kò̤ ŭ chut khueh cìaⁿ hó̤ úi sŭ;
wait till there is a vacancy, then take the place.
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cía sǹg sĭ hó̤ khueh;
this is a good situation.
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cí kâi khueh-hun hó̤ căi;
this is a lucrative office.
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khó khueh;
a difficult place to fill.
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síe khueh;
an unimportant office.
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i hŭam ŭ khueh-hŵt to sĭ i tó̤ cìo-kù i;
in whatever he is deficient, he is always aiding him.
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chê thóiⁿ ŏi khueh cíe sĭm mûeh;
examine and see whether anything is lacking.
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seng-lí ŏi khueh pńg a bŏi?
Do you lack capital for your business.
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khueh khìam;
to be short of.
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i hŵn-lío khueh úa cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
he still owes me a thousand dollars.
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bŏi khueh-khìam;
there is no deficiency.
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bô̤ khueh bô̤ khìam li bô̤ cò̤ pĕ kíaⁿ, bô̤ ṳn bô̤ ẁn li bô̤ cò̤ ang cía;
without some short comings there is not full opportunity for the exercise of parental and filial love, without grievance and forgiveness there is not true conjugal devotion.