堅
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Stable; firm; strong; resolute; lasting.
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kieu-kiù;
steadfast.
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kien-tōiⁿ;
stable.
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kien-sît; solid;
substantial.
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kien-ngĕ;
hardened, solidified.
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cò̤ kàu kien-kien kù-kù;
make it so that it will be very durable.
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i kâi cì kien căi;
his purpose is fixed.
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sái i kâi siang-sìn kien-kù;
strengthen his confidence.
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nâng tîeh ŏi kien-jím;
one must have endurance.
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kien cip ka-kī kâi ì;
holds obstinately to his own idea.
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sim kien cîeh īa chwn;
unflinching determination will wear away even a stone.
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i kâi sim kien căi;
his resolution is unwavering.
慳
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Sparing; saving; niggardly.
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kien-lĭen;
unwilling to spend.
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cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ khah kien-lĭen;
do not be too economical of force in doing things.
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i kien câi, m̄ khéng chut cîⁿ;
he is very close-fisted.
捐
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To contribute at a call from government; to buy a title or office; a benevolence levied for a state exigency.
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kien-tôi ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
How much money was subscribed?
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kîen ngṳ̂n cêk choiⁿ níe;
contributed a thousand taels in silver.
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cía sĭ kien kâi khang hâm, bô̤ kien sît sĭu;
this is the purchase of an empty title, not of any real office.
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i sĭ kien sĭm-mih ceh-hâm?
What title did he purchase?
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íⁿ-keng kien kuaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;
has already bought an office and gone to fill it.
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kien kêk;
the office where contributions are taken.
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lâm-lêng īa hó̤ kien, hue-lêng īa hó̤ kien;
a raven’s plume may be purchased, and may a peacock’s feather.
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têng tī-kâi sî-hāu ŭ khui kien?
At what time was the subscription opened?
見
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To see; to observe; to perceive by the senses; a mental view; an opinion.
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kìen-sek;
knowledge gained by experience.
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i kâi kìen-sek chim căi;
he has had much experience in it.
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i bŭn ĭ kìen kâi sṳ̄;
something rarely seen or heard.
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lṳ́ ío kau kìen;
you are more experienced.
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kìen chìe; it is laughable; you will smile at it;
(a polite phrase).
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cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lṳ́ tho̤iⁿ ōi kìen chìe mē?
Do you not think this absurd?
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i íⁿ-keng kìen-gî;
he is already suspicious.
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nŏ̤ nâng kâi ì-kìen m̄ sie tâng;
the two hold different views.
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lṳ́ hô̤-íⁿ kìen tit sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
How could you know it would be so?
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kak nâng kak nêng kâi sek-kìen;
each person has his own experience.
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cí khí nâng bô̤ bŭn bô̤ kìeu;
these people have learned nothing by experience.
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cîah kàu hìeⁿ lău hŵn-lío bô̤ kìen bô̤ sek, thèng cò̤;
so old and yet so inexperienced, doing things at random.
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ka-kī m̄ hío, m̄ tîeh khṳ̀ mn̄g ŭ kìen-sek hùe?
If you do not yourself know what ought to be done, why do you not go and ask those who have experience?
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put kìen khî hó̤, īa put kìen khî m̄-hó̤;
have not discovered him to be either particularly good or particularly bad.
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m̄-sĭ ŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū m̄ kìen i kâi ŏi chù;
but for this we should not have known his abilities.
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i kìen lí m̄ mêng;
he does not clearly perceive the principle of it.
絹
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A thin, sleazy, cheap silk, used for fans, toys, lanterns and pictures.
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kìen sìⁿ;
a fan made of lutestring.
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cí kò̤ tìeⁿ-bâi sĭ kìen kâi a sĭ tîu kâi?
Is this valance for the top of the bedstead made of lutestring or of plain thin silk?
腱
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kìen-cí-nêk;
a muscle; a tendon; lean meat.
鍵
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The hub.
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tōa-kẃn-kĭen; the gist;
the main point.
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cí kâi sṳ̄ sĭ tōa-kẃn-kĭen kâi sṳ̄;
this is the leading feature of the affair.
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cí pang cṳ kâi tōa-kẃn-kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
In what part of this set of books are their important doctrines to be found?
捐
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To buy a title or office.
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i sĭ kĭen sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?
What office has he secured by a contribution to the government?
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sĭ kĭen có̤ câk, a sĭ kĭen cìaⁿ tn̂g?
Has he purchased an office that is given by a magistrate, or one that is conferred by the imperial government?
健
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Strong, vigorous, robust; in defatigable.
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càng-kĭen;
sturdy.
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kṳn kut càng-kĭen;
sinewy.
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i sui-sĭ poih-câp hùe hŵn-lío càng-càng kĭen-kĭen;
although he is eighty years old he is still very brawny.
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úa thóiⁿ nín a-má kâi khì-thói hŵn-lío càng-kĭen;
I see that your grandmother is still hale and strong.
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i lău nâng khang-kĭen căi;
the old man is very