貪
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To covet; to desire inordinately.
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tham sim put cok;
the covetous are never satisfied.
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tham-lâm;
avaricious.
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lṳ́ phah-sǹg ŭ tham-thâu a bô̤ tham-thâu?
Do you think there is anything to desire in it or not?
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ŭ nâng li tham cíu, ŭ nâng li tham cîah, ŭ nâng li tham cîⁿ, ŭ nâng li tham sek: kak ŭ só̤ tham;
some are fond of wine, some of dainties, some of money, some of women: each has some object of supreme desire.
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nâng m̄ hó̤ khah tham, khak tham cū tîeh gō sṳ̄;
one should not be too inordinately desirous of anything, for so doing thwarts its object.
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tham khùaⁿ-ûah;
fond of ease.
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tham-khû i ŏi sie thâi;
calculated upon their fighting.
打
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To manipulate.
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tám khak;
to tie a knot.
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thám ke kâi khak cìaⁿ bŏi lut;
tie another knot then it will not loosen.
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àiⁿ thám sí khak a thám ûah khak?
Do you want it tied in a hard knot or in a bow knot?
探
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To explore, to sound, to feel and search; to speculate on; to try to get information about.
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hàm cêk nâng soiⁿ khṳ̀ thàm, thàm-thóiⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî, kah thàm-thiaⁿ i kâi nâng ŭ lâi a būe;
send some one to first go and get authenthic information, finding out what is the condition of affairs, and whether he has arrived yet.
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cí kâi nâng hó̤ ēng cò̤ thàm-bé;
this is a good person to employ as a detective.
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lîah tîeh châk kâi thàm-kíaⁿ;
caught the spy sent by the rebels.
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lṳ́ khṳ̀ chì-thàm cē;
you go and experiment upon it.
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i íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ thàm sìn-sek;
he has been to see waht news he could get in regard to it.
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thàm-mn̄g;
to inquire about.
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ēng sô̤h thūi în thàm-thóiⁿ cúi jîeh chim;
let down the lead by a rope and
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see how deep the water is;
sound and ascertain the depth.
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tèng-thàm-hue;
the third of the Hanlin academicians; (the name has reference to the metaphor of plucking the sprig of Olea fragrans*).
𧝓
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A sacrifice offered at the end of the twenty-seven months or the three years of mourning for a parent, when the mourning garments are put off.
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thâm hôk;
lay aside mourning.
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thâm hôk kùe lío cìaⁿ bó̤ khí hôk;
after the mourning is laid aside one returns to ordinary attire.
潭
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Deep poopls in a river; unfathomable.
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chim kùe bw̄n tn̆g chim thâm;
deeper than a pool of ten thousand fathoms; a bottomless abyss.
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toi pàng lío châng khṳt i kúu cò̤ thâm;
the dike having given way, the fields were washed out into pools.
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cía sĭ ngŏ̤ tîeh thâm un sṳ̀ kâi;
this is having a vast favor conferred on me.
痰
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Phlegm, mucous from the lungs.
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ciu jît kâi thâm-nŭaⁿ cōi căi;
raises much phlegm, spitting continually all day.
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thâm phùi-pàng thâm-kóng kò̤;
spit in the spittoon.
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thâm-âp;
a small spittoon having a cover.
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thàm-kẁn;
a spittoon.
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cía cîah lío àiⁿ seⁿ thâm;
after taking this you will raise phlegm.
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thâm phùi chut lâi sĭ kṳ̂t a sĭ chieh?
Is the phlegm that you raise solid or watery?
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thâm cúi;
thin mucous.
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thò tīo thâm;
vomits mucous.
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thâm chàu-cho̤;
fetid phlegm.
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khak thâm;
hawk and spit.
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sio thâm;
to cut the phlegm.
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hùe-thâm;
an expectorant.
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i khṳt i khì kàu thâm-phû;
she was so vexed that she was suffocated by phlegm.
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cêk cūn thâm lâi kàu cū ĭng-kùo-khṳ̀;
when the death-rattle comes one dies at once.
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nâng li m̄ cai nâng, hía thâm li lō̤-lō̤-kìe;
he was wholly insensible, and had the death-rattle in his throat.
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i tì kâi thâm chẃn pēⁿ;
his disease is expectoration with shortness of breath.
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i sĭ thâm-ìong sí khṳ̀;
he died of consumption.
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thâm sàu;
a cough with much expectoration.
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cîah i kût thâm cìaⁿ hó̤;
take somethign to loosen the phlegm and it will be better.
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i sĭ thâm sak tîeh sim-khìo, sim-sîn cìaⁿ ŏi m̄ tīaⁿ;
the derangement of her mind is caused by the passages in her chest being obstructed by phlegm.
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sio thâm sŭn khì;
a sedative.
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thâm-húe pēⁿ;
a cough with fever.
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i kâi thâm-húe-húe pēⁿ;
a cough with fever.
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i kâi thâm-húe-cèng sêng lío;
he has settled consumption.
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sĭ jîet thâm; a sĭ hâng thâm, a sĭ huang thâm; a sĭ sip thâm, a sĭ cîah thâm?
Was his expectorating brought on by heat, cold, wind or dampness, or was it caused by something he ate?
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kún thâm îⁿ;
pills taken to remove phlegm.
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i kâi thâm sek sĭ tòa cheⁿ a sĭ tòa o?
Is the phlegm which he raises flecked with green or with black?
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thâm kho̤h chut lâi ŭ hueh-si;
the phlegm which he coughs up has flecks of blood in it.
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jûah thâm, lîang thâm;
lung complaints with either a feverish or a chilly habit of body.
談
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To converse; to discuss; to talk; a local dialect.
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ôiⁿ thâm;
idle conversation; gossip.
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chap nâng thâm-sńg thâm-chìe cē cū bŏi hìeⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
be where you will chat playfully with other people and you will not be so gloomy.
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thâm-lŭn;
to discuss; to cavil at.
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i hàuⁿ phiah ka-chng-ău thâm-lŭn nâng kâi tó̤ chù;
she is fond of talking about people’s short-comings behind their backs.
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ngân-thâm;
conversation.
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tŏ̤ ngân-thâm cṳ kang put kak cū tàⁿ chut lâi;
inadvertently spoke of it when talking.
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i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi seⁿ thó-thâm, bô̤ hìeⁿ cìaⁿ;
he speaks with a local accent, and not very correctly.
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kak chù kak chù kâi hiang thâm;
each place has its peculiar modes of speech.
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cía sĭ khîeh khí lâi cò̤ chìe thâm kâi;
this is something she has treasured up to tell as a good joke.
罈
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A cylindrical earthenware wine-jar.
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i kng cêk thâm cíu lâi sie sàng;
they brought a jar of wine as a present.
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khù phah cêk thàm cíu kâi cíu-toaⁿ kio i sie hō̤;
went and wrote out an order for a jar of wine, and sent it to him as a congratulatory present.
湴
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To step in the mud; to get mired.
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thām lo̤h khṳ̀ lok-cē-kìe;
splashed as he sank in the mud.
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thām lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, kha poih m̄ khí;
sunk in the mud and could not get out.
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thām kàu cêk sin cĕng-cĕng thô-kâu-mûeⁿ;
got mired so deeply that he was wholly covered with mud.
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thām lô̤h khṳ̀, bît pĭn kha-thâu-u;
sank up to his knees in mud.
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thām lío khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
sank in the mire and stuck fact.
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thām kàu kâi ūi kâi ūi;
left tracks where his feet sank in the mud.