啄
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To peck, as fowls do.
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koi-kíaⁿ to̤h bí chùi;
chickens peck at broken rice.
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kho nŏ̤ cîah koi lâi to̤h pn̄g-lîap;
call two fowls to eat the cold rice that is left after the meal.
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cío tó̤ to̤h sĭm-mûeh?
What is the bird pecking at?
桌
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A small table; light stands.
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hûeⁿ-thâu to̤h;
side tables.
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to̤h kīⁿ;
a stand with drawers.
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cò̤ to̤h-sîah, chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
make a supper and invite guests.
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cí kâi khah-tiaⁿ pàng ŭ kúi to̤h?
How many tables for guests can be spread in this room?
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chíaⁿ i lâi cîah to̤h;
invite him to a supper.
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pái to̤h;
set the table.
卓
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Eminent; raised above others.
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i tŏ̤ i hieⁿ-lí sĭ àiⁿ cò̤ to̤h-to̤h kâi nâng;
he wants to be the leading man in his village.
奪
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To take by force; to snatch; to get by striving; to carry off, as a prize; to take away, as rank.
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chíeⁿ-tô̤h nâng kâi mûeh;
seize and carry off people’s goods.
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kun-cṳ́ m̄ tô̤h nâng só̤ hàuⁿ;
the princely man does not covet what others prize.
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sì-sôk nâng to sĭ tó̤ ceⁿ mîaⁿ tô̤h lĭ;
the vulgar contend for fame and strive for gain.
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i seⁿ lâi sît-căi tô̤h mâk;
its beauty really dazzles the eyes.
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cĭu sĭ i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tô̤h ngŵn;
those two are the ones who are striving for the highest place in the list of graduates.
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i to̤h i m̄ kùe;
he could not snatch it from her.
擇
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Choose; select; pick out.
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sẃn-tô̤h;
select.
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sòi-sim tô̤h;
carefully pick out.
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tô̤h jît;
choose lucky days.
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tô̤h kâi bó̤ jît;
select a lucky day.
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tô̤h chin-cîaⁿ;
choose a wife.
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kóiⁿ-tô̤h nâng châi;
select and promote talented men.
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tô̤h nâng kau-chap;
to choose one’s associates.
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hó̤ kâi tô̤h khṳ̀ cîah;
pick out the best and eat it.
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tô̤h hó̤ kâi;
select good ones.
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tô̤h pûi-jṳ̆ cîah;
select luscious ones for eating; take such as may be fleeced.
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bô̤ sẃn-tô̤h;
no choice.
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lṳ́ tô̤h m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀, lṳ́ só̤ tô̤h sĭ bô ēng, hó̤ kâi tô̤h m̄ tîeh;
you do not know how to choose and that which you have chosen is useless, while there were good ones which you did not select.
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bô̤ thang hó̤ sẃn-tô̤h;
there is nothing from which to choose.
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bô̤ hó̤ sẃn-tô̤h;
there is no choice among them.
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míen-ēng sẃn-tô̤h, lóng-cóng hó̤ kâi;
to pick and choose is needless, they are all good ones.
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hó̤ kâi khṳ̂ nâng soiⁿ tô̤h khṳ̀;
the good ones were all taken previously.
𤏲
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To blaze up; to set fire to.
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khin-khin cē líam cū tô̤h;
if you touch it ever so lightly it will blaze up.
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húe tô̤h khí lâi;
the fire has kindled.
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teng cò̤-nî líam m̄ tô̤h;
the lamp will not light.
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húe-lô khí tô̤h lío cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤ pât sṳ̄;
kindle the fire in the stove first and then do the other things.
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cí-hûe kâi húe nĕ tô̤h-tô̤h tŏ̤-kò̤;
the fire is now blazing up brightly.
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tiêh phuah kàu nĕ tô̤h-tô̤h;
on hearing it, his wrath waxed hot.
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thóiⁿ tîeh hía húe-sîn cheⁿ-tô̤h khí lâi;
on seeing it, his temper was roused.
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phâk ta-ta cìaⁿ kōi tô̤h húe;
dry it thoroughly in the sun and then it will ignite easily.
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khṳt jît phâk kàu tô̤h húe;
ste on fire by the sun’s rays.
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jû lîu-n̂g líam tô̤h húe méⁿ căi;
flashes up like sulphur to which a fire is applied.
拾
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To pick up.
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tô̤h khí lâi;
pick it up.
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tô̤h tîeh mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
something picked up.
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thô-ĕ tô̤h tîeh pó̤, kìⁿ kuaⁿ bô̤ thó̤;
a valuable thing picked up from the groudn cannot be demanded back even through a magistrate.