端
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The origin; elementary principles; strait, correct, direct, grave, decent.
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cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ twn-huang sì-cìaⁿ;
sit upright and squarely in your chair.
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isĭ twn-cìaⁿ kâi nâng;
he is an upright man.
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i bô̤ twn cò̤-nî mēⁿ lṳ́?
Why does she berate you with no sufficient reason?
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i kâi sim-sût puttwn;
his notions are incorrect.
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mùaⁿ-khí sĭ twn ngŏ coih;
to-morrow is the 5th of the 5th moon.
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cía sĭ sĭm-mih in-twn?
What is the origin of this?
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i sǹg sĭ ĭ twn kâi nâng;
he is a man who holds heretical views.
彖
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A summing up of the application of the diagrams, and the good or bad embodied in them.
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i kâi tẁn-sṳ̂ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What is the gist of his divination?
斷
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To settle; to decide; to give a judicial opinion; surely; certainly.
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kàu kong-tn̂g cṳ̆-jîen ŭ kong-tẁn;
if brought into open court there will of course be a just decision given.
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kuaⁿ sím lío cò̤-nî tẁn?
How did the magistrate, after examination of the case, decide it?
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cìeⁿ-seⁿ phẁn-tẁn lâi tîeh;
that settlement of the case is a correct one.
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líang ke lóng-cóng cun tẁn;
both parties acquiesced in the decision.
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tẁn kàu nâng lóng-cóng su-hôk;
gave such a decision that all parties submitted to it.
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i cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ kwt-tẁn;
he acts with decision.
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i mîaⁿ-ke tẁn khùe;
he is expert in deciding what is signified by omens.
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i kâi khùe tẁn lâi khùe căi;
the predictions which he gives in divining prove very exact.
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i tẁn-tẁn m̄ káⁿ;
he will certainly not do so again.
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úa thóiⁿ tẁn bô̤ cía sṳ̄;
I do not believe there is any such thing.
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tẁn sṳ̄ àiⁿ tẁn tit kong;
in disposing of a case, one wants it disposed of justly.
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cang chêng-lí lâi tẁn;
settle it in accordance with the principles of equity.
曲
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wu-tŵn;
tortuous; serpentine.
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wn-wn tŵn-tŵn;
winding to and fro.
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i kâi sim-tn̂g wn-tŵn căi;
his mind is very crooked.
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hía lŏ wn-wn tŵn-tŵn, o̤h jīn;
the road is so full of crooks and bends that it is very difficult to follow.
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cí ki châ khah wn-tŵn;
this stick of wood is too crooked.
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chêng-lí tîeh cĭu tît tàⁿ, màiⁿ wn-tŵn;
the truth should be told in a straight-forward way, without circumlution.
斷
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To cut assunder; to break in two.
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i tw̆n tĭo kîe;
they destroyed the bridge.
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cū sĭ i tó̤ tw̆n ău;
it was they who brought up the rear in the retreat.
篆
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The square and involuted form of Chinese characters, invented in the Cheu dynasty.
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i ŏi ía tw̆n jī;
he can write the seal character.
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cí khí kìe-cò̤ thih-sùaⁿ tw̆n;
this kind is called the wire form, having the lines unbroken and of unvarying width.
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tw̆n phó;
a specimen of seal characters used as a copy.
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hía kuaⁿ-ìn cêk pôiⁿ tw̆n jī, cêk pôiⁿ múaⁿ jī;
that official seal has seal characters on one side and Manchu characters on the other.
煅
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To calcine; to drive moisture out of solids by heat.
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ēng cò̤ tw̄n cîeh-ko̤, màiⁿ ēng cò̤ cheⁿ cîeh-ko̤;
make it of calcined, not of unprepared gypsum.
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tw̄n cò̤ hu;
calcine it and make it into powder.
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cang húe lâi tw̄n;
drive out the moisture by fire.
段
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To lay things out.
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chíu-tw̄n;
handiwork.
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thóiⁿ i tíen sĭm-mih chíu-tw̄n chut lâi;
see what sleight of hand he displays.
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chíu-tw̄n kau-khîang;
workmanship showing the very highest degree of skill.
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i tŏ̤ kò̤ tíen chíu-tw̄n;
he is displaying his dexterity.