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132 cū cáu;
 * as soon as they all began to scream at him, he fled.


 * i khì căi, jw̆n phâu-háu, jw̆n thìo;
 * he was in a great rage, and screamed and jumped about frantically.


 * chẃn-háu;
 * to pant, to breathe with difficulty.


 * The cries of animals.
 * hóⁿ tó̤ háu;
 * the tigers are roaring.
 * the tigers are roaring.


 * hô̤ tang sai háu;
 * the lions are roaring on the east side of the river; the old woman is scolding like Xanthippe.


 * Friendly.
 * hûa-háu;
 * congenial.
 * congenial.


 * hûa-hûa háu-háu;
 * having great affinity.


 * Filial piety; dutiful.
 * kîaⁿ hàu kâi kíaⁿ;
 * a filial son.
 * a filial son.


 * put hàu kâi kíaⁿ;
 * an unfilial son.


 * hàu hēng;
 * filial conduct.


 * hău hĕng ŏi kám-tŏng nâng kâi sim;
 * dutiful behaviour moves people's hearts.


 * ka-kī phah pĕ khǹg-kòi pât nâng kîaⁿ-hàu;
 * beats his own father and exhorts others to filial piety.


 * i ŭ tíam hàu sim;
 * he has a filial heart.


 * jī-câp-sì hàu;
 * the “Twenty-four Examples of Filial Piety.”


 * peh hĕng hàu ûi soiⁿ;
 * of all virtues filial piety is chief.


 * kîaⁿ-hàu pĕ-bó̤;
 * obey your parents.


 * kîaⁿ hàu kong-ku;
 * respect your husband's parents.


 * tong chîn hàu cṳ́;
 * loyal courtiers and dutiful sons.


 * tŏ̤ ke ŏi kîaⁿ-hàu pĕ-bó̤, cò̤ kuaⁿ cū ŏi cĭn-tong chîo-thêng;
 * he who is dutiful toward his parents when at home is faithful to the government when he takes office.


 * hàu hŭ;
 * a filial daughter-in-law; a dutiful wife.


 * Dominating; eminent.
 * hâu-kîet;
 * capable.
 * capable.


 * eng-hîong hâu-kîet;
 * energetic and capable.


 * thó hâu;
 * a local tyrant.


 * hâu kng;
 * a dazzling light.


 * cok íⁿ cṳ hâu;
 * the dominating member of his clan.


 * Easy, leisurely; to linger.
 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ hâu-hâu nē;
 * she does things very leisurely.
 * she does things very leisurely.


 * àiⁿ hâu kàu tī-tiang sî?
 * How long are you going to linger over it?


 * jît ùaⁿ lío, m̄ hó̤ hâu a;
 * it is late in the day, it will not do to loiter.


 * A ten-thousandth part of a tael; a pencil's point; motes; minute.
 * câp hâu cò̤ cêk lî, câp lî cò̤ cêk hun, câp hun cò̤ cêk cîⁿ, câp cîⁿ cò̤ cêk níe;
 * the table of divisions in Chinese money.
 * the table of divisions in Chinese money.


 * lî hâu si hut to sǹg;
 * reckons to the utmost farthing.


 * si hâu bŏi chò̤;
 * there is not the slightest error.


 * hun hâu bŏi tāⁿ;
 * there is not the smallest mistake.


 * cêk hâu to bô̤ îong-chêng;
 * does not show the least temper.


 * cí ki pit kâi hâu ío hó̤;
 * this pencil has a better point.


 * The name which one takes on becoming great.
 * cò̤ kâi hău;
 * to make up a title or a name for one.
 * to make up a title or a name for one.


 * àiⁿ cò̤ kâi hău tîeh màiⁿ kio i kâi có kâi mîaⁿ-hō̤ sie tâng jī;
 * in taking a manly name, no letters must be used that were in the names of one's ancestors.


 * hău-seⁿ;
 * youthful.
 * youthful.


 * hău-seⁿ nâng;
 * a young person.


 * hău-seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * a lad.


 * A high school or gymansium.
 * hâk hău;
 * a seminary.
 * a seminary.


 * ŭ kwn-gāi hâk-hău kâi sṳ̄ i cìaⁿ ŭ lí;
 * anything that appertains to the seminary he takes up and regulates.


 * The king-crab.
 * hāu khak hó̤ cò̤ pû-hia;
 * the shell of the king-crab manymay [sic] be used as a dipper.
 * the shell of the king-crab manymay [sic] be used as a dipper.


 * hāu peh-cheh;
 * the scales under a king-crab; Venetian blinds.


 * hāu n̆ng;
 * the roe of the king-crab.


 * hāu búe hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
 * the tail of the king-crab is used in medicine.


 * lău-sît kùe hāu;
 * more harmless than a king-crab.


 * To fulfill; to verify; effects; efficacious; inherent power.
 * hāu huap;
 * to fulfill the law; to follow a pattern.
 * to fulfill the law; to follow a pattern.


 * hó̤ khṳt nâng hāu huap;
 * worthy of emulation.


 * ŭ kong-hāu;
 * possessing merit.


 * kong-hāu jû sîn;
 * divinely efficacious, (as a pill).


 * sît-căi ŭ hāu-ngīam;
 * certainly has efficacy.


 * m̄ pí hôk îeh bô̤ hāu kâi;
 * not as a medicine that produces no effect.


 * hôk îeh bô̤ kong-hāu;
 * quack medicines have no intrinsic merit.


 * màiⁿ hāu-huap i kâi īeⁿ;
 * do not emulate his style.


 * sûi-sî cū kìⁿ kong-hāu;
 * will immediately perceive its efficacy.


 * sît-căi ŭ hāu;
 * is really effective.


 * ŭ kong ŭ hāu;
 * is effective; possesses those qualities which produce an effect.


 * bô̤ kong bô̤ hāu;
 * without inherent power.


 * ŭ hāu ŭ ngīam;
 * has efficacy.


 * ŭ hāu bô̤ hāu tăng thóiⁿ pa-tāu : ŭ îeh bô̤ îeh tăng thòiⁿ sìn-cîeh; ŭ sîn bô̤ sîn tăng thóiⁿ lûi-sîn;
 * as to whether things possess inherent power, you have only to consider the croton oil fruit: as to their medical properties, it is only necessary to look at the effects of arsenic: as to whether there are gods or not, you need only consider what is done by the god of thunder.