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Rh ; cía sĭ i kâi ì hō̤;
 * this is the title conferred on him since his death.


 * ì huap sĭ cṳ̆ ciu chîo cìaⁿ ŭ kâi;
 * the custom of conferring posthumous titles existed from the time of the Chau dynasty.


 * i sí ău ì-cò̤ mih mîaⁿ?
 * What was the name which was conferred upon him by the emperor after his death?


 * Idea; intention; thought; motive.
 * úa m̄ cai i kâi ì-sṳ̀;
 * I do not know what it means.
 * I do not know what it means.


 * sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀?
 * What does it mean?


 * kak nâng kak nâng cip cêk kâi ì;
 * each held to his own purpose.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ cip ka-kī kâi ì;
 * do not be tenacious of your own notions.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;
 * it appears nonsensical.


 * m̄-hó̤ ì-sṳ̀;
 * disreputable; a bad idea.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ cú bô̤ ì;
 * he acts without any fixed purpose.


 * i ío ŏi, tîeh chíaⁿ i lâi cú-ì;
 * he is clever, and we must ask him to come and determine what shall be done.


 * lṳ́ kio úa cú-ì;
 * you decide for me.


 * úa m̄ káⁿ cú-ì kâi ì;
 * I dare not decide upon any design.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ tōa cú tōa ì;
 * he acts with great decision.


 * i tōa cú tōa ì khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * he went and did it with great determination.


 * m̄ tèng i kâi ì;
 * not according to his notions.


 * ké-ì m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * pretended to be averse to it.


 * tèⁿ ì;
 * pretended to be of that mind.


 * úa hó̤ chêng hó̤ ì kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
 * I told you with a good motive.


 * tàⁿ ūe bô̤ ì-sṳ̀;
 * talks nonsense.


 * jû-ì;
 * as you desire; a woman's head ornaments.


 * bw̄n sṳ̄ jû-ì;
 * may everything be to your liking.


 * chah jû-ì;
 * wear ornaments in the hair.


 * jû-ì păng;
 * an aigrette worn in the hair.


 * cē m̄ jû i-kâi ìcū khì;
 * if everything is not just as he wishes he gets angry.


 * chut nâng ì gūa;
 * beyond all human expectation.


 * ì gūa, līo m̄ kàu kâi sṳ̄;
 * something unexpected, and beyond all that had been calculated upon.


 * m̄ kùe ì;
 * not more than was expected.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh cí hûe kùe ì căi;
 * it appears that this time there is more than we had thought of.


 * i m̄ sĭ kù ì cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * he did not do so intentionally.


 * kù-ì;
 * of deliberate purpose.


 * i ŭ sim ŭ ì lâi sàng lṳ́, lṳ́ tîeh siu;
 * he has thoughtfully and purposely brought them for you, and you must accept them.


 * tit ì căi;
 * happily chanced.


 * cieh ì cieh ì nē;
 * ironical; a double meaning.


 * m̄ hó̤ khah tîeh ì;
 * it is not well to have your mind too strongly set upon it.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ i sĭ sĭm-mih ì-kìen?
 * What do you think his opinion to be?


 * hô̤ ì?
 * What does it mean?


 * put ì;
 * unintentional.


 * úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́ bô̤ ì àiⁿ bói;
 * I perceive that you have no intention of buying it.


 * bô̤ ì àiⁿ bōi;
 * does not intend to sell.


 * tâng sim tâng ì;
 * of the same mind.


 * sía ì;
 * make a rough draught.


 * cía m̄ sĭ kong pit, sĭ ì pit;
 * this is not the clean copy, it is the first draught.


 * ì pit ío o̤h ūe;
 * the rough sketch is the more difficult to draw.


 * hâh lṳ́ kâi ì mē?
 * Is it in accordance with your wishes?


 * thóiⁿ tîeh hâh ì căi;
 * it appears to be just what I want.


 * hâh úa kâi ì īu tîeh hâh lṳ́ kâi ì;
 * it suits me and must also suit you.


 * nín nŏ̤ nâng jī ke hŭe ì;
 * you two understand each other.


 * i sǹg sĭ ŭ sṳ ì;
 * he has private ends.


 * m̄ hó̤ cang ì chek-tâk;
 * do not make it up out of your own head.


 * chŵn bô̤ seⁿ ì;
 * has no business capacity.


 * nín màiⁿ seⁿ ì khì, tîeh hûa-hûa;
 * you must not get cross with each other, you must be good friends.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang khí ì?
 * Who was it that started this idea?


 * i mâiⁿ kâi ì tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * it has a hidden meaning.


 * i cwn sim cwn ì cò̤;
 * he does it heartily.


 * lṳ́ kâi ì sĭ àiⁿ cò̤-nî?
 * What is your idea about it?


 * lṳ́ ì àiⁿ hô̤ ûi?
 * What would you have?


 * thóiⁿ chut i ŭ hẃn ì;
 * perceive that he has changed his mind.


 * híen-híen chut i kâi cìaⁿ ì;
 * shows his real motives.


 * i chŵn bô̤ saⁿ sim nŏ̤ ì;
 * he has no two minds about it.


 * cē tàⁿ i cū hío ì;
 * as soon as you speak he will catch the idea.


 * kim khue tit ì nâng, īa sĭ côiⁿ khue sit ì nâng;
 * those who at this examination attain their wish, are those who at former examinations failed to attain their wish.


 * sĭ kam chêng, ì ngw̆n;
 * it is done cordially.


 * ì bé sim ŵn;
 * his will is like a horse's and his heart like an ape's; he is strong and inconstant.


 * cn̂g kâi bô̤ pit ì;
 * there is no meaning in the strokes of the pen.


 * lîp ì;
 * to make up the mind; to determine.


 * Comfits; tidbits.
 * î-thn̂g;
 * barley sugar; sweet-meats.
 * barley sugar; sweet-meats.


 * Barbarians; to kill.
 * î-jîn;
 * barbarians.
 * barbarians.


 * î káu-côk;
 * slay the whole race.


 * î-pang;
 * foreigners.


 * î-têk;
 * northern savages.


 * mâng-î;
 * southern savages.


 * To transpose; to shift; to move; to change the place or direction of.
 * î khui khṳ̀;
 * to move off.
 * to move off.


 * î-súa ío kṳ̆n cē;
 * move it up a little nearer.


 * î bûn khṳ̀ i kò̤;
 * sent off a dispatch to him.


 * î khua cĭu kín;
 * to accommodate with a timely loan.


 * î-nô̤ ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ peh ngṳ̂n cieh i ēng;
 * borrow two or three hundred dollars in order to lend it to him.


 * cía sĭ thòi i î-nô̤ kâi;
 * this borrowed from another and lent to him.


 * î lâi, cieh khṳ̀;
 * borrow and lend.


 * chùn pō lâng î;
 * it is very difficult for me to get away a single step.


 * put lêng î-êk;
 * it cannot be altered.


 * î hue ciap bâk;
 * to graft flowers on a tree.


 * î hŭa tha nâng; î hŭa