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Rh him.
 * îaⁿ i tōa-bó̤-mûeh;
 * greatly superior to him.


 * cáu îaⁿ;
 * to outrun.


 * à îaⁿ;
 * get the better of in an argument.


 * i póiⁿ-pĭen khṳ̀ îaⁿ;
 * he had the best of it in the debate.


 * phah îaⁿ;
 * won the battle.


 * i sĭ thâi îaⁿ a sĭ thâi su?
 * Did he win or lose the battle?


 * pûah îaⁿ;
 * to win in gambling.


 * A camp; military; a corps of an army.
 * bú îaⁿ;
 * a military camp.
 * a military camp.


 * îaⁿ ngó; kun îaⁿ;
 * the army.


 * jîp îaⁿ;
 * to enlist as a soldier.


 * îaⁿ pûaⁿ;
 * a camp.


 * chin kun-îaⁿ;
 * the household guards.


 * tōa îaⁿ;
 * the head-quarters of an army.


 * gṳ̄ îaⁿ;
 * the Emperor's head-quarters.


 * îaⁿ cú;
 * the commandant of a intrenchment.


 * cí kâi tìn kẃn ŭ jîeh cōi îaⁿ?
 * How many corps has this general under his command?


 * kîaⁿ îaⁿ; î îaⁿ;
 * move the camp.


 * kîaⁿ kun cap îaⁿ;
 * to encamp in another place.


 * chàng îaⁿ, chàng tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * Where have they intrenched themselves?


 * huang nâng lâi thau îaⁿ;
 * dispatch some one to surprise the camp.


 * sêng mêⁿ khṳ̀ kiap îaⁿ;
 * went and plundered the camp by night.


 * khí piaⁿ khṳ̀ phah i kâi îaⁿ;
 * raise troops to attack their camp.


 * lâu i tó̤ síu îaⁿ;
 * leave them to guard the camp.


 * îaⁿ cē;
 * the enclosure around a camp.


 * îaⁿ mn̂g;
 * the entrance to a camp.

iah


 * To vomit; to spew out.
 * a-nôⁿ cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-sî àiⁿ iah nĭ?
 * Why does the baby throw up its milk lately?
 * Why does the baby throw up its milk lately?


 * cîah lío iah chut lâi;
 * threw it up after swallowing it.


 * i cí nŏ̤ jît iah hueh;
 * he has vomited blood these last two days.


 * To benefit; to advance the interests.
 * bô̤ iah;
 * of no benefit.
 * of no benefit.


 * ŭ sún, bô̤ iah;
 * it is all loss, and no profit.


 * bô̤ lĭ-iah;
 * not advantageous.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih iah chù nē?
 * Of what advantage is it?


 * tăi ŭ iah;
 * very beneficial.


 * pó-iah sin-hun;
 * good for the health.


 * khiam sĭ ŭ iah;
 * humility advances one's interests.


 * iah-bó̤-cháu;
 * boneset.


 * chap cí kâi phêng-íu cū ŭ iah;
 * to associate with this friend will promote your interests.


 * A government post; a station.
 * îah căm;
 * a post-station.
 * a post-station.


 * kàu îah-căm cū ūaⁿ;
 * change at the post-station.


 * îah-sêng sòi-sòi sĭ láu-tiaⁿ;
 * the governor of a post-station, be it ever so small, is still a governor.


 * îah bé;
 * post horses.


 * The sixty-four diagrams.
 * mîaⁿ-ke phok îah;
 * expert in divining by diagrams.
 * expert in divining by diagrams.


 * cí hûe khṳ̀ phok kâi îah-khùe;
 * now went and had his fortune told by diagrams.


 * îah lí sĭ chim kâi;
 * the doctrine of the diagrams is a deep one.


 * cang îah-khùe cē chui-sǹg būe lâi kâi sṳ̄ cū ŏi soiⁿ cai;
 * by reckoning from the diagrams one may know the future.


 * îah-kiaⁿ;
 * The Book of Changes.


 * To beckon.
 * îah i lâi;
 * beckon to him to approach.
 * beckon to him to approach.


 * cang chíu îah i;
 * beckon to him.


 * thoiⁿ i cang sìⁿ tó̤ îah úa;
 * saw him motioning to me with his fan.


 * îah i bûa lâi tàⁿ ūe;
 * beckon to him to come and speak with me.


 * A general name for moths, millers, and sphinges.
 * bói-îah;
 * brilliant moths or butterflies.
 * brilliant moths or butterflies.


 * bói-îah tó̤ chái hue;
 * the butterflies flit from flower to flower.


 * cí kâi bói-îah pàng lâi kûiⁿ căi;
 * this kite, made in imitation of a butterfly, has been sent up very high.


 * cang cúa kô kâi bói-îah;
 * make a butterfly kite of paper.


 * thái-ko̤ îah;
 * a large gray moth.


 * îah-thâu kâi ôi;
 * shoes having butterfly shaped ornaments on the toes.


 * teng khṳt teng-îah phah kùe;
 * the lamp has been extinguished by a small gray moth's flying into it.


 * chôiⁿ pìⁿ tāu-jîn ău cū pìⁿ cò̤ îah;
 * the silk-worm changes into a grub and afterward into a moth.


 * tōa cúi îah;
 * moths that are numerous in floods and heavy rains.

iak


 * To bind, to restrict; to retrench; about; nearly.
 * iak-lîak; iak lĭang;
 * about that; thereabouts;. [sic]
 * about that; thereabouts;. [sic]


 * iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * About how much is there?


 * cía sĭ put kùe iak kâi tăi-lîak;
 * this is nothing more that an approximate estimate.


 * tăi-iak;
 * for the most part; on the whole; in a general way.


 * tăi-iak kàu cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n kâi tō;
 * aproximatelyapproximately [sic] calculated, it would amount to about a thousand dollars.


 * iak-sok;
 * to restrain; to repress; to keep in subjection.


 * i iak-sok hṳ́ lăi kâi nâng, iak-sok kàu ngîam căi;
 * he keeps those who are within, in very complete subjection.


 * m̄ pí hía bô̤ iak bô̤ sok hùe;
 * not like those who are under no restrain.


 * khĭam-iak;
 * frugal.


 * iak kâi pāng-bó̤;
 * fix a limit.


 * To skip, to caper, to leap.
 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ íong- iak căi;
 * he does things with effusion.
 * he does things with effusion.


 * cèng nâng lóng-cóng íong-iak;
 * all were eager.


 * i iak-iak nē;
 * he is