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 * îeh-po-sûn;
 * the cicada, the scissors-grinder.


 * îeh-po-sûn tó̤ kìe;
 * the cicadas are piping.


 * Medicine; chemical preparations.
 * îeh îⁿ;
 * pills.
 * pills.


 * îeh ;
 * medicinal powders.


 * îeh bûah;
 * medicine in the form of powder.


 * îeh-ko̤;
 * salve.


 * ko̤-îeh;
 * ointment.


 * îeh phìen;
 * medicine in flakes.


 * îeh chùi;
 * medicine in chips, or fragments.


 * îeh thâu îeh búe;
 * the residuum of drugs.


 * îeh tû;
 * a medicine case.


 * îeh phò; îeh chài phò;
 * a drug-shop.


 * îeh līo;
 * drugs.


 * îeh côih;
 * an instrument for shaving up drugs.


 * îeh to̤;
 * a knife for cutting up drugs.


 * îeh cúi;
 * fluid medicines.


 * îeh thng;
 * viscid medicines.


 * îeh ca; îeh pho̤h;
 * dregs of medicines.


 * cêk thiap îeh;
 * the medicine prescribed.


 * îeh-hng;
 * a prescription.


 * cêk hôk îeh;
 * the medicine taken in one dose.


 * cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ío hó̤;
 * after taking this course of medicine he was better.


 * cía îeh sĭ cîah kâi a sĭ buah kâi?
 * Is this medicine to be taken internally or to be applied externally?


 * cía îeh hó̤ pû cúi khṳ̀ sói;
 * boil this medicine in water, and use it as a wash.


 * îeh-cìⁿ, sĭ cìⁿ-thâu khṳ̀ cṳ́ tâk-îeh kâi;
 * poisoned arrows, are those whose points have been steeped in poison.


 * pû îeh;
 * to steep drugs quickly in boiling water.


 * cien îeh;
 * to steep drugs a long time, boiling slowly.


 * tŭn îeh;
 * to heat medicines in a dish surrounded by boiling water.


 * ngâu ko̤-îeh;
 * make salve.


 * cì îeh;
 * to prepare medicines.


 * hûa îeh;
 * to concoct remedies.


 * kap îeh;
 * to compound medicines.


 * ngói îeh bûah;
 * triturate medicinal powders.


 * ceng îeh-îⁿ;
 * pound up the component parts of pills.


 * hôk tâk îeh;
 * an antidote for poison.


 * cheⁿ îeh, sêk îeh;
 * crude drugs and prepared drugs.


 * chèng îeh;
 * gunpowder.


 * húe îeh;
 * explosive powders.


 * jîp îeh;
 * put in a chemical preparation.


 * sìa îeh;
 * cathartics.

ien


 * Tainted.
 * nêk ien;
 * the meat is spoiled.
 * the meat is spoiled.


 * cía hṳ̂ mng ien ló;
 * this fish is just on the verge of becoming tainted.


 * Why; how is it that.
 * lṳ́ ien cai úa m̄-àiⁿ?
 * How do you know that I do not want it?
 * How do you know that I do not want it?


 * i ien lêng hāi úa?
 * How can he harm me?


 * i ien tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How can he do thus?


 * Remote; distant.
 * íong-íen;
 * everlastingly.
 * everlastingly.


 * îo-íen;
 * in the far distance.


 * lō-tîo îo-íen;
 * the way is interminable.


 * íen kṳ̆u thŵn mîaⁿ;
 * famed far and near.


 * ìen-khì;
 * irritated; vexed.
 * irritated; vexed.


 * cē ìen-khì cū màiⁿ i;
 * as soon as he gets out of temper he won't take it.


 * khṳt i cē ìen-khì cū sek tīo;
 * if he gets out of patience with it, he will throw it away.


 * i cē ìen-khì cū lîah i khṳ̀ cio-cò̤;
 * whenever she gets vexed she takes him and punishes him.


 * The nest of the cliff swallow.
 * ìen-o̤;
 * edible bird's-nest.
 * edible bird's-nest.


 * kuaⁿ ìen; kuaⁿ ien-o̤;
 * the finest sort of edible bird's-nest.


 * ìen-pâi;
 * an inferior quality of edible bird's-nest.


 * cêk mn̂g-khí tŭn nŏ̤ cúaⁿ ìen-o̤ khṳ̀ cîah;
 * every morning cook two edible bird's-nests by boiling them in a dish surrounded with water, and eat them.


 * thâu úaⁿ cū sĭ ìen-o̤;
 * the first dish is edible bird's-nest.


 * A banquet.
 * cíu îen;
 * a feast, with wine.
 * a feast, with wine.


 * îen sîah;
 * a banquet.


 * To relieve; to bring forward.
 * mō̤ⁿ i lâi kìu-ĭen;
 * hope he will come and rescue.
 * hope he will come and rescue.


 * ĭen-ín pâk kò̤ kâi cṳ lâi cò̤ cèng-kṳ̆;
 * bring forward a quotation from another book as proof.


 * To keep at a distance; to stand aloof from.
 * tîeh chin kun-cṳ́, ĭen sío-jîn, m̄ hó̤ chin sío-jîn ĭen kun-cṳ́;
 * one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.
 * one should affiliate with the refined, and keep away from vulgar people, not fraternize with the vulgar, and hold aloof from the cultured.


 * kúi sîn, īu tîeh kèng i, īu tîeh ĭen i;
 * as to spirits, good and bad, one must do homage to them, and keep aloof from them.

khùe-khùe khṳ̀.
 * To procrastinate; to invite.
 * To procrastinate; to invite.
 * màiⁿ ĭen-chî;
 * go quickly and without delay.


 * m̄-hó̤ ĭen-ko̤h;
 * do not delay.


 * ĭen-māng kúi jît;
 * put it off for a few days.


 * chî-chî ĭen-ĭen;
 * dilatory.


 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ ĭen, ĭen kàu taⁿ?
 * Why have you kept putting it off until now?


 * cêk gûeh ĭen kùe cêk gûeh, cêk nî ĭen kùe cêk nî;
 * delayed it month after month, and year after year.


 * ĭen khah kú cū bô̤ ēng;
 * if you delay it too long it will be of no use.


 * ciu jît i tó̤ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ ĭen-ĭen to bô̤ khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * he dilly-dallies all day and never does it.


 * khṳt i tam-ĭen kàu jîeh kú cìaⁿ hâiⁿ;
 * he put off the payment of it for no inconsiderable time.


 * i sĭ tó̤ chien-ĭen sî-jît kâi;
 * he is staving it off as long as possible.


 * ĭen-chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;
 * invite a guest.


 * ĭen sṳ kà-tok;
 * invite a learned man to superintend it.