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Rh khùaⁿ-ûah;
 * that is more comfortable.


 * cía jú ìuⁿ;
 * this is still finer.


 * cìm jú kú, jú hó̤;
 * the longer you soak it the better.


 * i chŵn-jú a būe?
 * Is he convalescent yet?


 * i chŵn-jú lío;
 * he is already convalescent.


 * To praise one to his face; to adulate.
 * i sĭ thíam-mĭ mīn-jû kâi nâng;
 * he is a sycophant and flatterer.
 * he is a sycophant and flatterer.


 * châm thíam mīn-jû;
 * to curry favor by depreciating others and bepraising the one addressed.


 * kíaⁿ sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤, to tîeh ŭ jû-sek ẃn-îong;
 * children when waiting upon their parents, must have a deferential manner, and a cheerful countenance.


 * To respond; to answer; to assent; to agree to; yes; certainly.
 * cáu khṳ̀ ìⁿ-keng jû-jún kâi;
 * what has been laid before the emperor and assented to by him.
 * what has been laid before the emperor and assented to by him.


 * cía sĭ hûang-sĭang jû-jún kâi;
 * this is accorded by the emperor.


 * kìⁿ mông jújû [sic]-jún li cū màiⁿ cài tàⁿ;
 * whatever has once been granted may not be withdrawn.


 * Literati; philosophers; the learned; refined.
 * jû kà;
 * Confucianism.
 * Confucianism.


 * jû cía;
 * scholars.


 * hâng jû;
 * an indigent scholar.


 * pù jû;
 * a wealthy literary man.


 * sĭ hṳ̤́ kò̤ kâi mîaⁿ jû;
 * it is one of their celebrated scholars.


 * sĭ cêk tō̤ kâi tăi jû;
 * is the greatest scholar of the age.


 * láu sṳ suah jû;
 * a learned man, who is not an official.


 * jû ô̤h;
 * a district director of graduates.


 * cía ūe sĭ hu-jû kâi ūe;
 * this language is pedantic.


 * i sǹg sĭ jû ui;
 * he is considered a learned physician.


 * màiⁿ cò̤ sío-jîn jû, tîeh cò̤ kun-cṳ́ jŭ;
 * do not be a pretended scholar, but a real one.


 * sĭm sĭ jû-ngía;
 * is really very refined.


 * cí kâi nâng jû căi;
 * this person is very stylish.


 * mûeh jû căi;
 * the thing is elegant.


 * jû-jû;
 * very elegant.


 * As; like; according to; if; then; as to.
 * jû chṳ́;
 * like this; thus.
 * like this; thus.


 * lṳ̤́ jû-jîak àiⁿ lâi li kio úa tàⁿ;
 * if you are coming, then tell me.


 * put jû màiⁿ;
 * not to do so would be better.


 * úa thóiⁿ tîeh i put jû lṳ́;
 * I think you are better than he.


 * bô̤ hó̤ tâng phŭa put jû tôk kîaⁿ;
 * it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.


 * put jû;
 * nothing like; it will be better than.


 * jû i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe li àiⁿ cò̤-nî?
 * If it be as he said, then what?


 * bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;
 * everything according to one's wish.


 * cìeⁿ-sî mng jû ì;
 * everything goes on well lately.


 * i jû ā-sĭ àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa cū màiⁿ;
 * if that is the way he wants it, thanthen [sic] I will have nothing to do with it.


 * jû-hôk m̄ cai, tîeh tàⁿ m̄ cai;
 * if you do not know, you must say so.


 * ko-jû i ā-sĭ bô̤ li chūe pât nâng cieh;
 * should he not have any, then go and find some one else from whom you can borrow it.


 * i īa jû sĭ àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū thâk m̄ pat;
 * if he is like that, he will not learn by reading.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭ jû hô̤?
 * What do you think about it?


 * khong-khong jû īa;
 * really nothing at all.


 * jû-kúaⁿ sĭ chim kâi;
 * is certainly a deep one.


 * i ciang jû úa hô̤?
 * Well, what is he going to do with me about it?


 * kîaⁿ khṳ̀ méⁿ căi, jû tâng pue cêk īeⁿ;
 * went very fast, as if he were flying.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh jû-tâng lô̤h hŏ;
 * sounded like rain.


 * jû kó nâng só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe;
 * as was said by people of ancient times.


 * jû i só̤ hun-hù kâi sṳ̄ kîaⁿ;
 * do as he said.


 * jû cía īeⁿ cò̤;
 * make it like this pattern.


 * jī saⁿ jû lâk;
 * twice three are the same as six.


 * tō jit jû nî;
 * a day is like a year in passing.


 * bô̤ jû i hô̤;
 * have nothing to do with him.


 * jû hiaⁿ jû tĭ;
 * as brethren.


 * The scurf skin of the bamboo.
 * tek jû;
 * bamboo oakum.
 * bamboo oakum.


 * jû-lû;
 * a plant used in medicine: its roots dye a red color.


 * Fat; rich; fertile.
 * ko̤-jû;
 * fertile.
 * fertile.


 * cí-kò̤ kâi châng-tī to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi tī;
 * the fields hereabouts have a rich soil.


 * só̤ cîah to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi hó̤-bī;
 * he feeds upon rich dainties.


 * hiang-jû;
 * a fungus, used in medicine.
 * a fungus, used in medicine.


 * The elm.
 * jû-pêh-phûe;
 * slippery elm bark.
 * slippery elm bark.


 * tī-jû;
 * St. John's wort.


 * An edict; an order; to instruct.
 * hûang-tì kâi jŭ cí;
 * the emperor's expressed will.
 * the emperor's expressed will.


 * ŭ sĭang jŭ kàu;
 * an edict has arrived.


 * thâk sìaⁿ jŭ;
 * read the sacred edict.


 * kà-jŭ;
 * a district superintendent of instruction.


 * chut kò̤-sī hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;
 * issue a proclamation to inform the people.


 * lí jŭ sì kìm;
 * to explain reasonably but to forbid with decision.


 * jŭ i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ-nâng láu-tōa lâi tàⁿ ūe;
 * order the head men of the village to come and talk it over.


 * kuaⁿ mīn jŭ i cìe-ⁿseⁿcìeⁿ-seⁿ [sic] cò̤;
 * ordered him to do this before the magistrate's face.


 * kak hieⁿ pun jŭ-thiap;
 * distributed an order in the villages.


 * chíaⁿ kuaⁿ jŭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ-sin chut lâi thio-chu;
 * invite the magistrate to instruct the honorable among the village gentry to come forth and arbitrate.