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 * To illustrate; to compare.
 * i miaⁿ-ke pí-jŭ;
 * he is expert in illustration.


 * cang ci kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ pí-jŭ;
 * use this as an illustration.


 * siet kâi phì-jŭ;
 * make a parable.


 * cieh lâi phì-jŭ;
 * use in illustration.


 * pì-jŭ cêk ciah cûn;
 * it may be compared to a boat.


 * Affluent; plenteous; to enrich.
 * pù-jŭ;
 * superabundance.
 * superabundance.


 * i ke lăi sĭm sĭ pù-jŭ;
 * they have enough and to spare in that family.


 * cí ke pù-pù jŭ-jŭ, cò̤ tit lâi;
 * this family is well off, and can afford it.


 * jŭ kok, pĭen mîn;
 * enrich the state and accommodate the people.


 * kuang côiⁿ, jŭ ău;
 * render those who have gone before illustrious, and enrich those who come after.


 * To pass over; to pass beyond.
 * íⁿ-kèng jŭ hăng;
 * have passed the limit.
 * have passed the limit.

jûah


 * Hot.
 * jûah căi;
 * it is very hot.
 * it is very hot.


 * jûah thiⁿ-sî saⁿ-khò tîeh chîang ūaⁿ;
 * in hot weather the clothing must be changed frequently.


 * ŭ kûaⁿ ŭ jûah;
 * sometimes it is hot, and sometimes it is cold.


 * bŏi kûaⁿ bŏi jûah;
 * is neither cold nor hot.


 * i hwt kûaⁿ, hwt jûah;
 * he has chills and fever.


 * kûaⁿ lío īu jûah, jûah lío īu kûaⁿ;
 * he is cold and hot alternately.


 * thiⁿ-sî jûah;
 * the weather is hot.


 * cí hûe jît-tng-tàu jûah căi;
 * it is now very hot at midday.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh tó lăi cū hwt jûah;
 * when he saw it he became filled with excitement.


 * jûah thiⁿ-sî mûeh-kĭaⁿ kōi sit bī;
 * in hot weather things spoil easily.


 * i kâi sin-hūn jûah;
 * he is feverish.


 * cîah tîeh m̄ cai jûah;
 * eating it does not make me warm.


 * jûah pauh;
 * a cold-sore; sores on the lips.


 * Pleased with; gratified by.
 * i nŏ̤ nâng sie jûah tîeh;
 * the two are much pleased with each other.
 * the two are much pleased with each other.


 * m̄ cai i jûah tîeh i tī-kò̤;
 * do not know what it was in him which suited his taste.


 * hía, jûah tîeh!
 * Well, that is fine! (said ironically).


 * īa sĭ cí khí le úa jûah tîeh;
 * if it of this sort, it will not be to my liking.


 * i ka-kī tó̤ tôk jûah;
 * he is pleased with himself and so mistakenly thinks that others are pleased with him.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ to m̄ jûah nâng li;
 * that will not please people.

jûe


 * To work over in the hands; to rub betweenn the two hands; to fumble.
 * jûe chiu;
 * fumble the beard.
 * fumble the beard.


 * jûe tn̂g, so̤h tó;
 * griping pain in the bowels.


 * mīn-pò jûe lío khṳt i lā ta;
 * squeeze out the towel and then let it dry.


 * chíu-kṳn khîeh khṳ̀ jûe cheng-khih;
 * take the handkerchief and rub it clean.


 * tîeh khin-khin jûe, m̄-hó̤ jûe phùa;
 * must rub it lightly, and not rub holes in it.


 * jûe kâi cúa-ín;
 * roll up a lamp-lighter.


 * màiⁿ jûe khah tōa lâk;
 * do not rub it too hard.


 * jûe i nńg;
 * make it pliant by rubbing it.


 * jûe i chùi;
 * rubbed it into fragments.


 * Piercing; shrewd; resolute.
 * i kâi cí jŭe căi;
 * he is very resolute.
 * he is very resolute.


 * thie-sẃn ceng-jŭe kâi píaⁿ-bé;
 * detail well drilled troops.


 * náng kâi jŭe-khì m̄ hó̤ tŭi;
 * our ardour must not abate.

júi


 * To echo, as in replying; an answer.
 * júi, júi;
 * aye, aye; to be sure.
 * aye, aye; to be sure.


 * cèng nâng lóng-cóng júi-júi, bô̤ nâng káⁿ kêh i;
 * every one agreed with whatever he proposed, and none dared remonstrate with him.


 * hùaⁿ nâng ùi i kâi sì, mih sṳ̄ to sĭ júi-júi, nâp-nâp;
 * they all fear his power, and assent to and aquiesce in everything he says.


 * Only that; and so; to consist in; but.
 * jûi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa cū m̆;
 * that being the way it is, I will have nothing to do with it.
 * that being the way it is, I will have nothing to do with it.


 * jûi-tôk lṳ́ cêk nâng sĭ hó̤;
 * you are the only one fit for it.


 * jûi sĭ lṳ́ úa cai tīaⁿ;
 * you and I are the only ones who know.


 * To ponder.
 * cài saⁿ sṳ-jûi;
 * pondered it over and over.
 * pondered it over and over.


 * kháu sŏng, sim jûi;
 * the mind meditates upon it, while the mouth chants it.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ ka-kī sṳ-jûi;
 * you think it over within your own mind.


 * To will; to entail; to leave, as at death.
 * lîm sí kâi jŭi cok;
 * last will and testament.
 * last will and testament.


 * sĭ kó nâng kâi jŭi kà;
 * it is the instruction bequeathed to us from the ancients.


 * sĭ soiⁿ có kâi jŭi ngân;
 * those were the dying words of his ancestor.


 * i a-pĕ jŭi-mĕng cang cí koiⁿ phò pun cí kâi kíaⁿ;
 * his father left orders that this shop be given to this son.


 * cía sĭ tâng soiⁿ jŭi