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 near being beyond my strength.
 * keng kàu ie ku-ku;
 * bent under the effort.


 * màiⁿ cîah pá, cū tó̤ keng lâk;
 * do not eat all you can hold, when testing your strength to the uttermost.


 * To alter; to change; to rearrange.
 * lṳ́ àiⁿ cò̤-nî keng-kói?
 * What alterations are you going to make?
 * What alterations are you going to make?


 * keng-êk cò̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kèng hó̤;
 * to change it and make it thus would be better.


 * keng i, ūaⁿ phâu;
 * change his attire.


 * To manage; to plan; what is regular, orderly, or standard; canons; manuals; to pass through, by, or across.
 * i mîaⁿ-ko keng-îong;
 * he is apt in the calculation of ways and means.
 * he is apt in the calculation of ways and means.


 * i tó̤ tng keng-sêng;
 * he is the head clerk in a district yamun.


 * keng-thiaⁿ;
 * chief secretary in a prefect's yamun.


 * úa m̄ cêng keng chíu;
 * it did not go through my hands.


 * sĭ úa keng chìu cò̤ kâi;
 * it went through my hands.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ bô̤ keng kùe úa kâi chíu, úa m̄ cai;
 * this affair did not come under my management and I do not know.


 * keng úa kâi mâk thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * passed under my eye.


 * cía sṳ̄ lṳ́ pat keng kùe mē?
 * Have you looked this matter over?


 * līam keng;
 * to chant a liturgy.


 * thâk keng;
 * read the standard works.


 * cia sĭ thong keng lôk kâi îeh;
 * this medicine is one that goes through all the blood vessels.


 * i sĭ m̄ pat keng kùe sṳ̄ kâi nâng;
 * he is one who has had no experience in affairs.


 * cí thâng keng hùi hàm tī-tîang chut?
 * Who is to be called upon to meet the regular outlay this time?


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ úa keng-kẃn kâi;
 * this matter is outside my jurisdiction.


 * sṳ̄ m̄ sĭ pat keng kùe, to m̄ cai kang-khó;
 * not having experienced this he does not know its hardship.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ ŭ tăi keng cì;
 * this is a man of deep learning.


 * cí cêk pùe nâng mih sṳ̄ to keng kùe;
 * these people have passed through all sorts of experiences.


 * gûeh keng;
 * the menses.


 * tn̆g keng;
 * the change of life.


 * keng kùe hẃn-lw̆n, keng kùe cúi-cai, keng kùe tōa ki-hng;
 * passed through a civil war, through a flood, and through famine.


 * cía sĭ cìaⁿ-keng kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is what happens in the regular course of things.


 * tṳ̂ hía jûi cìaⁿ cṳ keng kâi gūa, pât īeⁿ cîⁿ i m̄ káⁿ àiⁿ;
 * he will not dare ask for any more than the regular allowance.


 * A bow; a bow-shot.
 * thâu hōⁿ kâi tăng keng jîeh cōi kṳn?
 * How many pounds weight is required to draw the largest of these cross-bows?
 * How many pounds weight is required to draw the largest of these cross-bows?


 * i mîaⁿ-ke khui ngĕ keng;
 * he is expert in the drawing of stiff bows; he can manage people.


 * keng kio cìⁿ kâi khin tăng tîeh phùe tit kùe cìaⁿ hó̤ ēng;
 * the weight of the arrow must correspond with that of the bow, then they are servicable.


 * cí ki keng kúi kâi lâk?
 * How much strength is required to draw this bow?


 * keng la kàn múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
 * draw a bow to its utmost stretch.


 * cí ki sĭ bé keng a sĭ pō keng?
 * Is this such a bow as is used by the cavalry, or by the infantry?


 * khui keng m̄ pàng cìⁿ;
 * stretch the bow without shooting the arrow; empty threats.


 * i tŏ̤ îaⁿ tèng cîah keng-cìⁿ hìang;
 * he is in camp, living on his pay as an archer.


 * lâi cĭang thóiⁿ cí-kò̤ jîeh cōi keng pō;
 * come and measure and see how many bow-shots it is.


 * ēng keng-cĭang lâi cĭang;
 * measure it by bow-shots.


 * keng cĭang; keng pō;
 * a wooden square for marking off land.


 * i tó̤ khui keng-ciⁿ phò;
 * he keeps a shop for the sale of bows and arrows.


 * keng tŏ̤;
 * a quiver.


 * keng hîⁿ;
 * a aa [sic] bow-string.


 * tau cò̤ kâi keng;
 * bend and fasten it in the shape of a bow.


 * keng pù;
 * the curve of a bow.


 * cĭeⁿ keng hîⁿ;
 * to string a bow.


 * The beginning of spring, from the 5th to the 20th of March.
 * keng-têk lûi;
 * spring thunder showers.
 * spring thunder showers.


 * keng-têk būe kùe lûi soiⁿ híang;
 * you will always hear thunder before spring sets in.


 * A palace; a mansion; an ancestral temple.
 * ûang keng;
 * the palace.
 * the palace.


 * keng tōiⁿ;
 * grand buildings; state edifices.


 * keng-bīe;
 * a temple.


 * cìaⁿ keng hûang-hŏ;
 * the Empress.


 * phah ló̤h né keng;
 * sent to the palace for discarded concubines.


 * keng hui;
 * imperial concubines.


 * keng ngô̤ múiⁿ ńng; keng ńng; keng jîn;
 * maids in the palace.


 * ô̤h keng;
 * a college.


 * A prospect; a fine view; a good site; aspecte; circumstances.
 * sèng-kéng;
 * picturesque.
 * picturesque.


 * múiⁿ kéng;
 * fine scenery.


 * kuang-kéng;
 * the prospect.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ-sî kâi kuang-kéng jîeh hó̤?
 * What are your prospects at present?


 * úa cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ mih hó̤ kuang-kéng;
 * my prospects are not now very good.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ kéng tī ngía căi;
 * the scenery there is very fine.


 * cía hó̤ lâi pái kéng;
 * this should be displayed to view.


 * cĭam jîp kia kéng;
 * gradually came to easy circumstances.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ sĭm-mih kuang-kéng hó̤ thit-thô̤ mē?
 * Are there any sights there for one to go and see?


 * îaⁿ kéng;
 * a display of tableaux in a procession.


 * lîang-sîn múiⁿ-kéng;
 * fine weather and beautiful scenery.


 * hó̤ mêⁿ-kéng;
 * a fine night.


 * poih kéng;
 * the remarkable objects in a place.