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 in life.
 * cía sĭ hó̤ kieh;
 * this is a good occupation.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ cho kieh a sĭ ìuⁿ kieh?
 * Is this person one who does coarse or fine work?


 * cí cêk chun cie ŭ sĭm-mih tōa kieh hūn?
 * Of what rank in the profession are those advertised for this season?

kien


 * Stable; firm; strong; resolute; lasting.
 * kieu-kiù;
 * steadfast.
 * steadfast.


 * kien-tōiⁿ;
 * stable.


 * kien-sît;
 * solid; substantial.


 * kien-ngĕ;
 * hardened, solidified.


 * cò̤ kàu kien-kien kù-kù;
 * make it so that it will be very durable.


 * i kâi cì kien căi;
 * his purpose is fixed.


 * sái i kâi siang-sìn kien-kù;
 * strengthen his confidence.


 * nâng tîeh ŏi kien-jím;
 * one must have endurance.


 * kien cip ka-kī kâi ì;
 * holds obstinately to his own idea.


 * sim kien cîeh īa chwn;
 * unflinching determination will wear away even a stone.


 * i kâi sim kien căi;
 * his resolution is unwavering.


 * Sparing; saving; niggardly.
 * kien-lĭen;
 * unwilling to spend.
 * unwilling to spend.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ khah kien-lĭen;
 * do not be too economical of force in doing things.


 * i kien câi, m̄ khéng chut cîⁿ;
 * he is very close-fisted.


 * To contribute at a call from government; to buy a title or office; a benevolence levied for a state exigency.
 * kien-tôi ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much money was subscribed?
 * How much money was subscribed?


 * kîen ngṳ̂n cêk choiⁿ níe;
 * contributed a thousand taels in silver.


 * cía sĭ kien kâi khang hâm, bô̤ kien sît sĭu;
 * this is the purchase of an empty title, not of any real office.


 * i sĭ kien sĭm-mih ceh-hâm?
 * What title did he purchase?


 * íⁿ-keng kien kuaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * has already bought an office and gone to fill it.


 * kien kêk;
 * the office where contributions are taken.


 * lâm-lêng īa hó̤ kien, hue-lêng īa hó̤ kien;
 * a raven's plume may be purchased, and may a peacock's feather.


 * têng tī-kâi sî-hāu ŭ khui kien?
 * At what time was the subscription opened?


 * To see; to observe; to perceive by the senses; a mental view; an opinion.
 * kìen-sek;
 * knowledge gained by experience.
 * knowledge gained by experience.


 * i kâi kìen-sek chim căi;
 * he has had much experience in it.


 * i bŭn ĭ kìen kâi sṳ̄;
 * something rarely seen or heard.


 * lṳ́ ío kau kìen;
 * you are more experienced.


 * kìen chìe;
 * it is laughable; you will smile at it; (a polite phrase).


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lṳ́ tho̤iⁿ ōi kìen chìe mē?
 * Do you not think this absurd?


 * i íⁿ-keng kìen-gî;
 * he is already suspicious.


 * nŏ̤ nâng kâi ì-kìen m̄ sie tâng;
 * the two hold different views.


 * lṳ́ hô̤-íⁿ kìen tit sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How could you know it would be so?


 * kak nâng kak kâi sek-kìen;
 * each person has his own experience.


 * cí khí nâng bô̤ bŭn bô̤ kìen;
 * these people have learned nothing by experience.


 * cîah kàu hìeⁿ lău hŵn-lío bô̤ kìen bô̤ sek, thèng cò̤;
 * so old and yet so inexperienced, doing things at random.


 * ka-kī m̄ hío, m̄ tîeh khṳ̀ mn̄g ŭ kìen-sek hùe?
 * If you do not yourself know what ought to be done, why do you not go and ask those who have experience?


 * put kìen khî hó̤, īa put kìen khî m̄-hó̤;
 * have not discovered him to be either particularly good or particularly bad.


 * m̄-sĭ ŭ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū m̄ kìen i kâi ŏi chù;
 * but for this we should not have known his abilities.


 * i kìen lí m̄ mêng;
 * he does not clearly perceive the principle of it.


 * A thin, sleazy, cheap silk, used for fans, toys, lanterns and pictures.
 * kìen sìⁿ;
 * a fan made of lutestring.
 * a fan made of lutestring.


 * cí kò̤ tìeⁿ-bâi sĭ kìen kâi a sĭ tîu kâi?
 * Is this valance for the top of the bedstead made of lutestring or of plain thin silk?


 * kìen-cí-nêk;
 * a muscle; a tendon; lean meat.
 * a muscle; a tendon; lean meat.


 * The hub.
 * tōa-kẃn-kĭen;
 * the gist; the main point.
 * the gist; the main point.


 * cí kâi sṳ̄ sĭ tōa-kẃn-kĭen kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is the leading feature of the affair.


 * cí pang cṳ kâi tōa-kẃn-kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * In what part of this set of books are their important doctrines to be found?


 * To buy a title or office.
 * i sĭ kĭen sĭm-mih kuaⁿ?
 * What office has he secured by a contribution to the government?
 * What office has he secured by a contribution to the government?


 * sĭ kĭen có̤ câk, a sĭ kĭen cìaⁿ tn̂g?
 * Has he purchased an office that is given by a magistrate, or one that is conferred by the imperial government?


 * Strong, vigorous, robust; in defatigable.
 * càng-kĭen;
 * sturdy.
 * sturdy.


 * kṳn kut càng-kĭen;
 * sinewy.


 * i sui-sĭ poih-câp hùe hŵn-lío càng-càng kĭen-kĭen;
 * although he is eighty years old he is still very brawny.


 * úa thóiⁿ nín a-má kâi khì-thói hŵn-lío càng-kĭen;
 * I see that your grandmother is still hale and strong.


 * i lău nâng khang-kĭen căi;
 * the old man is very