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 found a lucky day, one must have a lucky hour to go with it.
 * tăi kit lĭ chĭ;
 * a good chance for a speculation.


 * hon̂g hiong hùe kit;
 * it happened that the evil omens changed to good ones.


 * kit jîn cū ŭ thien sìang;
 * prosperous people have the help of heaven.


 * tô̤h kit; phok kit;
 * seek a lucky omen.


 * cia sǹg sĭ kit sîang kâi mûeh;
 * this may be reckoned as a thing of good omen.


 * kit cheⁿ cìe lîam;
 * a happy star shines upon it.


 * khai ciang tăi kit;
 * may great prosperity attend the opening (of the shop, at New Year).


 * kit tī;
 * a favored spot.


 * kit hŵt;
 * a good place for a grave.


 * kit lói;
 * felicitous offerings.


 * kit-kéⁿ;
 * a common medicine for coughs, the root of the.
 * a common medicine for coughs, the root of the.


 * dwarf orange.
 * kim kit;
 * the kumquat orange.
 * the kumquat orange.


 * cía kit sĭ cip kaⁿ a m̆ sĭ?
 * This dwarf orange is grafted on the large orange is it not?


 * tîam kit;
 * small sweet oranges.


 * kit píaⁿ;
 * pressed oranges.


 * sì-khùi kit;
 * the nutmeg orange.


 * kit hông;
 * dried orange peel.


 * kîam kit;
 * pickled oranges.

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 * Bent down; compelled to stoop; unable to extricate one's self.
 * màiⁿ kiu-niu;
 * do not double yourself down into a heap.
 * do not double yourself down into a heap.


 * i cò̤-nî kiu-kiu niu-niu, cn̂g kâi m̄ chun-chṳ?
 * Why is it that he is bent down double, and does does not straighten himself up at all?


 * To shrink up; to contract; to draw in; to pucker up; to recoil.
 * kiu kàu hṳ́ tói-tói jîp khṳ̀;
 * withdrew into the inner recesses.
 * withdrew into the inner recesses.


 * kiu chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ, tó̤-tó̤;
 * shrunk up so that only a little short bit remains.


 * i kiu lío m̄ hàuⁿ chun chut lâi;
 * he draws himself in, and will not stretch out again.


 * lṳ́ phìen i chun chut lâi, cē kiaⁿ tîeh, i cū kiu jîp khang tói tìam;
 * if you entice him out, as soon as he is frightened he withdraws and hides himself in the depths of his hole again.


 * i tò̤-kiu jîp khṳ̀;
 * he has drawn himself back (into his shell).


 * cē phâk ta cū kiu;
 * as soon as it is dried in the sun it shrinks.


 * cía pò sói lío ŏi kiu;
 * this cloth shrinks in washing.


 * kha kiu bûa, khṳt nâng kùe lō;
 * draw in your feet and let people pass.


 * i kâi chiu kiu tŏ̤ saⁿ-ńg tói;
 * her hand was drawn up into her sleeve.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ i kiu;
 * do not scare him so as to make him retreat into his hole.


 * ku kiaⁿ lío, ku thâu kiu jîp khṳ̀;
 * when the tortoise is frightened he draws in his head.


 * i àiⁿ kiu lô̤h thô tói, kiu m̄ lī, khṳt úa lîah tîeh;
 * he was going to draw himself into the ground, but before he did it, I caught him.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i lī-hāi cū kiu-thò̤;
 * saw it was dangerous and drew back.


 * khṳt i kûaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;
 * shrunken with cold.


 * kiu-bûa;
 * to contract or draw up.


 * i kâi nâng kiu bûa m̄ káⁿ chṳt lâi;
 * he stood huddled up against the wall, and dared not come out.


 * hàm i màiⁿ kiu-niu, káⁿ-káⁿ nē;
 * tell him not to shrink back, but to come boldly forward.


 * úa thóiⁿ i cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ŏi kiu-kiu nē?
 * I wonder why it is that he acts so timorously: is it because he is incompetent, or because he lacks confidence in himself?


 * àiⁿ kiu, kiu m̄ tit;
 * wanted to draw back out of sight, but could not.


 * To walk with short steps.
 * i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kha kiu-a-kiu, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa pō;
 * he walks mincingly, not venturing to take long steps.
 * he walks mincingly, not venturing to take long steps.


 * i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤-nî kiu-kiu nē?
 * Why does he walk so carefully?


 * To combine for unlawful purposes.
 * i cò̤-nî káⁿ kíu cèng hăi-tò?
 * How dare he lead the people into a feud?
 * How dare he lead the people into a feud?


 * úa khṳt i kíu-tîⁿ kàu ùi;
 * I have been lead by him till I am sick of it.


 * i cong-kú lâi kíu-kíu tîⁿ-tîⁿ;
 * he is all the time coming and involving us in his affairs.


 * khṳt cho̤h sṳ̄ kíu-tîⁿ kàu bŏi tit khui sin;
 * was entangled in an affair so that I could not get away.


 * To examine into judicially.
 * káng-kìu;
 * to cross-examine.
 * to cross-examine.


 * káng-kìu kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh;
 * inquired into it so as to be quite certain as to the facts.


 * khîong kìu;
 * make an exhaustive examination.


 * kìu kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * After all, what does it amount to?


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ chim kìu i;
 * do not go and make a profound search into it.


 * tui kìu;
 * follow up the investigation.


 * keh câp gūa nî cìaⁿ lâi tui kìu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * came after a lapse of more than ten years, and pursued the investigation.


 * kuaⁿ cò̤-nî kìu tī i?
 * What sort of overhauling did the magistrate give him?


 * cía tîeh ngîam kìu kàu thiet-tói;
 * this must be sifted to the bottom.


 * cíeⁿ-seⁿ kìu phōiⁿ khṳ̀ tîeh huap;
 * this prosecution has been conducted according to law.


 * phêng jît kháu-kìu tŏ̤ tó lăi;
 * turn it over constantly in my own mind.


 * kìu-mn̄g i kâi chêng-îu;
 * inquire into the circumstances which led to it.


 * i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ sĭ ŭ káng ŭ kìu, bô̤ thèng cò̤;
 * in whatever he does