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 have not met lately.
 * kú ngíang tōa mîaⁿ;
 * have long respected you.


 * bô̤ ŭa kú;
 * not very long.


 * hiah kàu saⁿ jît kú, màiⁿ khṳ̀ thăng i;
 * do not touch it for three days.


 * kú pēⁿ lău ui kuaⁿ;
 * when one has long been sick he knows all about the doctors.


 * jú kú jú kèng;
 * the longer you know him the more you will respect him.


 * hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh ŏi sĭeⁿ kú-tn̂g;
 * in every affair one must think of the ultimate results.


 * khĭa-khí kú cū sêk;
 * when you have lived long in a place you become familiar with it.


 * cò̤ cìeⁿ kú?
 * Why have you been so long about it?


 * lṳ́ khṳ̀ hìeⁿ ku, khṳ̀ tì-kò?
 * Where have you been, that you have been gone so long?


 * cok-cok ŭ kâi sî-sîn kṳ́, hŵn m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
 * has been at it for a full hour, and still will not stop.


 * kú-kú tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * is always there.


 * ēng kú cū cai;
 * after having used it for a long time you will know.


 * kàu kú cìaⁿ cai;
 * found it out after a long while.


 * kú-kú thâk m̄ pat;
 * never learns anything by study.


 * nín cò̤-nî kú-kú tó̤ sńg;
 * why are you all the time playing.


 * úa thóiⁿ i cîah m̄ kú li;
 * I do not think she will live long.


 * jîp khṳ̀ cêk tōa kùa kú hŵn būe chut;
 * has been in there fully half a day and has not yet come out.


 * cía sĭ kú nî kâi mûeh;
 * this is a thing that is to be used for many years.


 * kú sì sieⁿ ceng, kú ŏ̤ sieⁿ khì, kú lîp sieⁿ kṳn;
 * protracted study injures the vital force, much lying down is hurtful to the constitution, standing too long harms the sinews.


 * kú ŭaⁿ hông kam hŏ;
 * have a refreshing shower after a long drought.


 * kú hŏ hí sin cêⁿ;
 * after a long rain one rejoices in a clear sky.


 * kú bŭn tōa mîaⁿ;
 * have long heard about Your Excellency.


 * sṳ̄ kú kìⁿ nâng sim;
 * when a business is long protracted, the true characters of people are revealed by it.


 * A shopman; a resident or settled trader, as distinguished from a travelling one.
 * kîaⁿ siang, cŏ̤ kú;
 * travelling traders, and resident dealers.
 * travelling traders, and resident dealers.


 * sṳ lông kong kú;
 * literary men, agriculturalists, artisans and merchants.


 * To cauterize; to raise blisters by burning moxa or the dried tinder of the Artemisia on the skin.
 * i ŏi cam kù;
 * he understands the use of the lancet and of cautery.
 * he understands the use of the lancet and of cautery.


 * ēng húe lâi kù cū hó̤;
 * it will be well to cauterize it with fire.


 * cang hīaⁿ-mîⁿ lâi kù;
 * apply moxa and cauterize it.


 * kù ŭ kúi câp càng;
 * cauterized several tens of times.


 * kù kâi huap sĭ ēng hīaⁿ-jông lâi kù;
 * the method of cauterization is by burning moxa on the skin.


 * To look after; to attend to; to care for, to regard; to consider; to patronize.
 * cò̤ sṳ̄ to tîeh kù côiⁿ kù ău;
 * in doing things one must consider both what has preceded and what will follow.
 * in doing things one must consider both what has preceded and what will follow.


 * cìo kù;
 * to bestow patronage upon; to get employment for; to consider the interests of.


 * i ŭ kẁn-kù i a bô̤?
 * Is she considerate toward him?


 * thóiⁿ-kù;
 * to look after; to attend to.


 * cía mng sĭ chin nâng, ná lí m̄ thóiⁿ-kù i;
 * this is a relative, and how can we do other than show regard for him.


 * síu bú siang kù;
 * the beginning and the end correspond.


 * hàm i tîeh cai kwn-kù;
 * tell him he must take heed.


 * kù chṳ́ li sit pí, kù pí li sit chṳ́ : kang-khó căi;
 * if we regard this we lose that, and if we give heed to that we miss this: it is indeed trying.


 * i cò̤-nî m̄ kù ka-kī, toaⁿ kù pât nâng;
 * why does he not take care of himself, as well as of other people.


 * cí kù kih-kau pûi, m̄ kù sin-cīeⁿ ui;
 * cares only to have fat cheeks, and is indifferent about what he wears.


 * lău cú kù;
 * an old patron.


 * hó̤ cú kù;
 * a good customer.


 * phài i tó̤ kwn-kù nâng-kheh;
 * depute him to attend to the visitors.


 * tîeh cai kẇn-kù tê, kẃn-kù hun;
 * you must attend to the setting forth of the tea, and of the tobacco.


 * kù sì-phìⁿ;
 * to look around on all sides.


 * īu àiⁿ kù lăi, īu àiⁿ kù gūa, cía tîeh ŭ ho̤h ŏi kâi cìaⁿ lí tit khṳ̀;
 * the internal and the external relationships have all to be considered in this, and he must be a very able person who can manage it all.


 * kù chit peh gūa phìⁿ;
 * looking after a thousand things.


 * mih-mûeh kù kàu ciap-ciap côi;
 * takes perfect care of everything.


 * khùn-kíaⁿ kù cí, khùn-kíaⁿ kù hṳ́, kù m̄ lī;
 * have so many things to attend to that I cannot look after them all.


 * ku kàu kûaⁿ lâi li jûah kàu, kù kàu jûah lâi li kûaⁿ kàu;
 * by the time the work of the cold weather is attended to, summer has come, and by the time the summer’s work is looked after, it is cold weather again.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa sĭ kù tîeh i;
 * in so doing I show regard for him.


 * i to m̄ kù mn̂g huang;
 * he does not regard the credit of the house and family.


 * i sĭang-téng kú ke;
 * he has great regard for his family.


 * kù pĕ bó̤, kù bó kíaⁿ, kù hiaⁿ tĭ;
 * to show consideration for parents, for wife and children, or for brethren.


 * kù líen;
 * careful of his reputation.


 * i cí hûe cṳ̆ kù put hîa, cò̤ ŭ thang kù pât nâng;
 * he has at present no leisure to look after himself, how should he have the time to look after other people.


 * tîeh kù pńg cîⁿ;
 * must take care of your capital.


 * tăi-kè tîeh sie cìo-kù;
 * you must all render assistance to each other.


 * īu àiⁿ kù thâu kù kha;
 * must look to both ends of it.