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Rh ments all made ready yet?
 * i mîaⁿ-ke ēng sĭm-mih piaⁿ khì;
 * he is expert in the use of all military weapons.


 * tăi khì mńg sêng;
 * a great vessel is slowly made; a talented man slowly matures.


 * cí kâi nâng síe khì căi;
 * this person has little capacity.


 * màiⁿ khah sío khì;
 * do not be petty.


 * cía sĭ kùi khì kâi;
 * this is one that is of fine capacity.


 * hía sĭ m̄ sêng khì;
 * that one is unfit for the place.


 * kà kàu i sêng jîn sêng khì;
 * teach him till he becomes a man and good for something.


 * châng khì;
 * farming implements.


 * cĭeⁿ khì kâi mûeh;
 * a complete utensil; a valuable object, or refined person.


 * Fumes or vapor ascending from heat acting on moisture; exhalation; ether; breath; air; the vital force or fluid; spirit, courage, temper, or feelings of men and animals; influence; aspect, air; a semi-lunar period.
 * màiⁿ seⁿ khì;
 * do not get vexed.
 * do not get vexed.


 * i kâi khì-sek hó̤;
 * he has a pleasant countenance.


 * ŭ kâi kuaⁿ-hú kâi khì-sĭang;
 * has the air of an official.


 * im îang nŏ̤ khì sûn-hŵn bô̤ hiah;
 * the primordial aura in the dual powers, incessantly circulates.


 * ui pēⁿ īa tîeh hío ngŏ ūn lâk khì;
 * in treating diseases one must understand the five indications of luck, and the six climatic agencies.


 * huang khì;
 * climate; air.


 * hâng khì;
 * coldness.


 * sú khì;
 * heat.


 * sip khì;
 * dampness.


 * chàu khì;
 * dryness.


 * húe khì;
 * caloric.


 * cí hûe sĭ sĭm-mih coih-khì?
 * What time of the moon is this?


 * màiⁿ khṳt thô-khì chong tîeh;
 * do not imbibe the miasma.


 * cí kâi nâng ŭ cí-khì;
 * this is a man of nerve.


 * i kâi cí-khì ngan-ngan;
 * he is very resolute.


 * khì sí nâng;
 * exasperates people.


 * úa sĭu khì căi;
 * I have been much blamed.


 * sĭu i kâi khì sĭu m̄ khṳ̀;
 * I am not going to allow him to scold me.


 * màiⁿ khì tîeh i;
 * do not anger him.


 * lîah i lâi chut khì;
 * take him to vent his spite on.


 * chut khì bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * no way of venting his spite.


 * cí-kò̤ kâi khì-hāu cá, pí pât kò̤ soiⁿ ŭ cêk kâi coih-khì;
 * the seasons here are early: they come a full half month sooner than in other places.


 * i kâi nâng khùn căi, thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi bô̤ khì mêh;
 * he is very feeble, and seems to have no vitality.


 * lṳ́ sît-căi hó̤ ūn khì;
 * you are indeed lucky.


 * khṳt i khì sí khṳ̀;
 * caused him to die of vexation.


 * lṳ́ sĭeⁿ ŏi khì a bŏi?
 * Do you think he is vexed about it?


 * thiaⁿ tîeh cū khì;
 * on hearing it he was vexed.


 * khṳt i cē khì cū thò hueh;
 * as soon as he is vexed, his gorge rises.


 * cē khì hueh cū bū;
 * as soon as he is angry he blurts out his wrath.


 * i kâi ngŵn khì cok căi;
 * his constitution is very strong.


 * i tó̤ îang khì;
 * he is putting on airs.


 * îang-îang khì-khì tńg khṳ̀;
 * went off in high dudgeon.


 * cí-kò̤ kâi khì-sîp m̄-hó̤;
 * the customs in vogue here are bad.


 * cìaⁿ khì;
 * rectitude.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh kâi khì-lâk tōa;
 * this medicine has great efficacy.


 * cîah tîeh sît căi ŭ khì;
 * on eating it you will certainly feel the effect.


 * hueh-khì thîo-hûa, bô̤ pēⁿ;
 * when the circulation is as it should be, there is no ailment.


 * ûn hieⁿ-châ lâi phek tīo ùe khì;
 * burn sandal wood as a disinfectant.


 * cîah cē lîang-îeh lâi cheng tīo jûah khì;
 * take cooling medicine as an antidote to fever.


 * tîeh sìa tīo i kâi ṳ̀ khì cek khì cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * the system must be depleted and all will then be well.


 * cí īeⁿ mûeh kâi khì-bī sĭm hó̤;
 * the flavour of this is delicious.


 * cîah tîeh bô̤ khì bô̤ bī;
 * it has neither savor nor flavor.


 * cí hûe bô̤ mih sîn-khì;
 * have not now much vigor.


 * sui sĭ hŭ-jîn ŭ kâi cĭang-hu khì-khài;
 * though she is a woman, she has a man's strength of will.


 * i kâi khì ngêk-phû : hó̤ khṳ̀ chūe sŭn khì, kàng khì kâi îeh lâi cîah;
 * this does not agree with him: get some sort of soothing medicine for him to take.


 * i kâi mīn thóiⁿ tîeh ẁn khì;
 * he looks vexed.


 * im-khì thài sĕng;
 * too deep darkness.


 * chìn thiⁿ-sî kâi húe bô̤ mih khì-lâk;
 * the fire in cold weather has not much force.


 * khì chēng kín;
 * pent up force.


 * i tó̤ ŭang khì kâi sî-hāu;
 * when he is prospering.


 * cí hûe tú-tú tit tîeh sèⁿ ŭang kâi khì;
 * opportunely hit upon a favorable time.


 * hău-seⁿ tiang-sî, hueh khì cū càng, nî lău hueh khì cū sue;
 * in youth the vital forces are strong, in old age they are weak.


 * cí-hûe kâi sî-khì, nâng cōi-cōi ŭ cí khí pēⁿ;
 * at this season this disease prevails.


 * i ŭ kâi thì-khì kâi pēⁿ;
 * he has constipation.


 * lô̤h kò̤ kieⁿ phek tīo i kâi cho̤ khì;
 * put in a piece of ginger-root to obviate the fishy smell.


 * sìa tīo i kâi tâk khì;
 * to disinfect.


 * phùa i kâi cek khì;
 * disperse the dank odors.


 * khì kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;
 * so angry that he gasps for breath.


 * To reject; to discard; to renounce; to relinquish; to abandon; to throw off.
 * khì tīo bó̤;
 * to forsake one's mother.
 * to forsake one's mother.


 * khì tīo kíaⁿ;
 * abandon one's children.


 * khì tīo ke, khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;
 * renounce one's domestic relationships, and become a priest.


 * màiⁿ cṳ̆ pău cṳ̆ khì;
 * do not go and throw yourself away.


 * i íⁿ-keng khì sîa kui cìaⁿ;
 * he has already departed from evil and returned to correct ways.


 * khì kū ngêng sin;
 * discard the old and welcome the new.


 * khì sì;
 * leave the world; to die.


 * phau khì;
 * fling away.


 * pun nâng khì tīo;
 * cast away.


 * sía-khì tīo;
 * to discard.


 * lêng-kò̤ sía-khì tīo;
 * rather fling off the whole thing.