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 * Muscular prowess; brawn; force; strength; mental energy; spirit; nerve; the actuating power; divine succor; full use of an organ; assiduous; the properties or strength of a thing, as the stiffness of a bow, vigor of a style, severity of a disease, or tenacity of a wire.
 * ēng lâk;
 * exert yourself; be spry; work hard.


 * lâk chut tōa cē;
 * put forth greater exertion.


 * bô̤ lâk;
 * nerveless; without energy.


 * cŏ̤ úa cêk pì cṳ lâk;
 * lend me a helping hand.


 * i kâi ngán lâk hó̤;
 * he has good eyesight.


 * i sĭm sĭ ŭ mâk lâk;
 * he is very sharp-sighted.


 * cía keng ŭ kúi kâi lâk?
 * How much strength is required to draw this bow?


 * tîeh ŭ hṳ́ khí lâk lĭang cìaⁿ cò̤ tit lâi;
 * there must be such a measure of strength in order to do it.


 * mih sṳ̄ tîeh lîang lâk jṳ̂ kîaⁿ;
 * you must act according to your strength in whatever you do.


 * i kâi hâk lâk hó̤;
 * he has great aptitude in learning.


 * cèng nâng pìaⁿ lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * all join your forces and go and do it.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tit lâk;
 * thus it may be made effective.


 * míen lâk khṳ̀ kîaⁿ;
 * go and do it by main strength.


 * i kâi chíu lâk tōa;
 * he has great strength of arm.


 * līen lâi ŭ lâk;
 * strengthened by exercise.


 * lâk jú tîen jú tōa;
 * the more strength is exercised the greater it becomes.


 * cía lâk tŏ̤ kut tói kò̤;
 * he is reserving his strength.


 * úa to bô̤ ie lâk, cò̤ m̄ lâi;
 * I have not the muscular vigor necessary to do it.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tò lâk;
 * the two are measuring their strength with each other.


 * i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ gîap-lâk căi;
 * he acts with great energy.


 * khang-khùe tîeh lâk cò̤, cṳ tîeh lâk thâk;
 * work must be done with vigor, and study must be pursued with zeal.


 * ŭ lâk m̄ hó̤ cĭn chut;
 * one should not expend all his strength.


 * kŏ sîn lâk;
 * rely on supernatural help.


 * cĭn nâng lâk, thèng thien kong;
 * exert human strength to the uttermost, and then depend on help from heaven.


 * cí ki mûeh ŭ bw̄n kṳn lâk;
 * this will bear a strain of a thousand pounds weight upon it without breaking.


 * bô̤ hía kha lâk, kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;
 * have not the requisite strength of limb to enable me to walk there.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ ío lâk lí sṳ̄;
 * this magistrate attends to his business with considerable assiduity.


 * bô̤ hìeⁿ lâk;
 * I am not called upon to exert myself in such fashion.


 * màiⁿ khah lâk thàng;
 * do not be too eager to earn money.


 * hùn lâk pĭaⁿ cò̤;
 * redouble your exertions, and get it done the sooner.


 * khua lâk;
 * strength of thigh, acquired in riding.


 * i kâi hâk-mn̄g sĭ tŏ̤ tī-tîang kò̤ tit lâk kâi?
 * From whom did he acquire his aptitude for learning?

lam

 * To spread over loosely; to cover lightly.
 * khîeh kâi saⁿ kâi i lam lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * throw a tunic over him.
 * throw a tunic over him.


 * khîeh kò̤ pò lâi lam;
 * cover it with a cloth.


 * cí kò̤ cúa khah sòi, lam m̄ miⁿ;
 * this paper is too small and does not cover it perfectly.


 * A basket, used as a cover.
 * bói kâi koi-lam lâi kìm koi;
 * buy a coop to keep the fowls in.
 * buy a coop to keep the fowls in.


 * koi-lam khàm kâi teng;
 * a lamp having an openwork convex shade.


 * The black olive.
 * lâm lám;
 * to scald olives.
 * to scald olives.


 * lám hût thùaⁿ;
 * charred olive pits.


 * lám phûe ko̤;
 * a conserve of black olives.


 * lám jîn;
 * the meat from black olive pits.


 * To grasp; to carry with a firm hand or in both arms; to engross; to monopolize; to hug close; grasping.
 * pau lám sṳ̂-sŏng;
 * an attorney who takes the whole management of affairs for his client.
 * an attorney who takes the whole management of affairs for his client.


 * i kâi hùe-mûeh ŭ lám-cāi a bô̤?
 * Is there a bill of lading for his goods?


 * sie lám koiⁿ;
 * embrace each other.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ lám-ka-pûah;
 * the two are wrestling.


 * lám-kau, lám thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
 * wrestle and see who is the stronger.


 * tùi i lám kín-kín;
 * hugged him close.


 * lám lío m̄ hàuⁿ pàng;
 * clasped him in both arms and would not let him go.


 * lṳ́ tîeh nīe úa lám ĕ ie;
 * you must give me the grasp under the arms, in wrestling.


 * cía ho̤h lă lám;
 * this is a whole armful.


 * cí câng chīu, ŭ nŏ̤ nâng lám;
 * this tree is so large that it would take two persons with outstretched arms to compass it.


 * To take a view of, to inspect.
 * cêk lám cĭn cai;
 * understood the whole thing at a glance.
 * understood the whole thing at a glance.


 * lám kó, cai kim;
 * review the past in order to comprehend the present.


 * phak lám khûn cṳ;
 * has read a host of books.


 * kiong thîaⁿ gū lám;
 * I respectfully send this up for Your Majesty's inspection.


 * Mire; miry; mud, slush; slushy.
 * hái phîaⁿ kâi làm thô̤;
 * the mud from the sea shore.
 * the mud from the sea shore.


 * làm îeⁿ;
 * mud-flats.


 * thô làm-làm, tâh lô̤h khṳ̀ cū bît pīn kha-lîam;
 * the mud is very soft, and if you step on it you sink up to your shins.


 * thô làm, thām lô̤h khṳ̀, lop-cē-kìe;
 * the mud is slushy, and when you step into it there is a splashing sound.


 * cía sĭ phìen i khṳ̀ lô̤h làm;
 * this is leading him into the slough.