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 * To drench; to souse; to splash.
 * lâm kàu cêk sin tap-tap-tih;
 * drenched so that he was dripping wet.


 * ēng kún cúi lâi lâm i nńg;
 * souse it with hot water to soften it.


 * íe cho̤h cúi lâi lâm koi;
 * dip out some water and scald the fowl.


 * lâm thâu lâm hĭⁿ cū lâm lôh khṳ̀;
 * pour it over him, head and ears, (as water from a shower-bath).


 * lâm pn̄g-ám;
 * drench it with rice water.


 * lṳ́ kâi saⁿ lâm tîeh îu;
 * your tunic is splashed with oil.


 * khṳt kún cúi lâm kàu kâi phă;
 * was splashed by the hot water so as to have a blister raised.


 * i khṳt lâ lâm kàu híam-híam sí
 * he came very near being scalded to death by the lard splashing over him.


 * Blue; indigo blue.
 * lâm sek;
 * blue.
 * blue.


 * jī lâm;
 * navy blue.


 * saⁿ lâm;
 * dark blue.


 * gûeh lâm;
 * pale blue.


 * it-pín lâm;
 * blue black.


 * chùi lâm;
 * a greenish blue.


 * gêk lâm;
 * a bluish green.


 * thien lâm;
 * azure.


 * i sĭ sía tîeh lâm pńg kâi;
 * he is writing out essays on thin paper for the use of lazy students.


 * pó̤-lâm sùaⁿ;
 * dark blue thread.


 * lâm pò saⁿ;
 * a jacket of dark blue cotton cloth.


 * The male of the human species; a baron; the lowest of the five ranks of nobility.
 * lâm-cṳ́;
 * a son; a man.
 * a son; a man.


 * lâm-cṳ́ hàng;
 * manly.


 * lâm-jin;
 * men.


 * lâm nńg;
 * male and female.


 * lâm hŭ láu ìuⁿ;
 * those of both sexes and of all ages.


 * lâm kè;
 * the men folk.


 * thâu tho̤ sĭ seⁿ lâm a seⁿ nńg?
 * Was her first born a boy or a girl?


 * lâm-ciak;
 * a baron.


 * South; southern; austral.
 * lâm hng;
 * the southern regions.
 * the southern regions.


 * lâm pôiⁿ kâi tī-hng jûah;
 * southern countries are warm.


 * cí koiⁿ chù hìang lâm, hṳ́ koiⁿ sĭ cŏ̤ lâm;
 * this house fronts the south, that one has its back to the south.


 * huang-thai thàu kàu hṳ́ búe cū àiⁿ á hûe lâm;
 * when the typhoon has blown itself out it veers to the south.


 * cí lâm cam;
 * a magnetic needle.


 * lâm pâk hâng;
 * a warehouse where northern and southern goods are exchanged.


 * To wash over with metal; to plate.
 * nâng būe sĭ lâm seⁿ-thih kâi, cong-kú tŏ̤;
 * men are not plated with iron that they last forever.
 * men are not plated with iron that they last forever.


 * ío, i m̄ tîeh lâm seⁿ-thih kâi;
 * and moreover, he is not invulnerable.


 * hṳ́ tói tâng kâi, cí gūa sĭ lâm ngṳ̂n kâi;
 * the inside is brass, and the outside is overlaid with silver.


 * Vapor or mist.
 * suaⁿ-lâm cìang-khì;
 * malarious vapor among mountains.
 * malarious vapor among mountains.


 * nâng a sĭ chok tîeh suaⁿ-lâm cìang-khì cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;
 * if people imbibe malaria they become ill.


 * Long continued rain.
 * hía hŏ cheⁿ-lâm!
 * What torrents of rain!
 * What torrents of rain!


 * hŏ tōa căi lí-kẃn lâm;
 * a torrent of rain pouring incessantly.


 * Ragged; shabby.
 * saⁿ lâm-lú;
 * garments shabby.
 * garments shabby.


 * cêk sin chēng kàu lâm-lâm lú-lú;
 * he was clothed in rags.


 * An even grained, yellowish, fine wood, used for furniture; it grows in Kiang-si.
 * cìaⁿ nńg-lâm;
 * the real, elastic, yellow-wood.
 * the real, elastic, yellow-wood.


 * khî-lâm;
 * a fragrant wood brought from Anam, and used for beads.


 * Covetous; greedy.
 * tham-lâm;
 * avaricious.
 * avaricious.


 * A freshet; profuse; excessive; lawless; irregular; beyond bounds; unsettled.
 * cúi hùam-lăm;
 * the water surges.
 * the water surges.


 * hùam-hùam lăm-lăm chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;
 * surging to and fro, with no fixed channel.


 * cò̤ kuaⁿ-hú kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ lăm hêng;
 * magistrates must not inflict excessive punishments.


 * ūe màiⁿ lăm tàⁿ, sṳ̄ màiⁿ lăm cò̤;
 * do not speak heedlessly, and do not act lawlessly.


 * lăm-sám;
 * heedless, lawless, careless, wanton.


 * ciⁿ-ngṳ̂n màiⁿ lăm ēng;
 * do not spend your money thoughtlessly.


 * màiⁿ lăm kau-chap phêng-íu;
 * do not heedlessly enter into friendships.


 * lăm pó̤;
 * give a security carelessly; to recommend without full knowledge.


 * cò̤ ŭ hìeⁿ lăm?
 * How could you be so heedless?

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 * Wide apart; open; having interstices.
 * màiⁿ pâi khah lang;
 * do not set them too far apart.
 * do not set them too far apart.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh lang-lang nē;
 * it appears as if the spaces between were very wide.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah hi-lang, tîeh cò̤ bâk-câk cē;
 * that is too open, it must be made closer.


 * A thick indurate skin on the hands and feet.
 * phoi kha-lang;
 * pare off the indurate skin on the feet.
 * pare off the indurate skin on the feet.