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 căi lĕng nâng seⁿ khì;
 * does indeed make one angry.


 * lĕng cìⁿ;
 * a dart with a triangular flag on it, given to a messenger to express urgency.


 * lĕng kî;
 * a flag having written orders upon it.


 * hwt ki o lĕng, ah khṳ̀ thâi;
 * issue an order on black paper, for him to be taken to execution.


 * ûang lĕng pâng;
 * the office from which the orders are issued.


 * lĕng-cìaⁿ;
 * your wife.


 * Eloquent; persuasive; insinuating.
 * i ío hó̤ kháu-lĕng;
 * he is the more ready of speech.
 * he is the more ready of speech.


 * hṳ́ kâi cn̂g kâi bô̤ kháu-lĕng;
 * that one has no gift of utterance.


 * A tuber or underground fungus.
 * hôk-lĕng; thó-hôk-lĕng;
 * a species of underground fungus used in medicine.
 * a species of underground fungus used in medicine.


 * Lax, slack, loose, flacid.
 * kó phûe khah lēng, phah bŏi híang;
 * the head of the drum is too slack, and does not sound when it is struck.
 * the head of the drum is too slack, and does not sound when it is struck.


 * pàng lēng cē, màiⁿ khah kín;
 * relax it a little, do not draw it too tight.


 * so̤h túi âng cē, màiⁿ khah lēng;
 * draw the rope rather taut, do not leave it too slack.


 * To tie up, with spare rope between the knots; to form a line of things by binding them continuously on a rope.
 * bé-lēng-thâu;
 * a halter for a horse.
 * a halter for a horse.


 * khîeh tìo so̤h khṳ̀ lēng cò̤ cêk ē;
 * take a rope and go and join them thereby.


 * lēng cêk lēng tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
 * slung up a whole string of them.


 * lēng ŭ kúi peh ki tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * there are several hundreds of them joined by a string.


 * A sleeper on which a board rests.
 * cêk ki làu-lēng;
 * a sleeper under a floor.
 * a sleeper under a floor.

li

 * Slovenly.
 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ li-la căi;
 * she does things in a very slovenly way.
 * she does things in a very slovenly way.


 * hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ li-la;
 * tell him not to slur the thing over.


 * jú tàⁿ jú li-la;
 * the more you talk to him about it the more untidy he is.


 * li-li- la-la kâi nâng;
 * a slovenly lout.


 * Driving, as wind or rain.
 * huang li-li, chue tîeh hó̤ căi;
 * there is a strong breeze, pleasant to feel.
 * there is a strong breeze, pleasant to feel.


 * gûeh li kng-kng, huang li, li-li;
 * bright moonlight, and a steady breeze.


 * An adverbial particle indicating certainty.
 * tàⁿ khí lâi, ūe tn̂g li;
 * to tell about it will take a long time.
 * to tell about it will take a long time.


 * cí khí cōi cîⁿ li;
 * this sort is costly.


 * hó̤ li hó̤, kùi li kùi;
 * as for the quality it is indeed good, and as for the price it is very dear.


 * phîⁿ li phîⁿ, cûah cē bô̤ ēng;
 * as for cheapness, it is cheap, and if it were a little less good it would be good for nothing.


 * cí kâi li khah sòi, hṳ́ kái li khah tōa;
 * this is too small and that too large.


 * īa sĭ kio cí kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ kâi li úa cū àiⁿ;
 * if it be as good a one as this, I want it.


 * lō li hn̆g, tó li khùn;
 * the road is long, and my belly is empty.


 * A place of residence; a neighborhood, a village of twenty-five or fifty families; the Chinese mile, reckoned to be 300 paces.
 * tâng hieⁿ-lí;
 * fellow villagers.
 * fellow villagers.


 * câp lí cū sĭ cêk phò;
 * ten Chinese miles are one Chinese league, (equal to 3½ English miles).


 * cêk lí lō;
 * a mile.


 * lî ŭ saⁿ lí hn̆g;
 * it is three miles away.


 * choiⁿ lí bé;
 * a courier or post-boy.


 * if you argue with the magistrate you will become poor, if you argue with a demon you will die, and if yon argue with the head of your village you will use up a good deal of rice.
 * if you argue with the magistrate you will become poor, if you argue with a demon you will die, and if yon argue with the head of your village you will use up a good deal of rice.


 * Rites; ceremonies.
 * lí pŏ;
 * the Board of Rites.
 * the Board of Rites.


 * lí khue;
 * the district bureau having charge of state ceremonies.


 * lí pâng;
 * the provincial department of rites.


 * To govern, to manage, to look after, to regulate, to rectify, to adjust according to principle; the governing principle; that which is felt to be right and suitable, and depends not on force; reason; right doctrine; rule of action; among Chinese philosophers, the principle of organization by which matter is preserved, or the power that inheres in it; to depend on; to think of, to regard.
 * tŏ̤-lí; tău-lí;
 * right doctrine; correct reason.
 * right doctrine; correct reason.


 * thŵn tŏ̤-lí;
 * to set forth the truth.


 * sueh tŏ̤-lí;
 * to expound the correct principles of the thing.


 * thiⁿ lí;
 * Heaven's reason, a retributive overruling Providence.


 * tī lí;
 * the principle of organization which inheres in terrestrial nature.


 * ŭ thiⁿ lí cìaⁿ ŭ lī lí;
 * since there is an overruling power there is also an underlying principle in nature.


 * sui sĭ châk īa ū thien-lí lîang-sim;
 * although he is a rebel, he has a conscience.


 * tîeh thiⁿ-lí lîang-sim cē;
 * you must have some