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 conscience in regard to it.
 * hâh lí;
 * reasonable.


 * i ŭ chêng-lí;
 * he has reason on his side.


 * bô̤ chêng-lí;
 * unreasonable; not according to common sense.


 * siu-lí kàu iap-thiap iap-thiap;
 * put it in complete order.


 * sṳ̆-lí;
 * to set in order; to regulate.


 * cíaⁿ-lí;
 * put in good repair.


 * lí sṳ̄;
 * attend to affairs, regulate matters.


 * lí ke sṳ̄;
 * attend to domestic concerns.


 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ lí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * is going to attend to an affair requiring adjustment.


 * lṳ́ kio úa lí hó̤;
 * you rectify it for me.


 * seng-ĺi;
 * trade.


 * ŭ seng-lí hó̤ mē?
 * Is trade brisk with you?


 * seng-lí hó̤ mē?
 * Is your business prosperous?


 * bô̤ mih seng-lí;
 * does not sell off much.


 * pōiⁿ-lí kàu cheng-chó̤;
 * have it all completly adjusted.


 * līo-lí;
 * to arrange with care.


 * thîo-lí;
 * to cure.


 * cē m̄ ôiⁿ cū lí m̄ kàu cía sṳ̄;
 * if I have not leisure, I cannot manage to attend to this.


 * cĭeⁿ mn̂g, khṳ̀ kio i lí-lŭn;
 * go to his door, and reason with him about it.


 * lí-hŭe;
 * to manage kindly.


 * mih sṳ̄ to tîeh káng-lí;
 * in every affair the rights of the case must be regarded.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío cĭu lí;
 * he is regardful of the right in what he does.


 * khîang sṳ̂, tô̤h cìaⁿ lí;
 * talk speciously and distort reasons.


 * bô̤ lí à kàu ŭ lí;
 * make the worse appear the better reason.


 * cía sĭ khîang sṳ̂ tô̤h lí kâi ūe;
 * this is wresting words in such a way as to pervert the truth.


 * tàⁿ ūe bô̤ chêng bô̤ lí;
 * talk unreasonably.


 * íⁿ lí lâi lŭn, i m̄-hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * putting it on the ground of equity, he is in the wrong.


 * cía sĭ sĭm-mih tŏ̤-lí;
 * what sort of argument is this.


 * i m̄ lí i;
 * he will not take it in hand.


 * kẃn-lí;
 * to control; take charge of; govern.


 * sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ kẃn-lí?
 * Who has charge of it?


 * bûn-lí;
 * the literary style.


 * lí kng, m̄ lí àm;
 * regard what is evident, not what is behind the scenes.


 * i lí m̄ khṳ̀;
 * he cannot manage it.


 * i lí m̄ lâi;
 * he cannot adjust matters.


 * kak nâng lí kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;
 * let each attend to his own business.


 * màiⁿ li khah hn̆g, lṳ́ li lṳ́ ka-kī cū hó̤;
 * do not extend your management of affairs too far, if you keep yourself in order you will do well.


 * cìe lí lâi tàⁿ, tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tîeh;
 * speaking simply of how it ought to be, it must be thus in order to be right.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ to m̄ cìo lí;
 * he always acts contrary to reason.


 * lí lō m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is not the right way to do.


 * i sĭ pang-lí kâi;
 * he acts as assistant in the management of the affair.


 * cía tŏ̤-lí cū sĭeⁿ m̄ phùa;
 * I had not thought out this principle.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ īa ŭ lí;
 * there is reason in that also.


 * kak cip cêk lí;
 * each holds to his own view.


 * cêk lí tong, peh lí thiet;
 * one principle extends throughout all principles.


 * tŏ̤-lí cū sĭ cêk īe;
 * correct doctrine is always the same.


 * chêng-lí sĭ sie-kang kâi;
 * pure reason is common to all.


 * chêng-lí sĭ ŭ ciⁿ ŭ sì hùe chī kâi;
 * the better reason is with him who has wealth and power.


 * áu-lí;
 * perverse; pig-headed.
 * khîu kuaⁿ sin-lí;
 * beseech the magistrate to rectify a wrong.


 * lí khut;
 * in the wrong; proved to be on the wrong side the question.


 * i kâi lí tó̤;
 * he has not many arguments to sustain his views.


 * tàⁿ lâi chêng-lí tn̂g;
 * the reasons set forth are numerous.


 * lí tît, khì câug [sic];
 * in a good cause, there is inherent strength.


 * lí hut, sṳ̄ khîong;
 * in a bad cause there is inherent weakness.


 * tōa-tōa tŏ̤-lí;
 * important principles.


 * ngĭ lí chim-àn;
 * right principles are profound and subtle.


 * im îang cêk lí;
 * for what is hidden and what is apparent, there is but one rule of action.


 * i kâi cṳ-lí chim, nâng-chêng mûeh-lí, hío khṳ̀ thàng;
 * he has a profound understanding of the principles of literature, and thoroughly comprehends both human nature and physics.


 * hío lí;
 * understand the eternal fitness of things.


 * cang lí lâi chui-chek;
 * think it out on the basis of principle.


 * cí kâi lí khîong m̄ chut;
 * this principle cannot be fully expounded.


 * chúi sŭn lí;
 * to reason from first principles.


 * sŭn lí;
 * follow the dictates of reason.


 * ngêk lí;
 * go contrary to the dictates of reason.


 * mêng lí;
 * clear up a point in ethics.


 * pŭe lí;
 * disregard the right.


 * tàⁿ lâi tîeh lí;
 * rightly argued.


 * káng-kìu tŏ̤-lí;
 * expound the doctrine.


 * That on which the foot rests; a leather shoe; to walk; to act; action, conduct.
 * lí-lêh;
 * a record of conduct.
 * a record of conduct.


 * thîaⁿ cĭeⁿ lí-lêh;
 * to send a record of one's proceedings up to court.


 * chìang lí-lêh;
 * one's own verbal statement of one's proceedings.


 * jû lí pó̤h piaⁿ;
 * as if treading on thin ice.


 * khóng lí ôi;
 * strong plain shoes for men's wear.


 * peh kûiⁿ suaⁿ jû lí pêⁿ tī;
 * climbs a mountain as if walking on level ground.


 * The carp, bream, sucker and similar fish.
 * lí hṳ̂;
 * the carp.
 * the carp.


 * kim lí;
 * goldfish.


 * kîe kha lí;
 * suckers.


 * âng ko̤ lí;
 * trout.


 * mŏng lí-hṳ̂ teng;
 * an amusing performance with a lantern made to imitate a carp.


 * A prune or gage; a plum of a red or yellow color; to get ready for a journey.
 * thô̤ lí năi;
 * peaches plums and apricots.
 * peaches plums and apricots.


 * hàm nâng lâi tàⁿ hêng-lí;
 * call some one to carry the luggage.


 * hêng-lí soiⁿ siu-sîp hó̤;
 * first get your baggage ready.