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 * The lining, the inner face of a garment.
 * àiⁿ kah sĭm-mih lí?
 * What lining will you put in?


 * chiam lí chiam būe hó̤;
 * have not yet finished stitching in the lining.


 * hîuⁿ lí;
 * the lining of a wadded jacket.


 * úa kâi lí mīn àiⁿ cò̤ tâng sek;
 * I want the lining and the outside of the garment to match in color.


 * Forces; troops; a regiment of 500 men; a visitor, a guest, a sojourner, an immigrant.
 * kun-lí kâi sṳ̄;
 * military affairs.
 * military affairs.


 * hêng-lí úang lâi;
 * travellers going and coming; constant traffic.


 * kak kok kâi siang-lí lâi úang;
 * merchants from every country go and come.


 * i kâi kun sît-căi hó̤ cheng-cò̤ ngĕ-lí;
 * their troops may well be called sturdy braves.


 * lí-kẃn, chi-liang;
 * a stranger in a strange land.


 * To retire; to disperse; to dismiss; to go from; to part; parted; absent; to cut in two; to arrange or divide off; scattered ; the 5th of the 8 and the 30th of the 64 diagrams, referring to elegant things and to brightness.
 * lî-khui;
 * to withdraw from.
 * to withdraw from.


 * lî-pîet;
 * to separate from.


 * hàm i màiⁿ lî-kòiⁿ nâng kâi kut-nêk;
 * tell him not to sow dissension among relatives.


 * lîu-lî sit-só̤;
 * wander from home.


 * lî ŭ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far off is it?


 * sái kàu nâng lî sim;
 * wean people from you.


 * bé put lî uaⁿ, nâng put lî kah;
 * the horses were never out of their saddles, nor the men out of their armor.


 * pek i sía lî-cṳ;
 * spur him up to writing a bill of separation.


 * lî ke;
 * leave home.


 * lî hieⁿ pîet céⁿ;
 * leave one's native place.


 * lî-khui cêk chieh;
 * withdraw to a distance of one foot.


 * lî hn̆g;
 * far separated.


 * cí kâi lî ío kṳ̆n;
 * this is not so far away.


 * úa lî chù cêk jît lō;
 * I am a day's journey from home.


 * sṳ̄-bŭ cōi, lî m̄ khui sin;
 * I am very busy and cannot get away.


 * no̤ⁿ-kíaⁿ sòi, lî m̄ khui;
 * the children are small and I cannot be away from them.


 * khek put lî kháu, khûn put lî chíu;
 * the ballads are never away from his mouth, and boxing never out of his hand; he is always practising singing and boxing.


 * siang lî ku-ā lí;
 * several miles apart.


 * lî kàu cêk pho lō kâi-pang-bó̤;
 * at a distance of about a league away.


 * lî bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ;
 * hardly any distance away.


 * kui nâng sie thòi teng-tùe, jît mêⁿ bò̤ lî;
 * several persons take turns in attending upon him, and leave him neither day nor night.


 * cí tîo lō, lî kò̤-kíaⁿ cū cèng cêk câng chīu;
 * at a little distance from this road a tree was planted.


 * put li sĭ tŏ̤ cí côiⁿ ău;
 * it can't be far off.


 * lî khṳ̀ cē;
 * get a little farther off.


 * m̄ kam lî-khui pĕ-bó̤;
 * unwilling to be separated from his parents.


 * cèng nâng lî-sùaⁿ khṳ̀;
 * they all dispersed.


 * thut-lî khó-lāng;
 * escape from trouble.


 * lî ŭ kúi nî kú;
 * remote from the time by several years.


 * cí kâi tī-hng put lî nâng;
 * there is always some one here.


 * pun-lî;
 * to distribute.


 * hun-lî;
 * divide into shares.


 * lî ûi húe;
 * the fifth of the eight diagrams belongs to fire.


 * A vitreous, translucent substance which resembles strass.
 * po̤-lî;
 * glass.
 * glass.


 * po̤-lî khì;
 * glassware.


 * po̤-lî theng;
 * glass windows.


 * cêk tieⁿ po̤-lî;
 * a pane of glass.


 * po̤-lî cun;
 * a glass bottle.


 * po̤-lî cúaⁿ;
 * a glass goblet.


 * po̤-lî pue;
 * a glass tumbler.


 * cía po̤-lî seⁿ cúi phă;
 * this glass has bubbles in it.


 * cía po̤-lî cĕng căi;
 * this glass is very clear.


 * po̤-lî cúi-ciaⁿ ŏi thang;
 * glass and crystal are transparent.


 * pô̤-lî sĭ ngĕ-sèⁿ, tìaⁿ cŭang tîeh cū phùa;
 * glass is brittle, and if you hit it whether lightly or heavily, it breaks.


 * àng po̤-lî hìeⁿ thang;
 * transparent as glass.


 * ngŏ sek po̤-lî;
 * iridescent glass.


 * lîu-lî;
 * strass.


 * lîu-lî teng;
 * a strass lamp.


 * pûn liu-lî;
 * to blow strass.


 * ngâu po̤-lî;
 * make glass.


 * The third term in fractions; a hundredth; the thousandth part of a tael, nominally equal to a copper mill, or the native coin called by foreigners a cash; a very little; a grain; a hair's breadth; an extra tax of one tenth per cent on a quantity of goods or on the property in a place, according to an assessment.
 * thiu lî kim;
 * to levy the tax of one tenth per cent.
 * to levy the tax of one tenth per cent.


 * lî kêk;
 * assessors, who collect this tax.


 * bó̤ cêk lî hó̤ ēng;
 * not a particle of it is serviceable.


 * bô̤ pùaⁿ lî ŭ ēng;
 * not of the least use.


 * hâu-lî to bŏi cha-chò̤;
 * there is not the slightest error in it.


 * sǹg kàu lî hâu si hut;
 * reckon to the last farthing.


 * chûn bô̤ cêk lî-kíaⁿ;
 * have but the least bit left.


 * i cìeⁿ sî cîah bô̤ io lî;
 * she eats almost nothing lately.


 * cûah lî-lî, cū châh tîeh mâk;
 * came within a hair's breadth of piercing his eye.


 * hīn-khek kâi châng tó̤ hak, ŭ kúi lî cí?
 * In buying farm land now, what percentage of its value is the income from it reckoned at?


 * A fence or wattle of bamboo; a light inclosure.
 * cí gūa-kháu ûi tek lî;
 * surround the outside with a bamboo fence.
 * surround the outside with a bamboo fence.


 * chài lî;
 * a low fence around a vegetable patch.


 * cìa lî;
 * a straw or splint wattle around a cane field.


 * hn̂g lî;
 * the garden fence.


 * phah bé-káng-lî;
 * make lattice work.


 * cí khí nâng sĭ nâng-lî;
 * this is an outcast.