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 * A habitation.
 * mō̤ⁿ i ŏi kói-ūaⁿ mn̂g-lî;
 * hope he may improve the fortunes of the family.


 * Early.
 * lî-mêng;
 * early dawn.
 * early dawn.


 * lî-mêng cṳ cáu-khí;
 * got up at the first streak of dawn.


 * The side of the body.
 * phiaⁿ-lî kut;
 * the ribs.
 * the ribs.


 * phah tîeh phiaⁿ-lî;
 * struck him in the side.


 * khang kàu phiaⁿ-lî tèng ŏi thìaⁿ;
 * made my side ache.


 * Advantageous; useful; gains; profit; shrewdness; greedy for gain; slippery; to benefit; to oblige.
 * tit lĭ;
 * to gain.
 * to gain.


 * lĭ-chĭ căi;
 * very profitable.


 * tăi kit lĭ-chĭ;
 * a very lucky stroke of fortune.


 * i cêk nî siu ŭ jîeh cōi lĭ-sek?
 * What income does he get from it annually?


 * mîaⁿ lĭ líang tit;
 * fame and wealth both attained.


 * kin nî kâi seng-lí sŭn-lĭ căi;
 * business is very prosperous this year.


 * lĭ-cîⁿ ke kùe bó̤-cîⁿ;
 * the profit is greater than the capital.


 * lĭ-hāi;
 * malicious; harmful.


 * lĭ lō heng thong;
 * everything is prosperous.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih lĭ-iah nē?
 * What advantage is there in it?


 * bô̤ lĭ bô̤ iah;
 * of no benefit whatever.


 * cúi lĭ;
 * marine revenue.


 * îam lĭ;
 * revenue from salt.


 * cìeⁿ-sî ŭ lĭ a bô̤?
 * Have you made anything lately in your business?


 * cía mng tōa lĭ căi;
 * this is anything but profitable.


 * m̄ lĭ; put lĭ;
 * unprofitable; unprosperous.


 * ŭ lĭ hó̤ chu mē?
 * Is there any profit to be made?


 * Harsh, stern, severe.
 * ngîam-lĭ;
 * awfully stern.
 * awfully stern.


 * lĭ siaⁿ;
 * a harsh voice.


 * lĭ siaⁿ, tăi toah;
 * shouted out very loudly to him in a threatening voice.


 * lĭ kúi hāi nâng;
 * a discontented ghost injures people.


 * sṳ̂ sek ngîam-lĭ;
 * words harsh, and aspect austere.


 * To animate, to incite.
 * míen-lĭ i khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * impel him to go and do it.
 * impel him to go and do it.


 * kó-lĭ kun-sṳ̆;
 * rouse the troops.


 * Elegant, beautiful, ornamented, flowery.
 * siu-sîp kàu īam-īam lĭ-lĭ;
 * arranged very elegantly.
 * arranged very elegantly.


 * sek-cúi īam-lĭ căi;
 * its color is very fine.


 * i seⁿ lâi sìu-lĭ căi;
 * she is very finely proportioned.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh li sìu-sìu lĭ-lĭ, cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ cho-máng;
 * looks elegant and refined but acts in a very boorish way.


 * Dysentery; diarrhea.
 * lĭ-cit;
 * dysentery.
 * dysentery.


 * sĭ pêh lĭ a sĭ chiah lĭ?
 * Are the discharges white or red in color?


 * hueh lĭ; âng lĭ;
 * bloody flux.


 * kìm kháu lĭ;
 * diarrhea with loss of appetite.


 * tn̂g-tn̂g lĭ-cît;
 * chronic dysentery.


 * To classify; to adjust; to arrange; to compare; to make a precedent of; laws which are less stringent than statutes; rules, regulations, by-laws, directions; custom, usage; the order or disposition of things.
 * taⁿ cìaⁿ sin khí lī kâi;
 * that which comes under the new regulation.
 * that which comes under the new regulation.


 * cía bô̤ lī kâi;
 * there is no fixed rule about this.


 * i hío lut-lī;
 * he understands the law.


 * cìe lī phōiⁿ sṳ̄;
 * adjudicate the affair in accordance with the usages.


 * kú cū cîaⁿ lī;
 * in the course of time it becomes a usage nearly equivalent to a law.


 * ē tńg cū sêng cò̤ lī;
 * another time it will be used as a precedent.


 * ŭ tīaⁿ lī kâi;
 * there is a settled usage in regard to it.


 * hâh lī;
 * in accordance with established usage.


 * lī kìm ngîam căi;
 * the prohibitory rule is very strict.


 * chê cek-lī;
 * examine the rules.


 * m̄ hó̤ cang cí kâi ûi lī;
 * do not make this a precedent.


 * kak chù kak chù kâi lī;
 * each place has its peculiar customs.


 * nín kâi hieⁿ lī cò̤-nî?
 * What is the usage in your village?


 * ún kâi kui-lī hó̤;
 * our practise is an excellent one.


 * bô̤ lī mó̤ khí, ŭ lī mó̤ cí;
 * if there is no rule it is not well to make one, if there is a rule it is not well to abolish it.


 * To enter upon, as office.
 * tâng cí kâi kuaⁿ lī jīm ău tī-hng ío phêng;
 * since this magistrate entered upon his office, the country has been more quiet.
 * since this magistrate entered upon his office, the country has been more quiet.


 * From first to last; thoroughly, completely.
 * tó̤ kàu lī-lī;
 * fallen flat.
 * fallen flat.


 * cúi khó̤ káu lī-lī;
 * the water has all ebbed out.


 * ke khṳt i phùa kàu lī-lī;
 * the family has been completely ruined by him.


 * sie khṳ̀ hŵn-lío bŏi lī;
 * it is not yet all burned up.


 * An officer; magistrates; a deputy, or a secretary in an office; to rule.
 * lī pŏ, lī pâng, lī khue;
 * the Board of Civil Office in Peking, and its departments in each province and district, where it superintends the appointment, salaries and movements of officials.
 * the Board of Civil Office in Peking, and its departments in each province and district, where it superintends the appointment, salaries and movements of officials.


 * i múaⁿ lī a būe?
 * Has he completed his term of