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 office?
 * tíen lī;
 * head-writers.


 * tham kuaⁿ, u lī;
 * corrupt officials.


 * lī pâng a-ṕun;
 * clerk in the department of Civil Office.


 * lī pâng cóng-su;
 * the head clerk in the provincial branch of the Board of Civil Office.


 * lī khue kip-sṳ-tong;
 * a secretary in the district branch of the Board of Civil Office.


 * lī-pŏ sīeⁿ cṳ, lī-pŏ có̤ sĭ n̂ng, lī-pŏ ĭu sĭ-n̂ng;
 * the President and the Vice Presidents of the Board of Civil Office.


 * lī-pŏ ŵn gūa n̂ng;
 * a deputy official in the Board of Civil Office.


 * lī-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;
 * directors in the Board of Civil Office.

liah

 * To lay hold of; to seize; to apprehend; to take.
 * lîah tîeh mē?
 * Did you get hold of it?
 * Did you get hold of it?


 * lîah m̄ tîeh;
 * cannot lay hold of it.


 * khṳt úa lîah;
 * was seized by me.


 * lîah m̄ cŭ;
 * could not keep hold of it after I laid hands on it.


 * kìe ke nŏ̤ nâng sie-pang lîah;
 * call two more persons to assist in the seizure.


 * cŭe khin kâi, lîah khṳ̀ ké, cŭe tăng-kâi lîah khṳ̀ thâi;
 * those whose offense is slight are arrested and put in the cangue, those whose crimes are great are arrested and beheaded.


 * kúi nâng lîah kha, lîah chíu;
 * several held him by his hands and feet.


 * kai i lîah lâi cio-cò̤;
 * seize and punish him.


 * lîah châk;
 * apprehend thieves.


 * jû lîah mûaⁿ-lìu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * like catching an eel.


 * To rob; to plunder; to take openly and by force.
 * kàu chù, to sĭ chau liah;
 * has seized and confiscated everything even to his house.
 * has seized and confiscated everything even to his house.


 * i kâi kun-lĕng ngîam căi, kun-sṳ̆ hùe bô̤ cêk nâng káⁿ chíeⁿ-lîah;
 * their military discipline is very strict, and not a man among the soldiers dare take things by force.

liak

 * A resumé, a sketch, a general outline, a digest; a little; in general; rather.
 * lîak-lîak tàⁿ cē cū hó̤;
 * to give a resume will be sufficient.
 * to give a resume will be sufficient.


 * put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-lîak;
 * give only a general outline.


 * chó̤-lîak;
 * somewhat; in general; slightly; rather.


 * chó̤-lîak pat;
 * understand it in some small degree.


 * chó̤-lîak ūe;
 * draw a slight sketch.


 * lîak cai cêk nŏ̤;
 * know a little about it.


 * iak-lîak;
 * about; somewhere near that amount.


 * iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?
 * About how much is there?


 * iak-lîak saⁿ jît kú;
 * about three days.


 * iak-lîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is about that.

liam

 * To take up in the fingers.
 * liam khau;
 * to draw lots.
 * to draw lots.


 * liam hieⁿ;
 * to set incense sticks.


 * To enshroud; in medicine, to neutralize, to repress.
 * jûah thiⁿ-sî kâi si méⁿ-méⁿ siu lîam bûa;
 * in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.
 * in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.


 * tieⁿ líam;
 * to prepare a corpse for the coffin.


 * jîp líam;
 * to enshroud.


 * bī sng kâi, i kâi sèⁿ cū líam;
 * it is in the nature of what is acid to repress heat.


 * īa m̄ hó̤ cîah khah líam;
 * neither should one take too mach of what represses heat.


 * To withdraw. The hands into the sleeve.
 * líam jîm pài;
 * I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).
 * I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).


 * To pinch; to pinch up or off
 * ĕ tng m̄ hó̤ lìam i;
 * do not pinch him again.
 * do not pinch him again.


 * i lìam kàu i o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
 * he pinched him till he was black and blue in spots.


 * i khṳ̀ lìam i kâi kih-kau sĭ thīn i sn̂g;
 * when she pinched his cheek it was merely in sport.


 * lìam kò̤ chòi lâi cò;
 * pinch off a piece of dough to make it with.


 * lìam m̄ khí;
 * cannot pinch it up.


 * lìam lío kâi cńg-thâu-ūi sûi-sî cū sio;
 * the marks made by pinching with the fingers immediately disappeared.


 * The sections of an orange; the scales of an onion.
 * cí kâi kaⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ jîeh cōi lìam;
 * see how many carpels this orange has.
 * see how many carpels this orange has.


 * īu sĭ peh cêk lìam cêk lìam tó̤ bōi;
 * shaddocks are divided into carpels and thus sold.


 * sǹg-thâu cêk lìam cêk lìam peh tīo mô̤h;
 * pick the film off the garlic, scale by scale.


 * A reaping hook; a bill hook.
 * lîam-to̤;
 * a sickle or bill hook.
 * a sickle or bill hook.


 * khîa lîam-to̤ lâi kuah cháu;
 * take a reaping hook and cut the grass.


 * kau-lîam;
 * a pruning hook.


 * kau-lîam-chieⁿ hó̤ phùa lîen-lŵn-kah-bé;
 * a hooked spear is useful in breaking the ranks of armored horses chained together.


 * Viscid, sticky, glutinous, adhesive.
 * nĕ lîam-lîam;
 * very adhesive.
 * very adhesive.


 * mâk lío chíu lîam-lîam;
 * got his hands all stuck up with it.


 * chíu jṳ́ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
 * daubed his hands with it till they were all stuck up as if with bird lime.


 * thóiⁿ tieh bô̤ ka-lîam;
 * it appears