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 to have no adhesive quality.
 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ ka bô̤ lîam;
 * what he says has no coherence.


 * bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah kûi sṳ̄ khṳt i tàⁿ kàu ka-ka lîam-lîam;
 * things for which there is not a particle of evidence, are made to appear as facts by his well connected statements.


 * ciah lô̤h khṳ̂ bô̤ lîam bô̤ sìam;
 * it leaves no taste in the mouth after it is eaten.


 * tàⁿ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
 * stated very coherently.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng siang-hó̤ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
 * the two are inseparable friends.


 * tîeh ēng sie cúi lâi sói cìaⁿ bŏi lîam;
 * must wash it with warm water, and then it will not be sticky.


 * A screen, of cloth, matting splints; curtains.
 * mn̂g lîam;
 * a splint door-screen.
 * a splint door-screen.


 * pò lîam;
 * a curtain.


 * tek lîam;
 * a bamboo screen.


 * lîam kauh khí;
 * the screen is rolled up.


 * lîam pàng lô̤h lâi;
 * the screen is let down.


 * pàng lîam;
 * let down the screen.


 * kùa liam;
 * a hanging screen.


 * tìo lìam;
 * hang up a screen.


 * lîam lăi;
 * behind the screen; secluded; retired.


 * pak tīo lîam;
 * remove the screen.


 * cí pak lîam cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much did the making of this screen cost?


 * hien lîam, jîp lâi;
 * turn aside the screen and enter.


 * kīe lîam;
 * the curtains of a sedan chair.


 * lāi lîam kuaⁿ;
 * deputies appointed by the chancellor to read the essays at an examination.


 * tìo lîam ãu hûe jīm;
 * after the examination they return to their posts.


 * câh-lîam;
 * a partitioning screen.


 * ûi-lîam;
 * an enclosing screen.


 * Moderate; economical, frugal; disinterested ; pure.
 * lîam-chí;
 * decency, modesty.
 * decency, modesty.


 * ŭ-lîam-chí kâi nâng;
 * a modest person.


 * hṳ́ kâi nâng bô̤ lîam-chí;
 * that person is brazen.


 * bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;
 * indecent.


 * i to m̄ pat lîam-chí;
 * he has no sense of decency.


 * i ío kù lîam-chí;
 * he is regardful of decency.


 * íang lîam ngṳ̂n;
 * an anti-extortion allowance, a legal addition to the salary of officials.


 * cí kâi khueh toaⁿ-toaⁿ khàu-cŭ íang-lîam tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * in this post one depends solely upon the anti-extortion allowance.


 * kuaⁿ-liú lîam-mêng;
 * magistrates that are incorruptible.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ cheng-lîam căi;
 * this magistrate judges equitably.


 * kè-lîam, kang sé;
 * costs lessened, and work saved.


 * lîam-lîam nē;
 * very economical.


 * kè-cîⁿ thó̤ khṳ̀ lîam căi;
 * the price that he asks is very moderate.


 * i ŏi lîam-khĭam khak-khó;
 * he is frugal and persevering.


 * Beard on the upper lip.
 * i kâi chiu m̄ kùe lîam;
 * his beard does not cross his upper lip.
 * his beard does not cross his upper lip.


 * lṳ́ kâi chiu lâu khí lâi, ŏi kùe lîam;
 * if you let your beard grow, you will have a moustache.


 * chiu cē m̄ kùe lîam thóiⁿ tîeh ía īeⁿ;
 * if the moustache does not extend across the lip it makes one look ferocious.


 * The shin.
 * kha-lîam-kut;
 * the shin bone.
 * the shin bone.


 * i seⁿ kha-lîam chṳ;
 * he has sore shins.


 * kûeh tîeh kha-lîam;
 * abraded the shin.


 * pang-kha-lîam;
 * a sloughing of the shin.


 * A lady's dressing case.
 * cng-lîam;
 * a bride's trousseau.
 * a bride's trousseau.


 * lîam hṳ̂;
 * a species of mud-fish, of a dull green color and with stout jagged spines.
 * a species of mud-fish, of a dull green color and with stout jagged spines.


 * lîam hṳ̂, thâu tōa-tōa bih-bih;
 * the head of the mud-fish is large and flat.


 * To reflect on, to ponder over, to remember and consider, to regard.
 * kìⁿ-lĭam tîeh lṳ́;
 * holds you in kind remembrance.
 * holds you in kind remembrance.


 * lĭam-lĭam, put bûang;
 * keep in mind, and not forget.


 * jît mêⁿ sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;
 * think of her day and night.


 * lĭam tîeh i kâi ṳn;
 * recall her kindness to me.


 * sái i cô̤h-tn̆g lĭam-thâu;
 * send him to check the first thought of it.


 * lĭam-kîp ke-hieⁿ;
 * think fondly of one's native place.


 * úa khùa lĭam tîeh i;
 * I am anxiously thinking of him.


 * mih sṳ̄ to sìo-lĭam tîeh i;
 * everything calls her to mind.


 * i ŭ sìo-lĭam tîeh mē?
 * Does he recollect us?


 * To enshroud.
 * tieⁿ lĭam;
 * winding-sheet.
 * winding-sheet.


 * siu lĭam;
 * to wrap in a winding-sheet.


 * To recite from memory; to learn by heart; to chant or drone.
 * līam cṳ;
 * repeat passages from books.
 * repeat passages from books.


 * lṳ́ līam úa thiaⁿ;
 * you recite it to me.


 * līam keng;
 * chant Buddhist chants.


 * līam hût;
 * repeat the name of Buddh.


 * līam sì kù;
 * recite verses.


 * līam kua, līam khek;
 * to drone out songs and ballads.


 * līam sêk-sêk;
 * memorize it perfectly.


 * thâk kàu pat līam;
 * read it till you know it well enough to repeat it from memory.


 * úa cêk sî līam m̄ chut;
 * I cannot just at this moment repeat it.


 * An angle, a corner.
 * saⁿ līam pô̤;
 * a weapon with a triangular blade; a three-cornered iron club.
 * a weapon with a triangular blade; a three-cornered iron club.


 * àiⁿ cò̤ kúi līam kâi?
 * How many angles will you have made in it?