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 ; sĭ m̄ kù líen kâi nâng;
 * is one who cares little for his own dignity.


 * sît-căi chŵn bô̤ kù líen-mīn;
 * has really no regard at all for popularity.


 * i tîeh cò̤ kàu líen ŭ sek-cêk bô̤, cíaⁿ khéng hiah;
 * he will go on until his fame is tarnished before he will consent to stop.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa thóiⁿ li bô̤ sĭm-mih líen-mīn;
 * as I view the case, that will not bring us much esteem.


 * i tŏ hṳ́ kò̤ sǹg sĭ tōa thí-líen kâi nâng;
 * he is reckoned a distinguished man there.


 * hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ thí-líen;
 * tell him not to put on stately airs.


 * i khṳ̀ kàu ŭ sĭm-mih lìen-sek nē?
 * In how great respect is he held where he is gone?


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ sīt-căi i kûi líen-cīeⁿ kùe m̄ khṳ̀;
 * indeed, his reputation cannot safely stand that.


 * síeⁿ líen cē;
 * confer some little credit upon; keep in countenance.


 * síeⁿ kâi po̤h líen khṳt úa;
 * confer upon me the honor of a visit from you.


 * i sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ īa tîeh lâu kâi líen khṳt i hó̤ kìⁿ nâng;
 * although he has done thus, still some credit must be left to him, that he may look people in the face.


 * úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sǹg sĭ lâu líen-mīn khṳt i;
 * thus I may be reckoned to have allowed him to maintain some dignity.


 * lâi khṳt úa cò̤ líen;
 * give me moral support; keep me in countenance; assist me in gaining respect.


 * i khṳ̀ kàu khṳt nâng tng mīn sàu líen;
 * on arriving he was treated with open disrespect.


 * cē bô̤ nâng chûn líen khṳt i;
 * very soon no one will maintain any show of respect toward him.


 * sît-căi mó̤ siu líen;
 * is indeed discreditable.


 * i cêk-seⁿ-nâng hàuⁿ cò̤ bô̤ líen sṳ̄;
 * he has all his life been a party to disreputable transactions.


 * úa thóiⁿ li nín tîeh khṳt i kùe líen cē cìaⁿ tîeh;
 * I consider that it would be right for you to show him some honor.


 * cía phêng bô̤ só̤ ŭi, put kùe sĭ chíeⁿ kâi líen tīaⁿ;
 * this is of no great account, it is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity to get popularity.


 * su nâng, m̄ su tīn, to sĭ ūi kâi líen;
 * to be inferior to some, but not to the mass of people, is to be in good repute.


 * i kâi nâng hàuⁿ líen;
 * he has great regard for his own glory.


 * To commiserate; to have charity for; to sympathize with.
 * úa lîen-tîeh;
 * I pity him.
 * I pity him.


 * sĭm sĭ lîen-míen i;
 * has the utmost compassion for him.


 * tâng pēⁿ siang lîen;
 * those similarly afflicted sympathize with each other.


 * khó̤-lîen tîeh i;
 * have pity on him.


 * nâng-nâng to lîen i;
 * every one is sorry for him.


 * To connect; to continue; to join, to unite; to compromise; contiguous, annexed, reaching to; a succes sion of; following, attached; even, also, with.
 * lîen jît lô̤h hŏ;
 * rained continuously for days.
 * rained continuously for days.


 * kak-lîen húiⁿ-lūi;
 * banded outlaws.


 * chà-thâu sie lîen;
 * adjoining houses.


 * màiⁿ lîen-lūi pât nâng;
 * do not involve other people in it.


 * chù-piⁿ hù khṳt i lîen-lŭi tîeh;
 * his neighbours were implicated by him.


 * cí-kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
 * this affair has compromised many people.


 * lîen-lîen cū cêⁿ kái gûeh;
 * fair weather for a month continuously.


 * cêk lîen kâi gûeh bô̤ hŏ;
 * no rain for a whole month.


 * lîen khue kau tèng;
 * gained his degrees at successive examinations.


 * lîen cih saⁿ tieⁿ sìn;
 * received three letters, one after another.


 * lîen cīeⁿ sìo, khìam jîeh cōi?
 * With the former bills joined on, how much is due?


 * lîen mīn īa m̄ sói;
 * he has not washed even his face.


 * i lîen pĕ-bó̤ to m̄ pat, cò̤ pat pât nâng;
 * since he does not know even his parents, how can he know other people.


 * lîen mŵn, kòi-cheh;
 * a plan that effects two objects.


 * kau-lîen kíu tō̤-kò̤;
 * closely interlinked.


 * cang thih só̤ lâi lîen cò̤ cêk ē;
 * take a chain and connect them.


 * Connected, joined, united; associated; a term for ten householders acting as a neighborhood; to combine with; to make alliance with; to join in regular order.
 * lîen cò̤ cêk ē;
 * link them together.
 * link them together.


 * lîen-loklo̤k [sic] cò̤ cêk tîo;
 * join them in one chain.


 * cèng nâng lîen mîaⁿ khṳ̀ pó̤ i;
 * they all united and went as bail for him.


 * soiⁿ nî pó̤-kah lîen-lo̤k kâi huap sĭm hó̤;
 * the usage in former years of five or ten households uniting to form a neighbourhood was excellent.


 * Stingy, covetous, sordid, parsimonious, sparing, close.
 * i kâi nâng lĭen căi;
 * he is a very close man.
 * he is a very close man.


 * kang-jîn li lĭen khang, cú-nâng li lîen cîⁿ; jī-ke kien-lĭen;
 * the workmen are sparing of work, and the employer is sparing of money, both parties being equally unwilling to part with what they might give.


 * īu tham īu lĭen;
 * avaricious and parsimonious.


 * lĭen-sieh cîⁿ ngṳ̂n;
 * very loth to part with money.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to m̄ lĭen;
 * he is sparing of nothing.


 * i to bô̤ lĭen;
 * he is never niggardly.


 * To practise; to drill in; to experiment upon.
 * kuaⁿ-hú ùiⁿ jŭ kak hieⁿ thŵn-līen;
 * the magistrate is going to issue orders for drill in every village.
 * the magistrate is going to issue orders for drill in every village.


 * kak chù to ŭ thŵn-līen-kẃn;
 * each place has headquarters for its militia.


 * līen-sîp kàu sêk-sêk;
 * learn it perfectly by long continued practise.


 * i kâi bú-gōi līen kàu sêk căi;