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 hieⁿ;
 * adjacent towns.


 * lîn; chù piⁿ;
 * neighbors.


 * phò lîn; phò piⁿ;
 * adjoining shops.


 * có̤ ĭu lín;
 * neighbors on either side.


 * hûa-môk lîn-lí;
 * a friendly community.


 * Damask; thin silk with one glossy surface.
 * sĭ lîn kâi a sĭ tn̄g kâi?
 * Is it of damask or of satin?
 * Is it of damask or of satin?


 * àiⁿ pìe lîn a m̆?
 * Are you going to mount it on damask?


 * kún lîn kâi;
 * trimmed with damask.


 * páng lîn;
 * thick glossy damask.


 * Parallel sentences or distiches; they are written on scrolls, or enclosed in frames, to hang upon walls.
 * tìo cêk tùi tûi-lîn;
 * hang up a pair of matched scrolls.
 * hang up a pair of matched scrolls.


 * i lâi sàng lîn sìⁿ;
 * he came and presented scrolls and a fan.

lio

 * To bring to an end ; finished, done; after a verb it forms past time ; between two verbs is denotes that the first action is completed before the second is begun, or a repetition of the act.
 * saⁿ cò̤ hó̤ a būe? hó̤ lío.
 * Is my jacket finished? Yes, it is done.
 * Is my jacket finished? Yes, it is done.


 * tê-bí ŵn lío;
 * the tea is all used up.


 * chìe lío chìe, cong-kú chìe;
 * laughed, and laughed, and kept on laughing.


 * tàⁿ lío tàⁿ, tàⁿ m̄ hiah;
 * spoke of it again and again and would not stop talking about it.


 * i kâi ūe cē tàⁿ cū tàⁿ m̄ lío;
 * if she once begins to talk she never stops.


 * cîah lío phah, phah lío cîah, to cêk īeⁿ;
 * whether you take in a card and then play out one, or whether you play out a card and then take in one, it is all the same in the end.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ put lêng lío;
 * there is no end to this affair.


 * bŏi tit lío-kak!
 * There is no end to it!


 * sói lâu-pang lío khṳ̀ sói saⁿ;
 * wash the floor and then go and wash the clothes.


 * i lâi lío, ún cū àiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * when he shall have come, we are then going.


 * lâi lío!
 * She has come!


 * khṳ̀ lío;
 * he has gone.


 * thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lío;
 * it is now in sight.


 * tîeh lío;
 * I have got it.


 * ciah pá lío;
 * they have finished their meal.


 * i khṳ̀ út lío;
 * he has already gone to bed.


 * thiⁿ kng lío;
 * it is already dawn.


 * saⁿ thīⁿ hó̤ lío, hó̤ siu-khí;
 * when you have finished the garment, put it away.


 * hue cèng lío, tîeh cai ak cúi;
 * when you have planted the shrub, remember and water it.


 * ēng lío;
 * all used up.


 * ēng m̄ lío;
 * an inexhaustible supply.


 * cêk mâk lío jîen;
 * one may fully understand it at a glance.


 * lío m̄ tit;
 * cannot be brought to completion.


 * ăn-lâi sĭm-mih lío-kêk?
 * What will be the upshot hereafter?


 * lío, sĭm-mih sṳ̄?
 * In the end, what happens?


 * ŵn-lío cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
 * have finished up one job.


 * kìⁿ kùe lío;
 * have met him before.


 * thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ lío;
 * it is already out of sight.


 * cía hŵn lío-tit!
 * This shall not be the last he will hear of it!


 * i hŵn-lío ŭ;
 * he still has some.


 * īa cū păi lío;
 * that is enough; let be; stay it now.


 * hāi sṳ̄ lío!
 * How tiresome! It is all spoiled!


 * cûn pâk m̄ kín khṳt i lâu khṳ̀ lío;
 * the boat was not tied up tightly, and has floated away.


 * khùaⁿ-ûah lío;
 * it is now easy of completion; the difficulties are past.


 * lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ lío, úa cìaⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
 * you tell me, and then I will tell you.


 * koi-kíaⁿ cē chut lío n̆ng-khak, cū ŏi thó̤ cîah;
 * as soon as a chicken is out of the shell, it seeks a living.


 * phùa m̄ lío, m̄ khéng hiah;
 * kept on breaking things and would not stop.


 * seⁿ ŭ, sí bŏi tit lío;
 * have got this child, and now it is a pity it don't die.


 * khî lío!
 * That is strange indeed!


 * sĭeⁿ lío sĭeⁿ;
 * thought and thought again.


 * thóiⁿ lío thóiⁿ;
 * looked repeatedly.


 * cîah kàu lío-lío;
 * ate it all up.


 * sòi-sòi thâk cṳ, lío-lío-kìe, ŏi căi;
 * went to school when very young, and recites glibly, showing great ability.


 * îaⁿ lío kuaⁿ-si, su lío cîⁿ;
 * gained a lawsuit, and lost money by it.


 * ēng lio jîeh cōi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n, hùi lío jîeh cōi ceng-sîn, cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng;
 * used up a deal of money and expended a deal of vigor, before it was accomplished.


 * i sĭeⁿ lío kông;
 * when he had pondered it over, he was confused in his wits.


 * sĭeⁿ lío sío;
 * thought about it till he was crazed.


 * cîah lío kùiⁿ;
 * got accustomed to eating it.


 * iang-o̤ lío hāi sṳ̄;
 * after petting comes trouble.


 * lío, cò-nî?
 * After that, what happens?


 * khṳt i kiap káu lío-lío khîen;
 * had his things taken by them till he had nothing whatever left.


 * A clear note as of a bird at night; the wailing cry of pain.
 * lío-lĭang;
 * shrill.
 * shrill.


 * ūe tàⁿ lâi lío-lío lĭang-lĭang;
 * speaks very shrilly.


 * i sui sĭ sòi, kúi kù ūe tàⁿ chut lâi lío-lío-leh-leh;
 * although he is small he articulates very clearly.


 * Vacant ; silent ; solitary.
 * sĭm sĭ lîo-lîo, bŏi jîet;
 * is very still and drear, with nothing going on.
 * is very still and drear, with nothing going on.


 * sok-sok lîo-lîo;
 * deserted and solitary.


 * To search for with the hand in water; to take hold of and lift up as one's skirts or as clothing from a tub.
 * tòa lîo-phû, soih pàng ie-tòa kò̤;
 * lift the scarf and tuck it into the girdle.
 * lift the scarf and tuck it into the girdle.


 * tháng tói kâi líang-húng lîo-khí pàng tháng-nîe téng lā;
 * take the vermicelli from the bottom of the tub and lay it over the cross-piece, to dry in the air.