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 * lîu-lî;
 * a vitreous, strass-like composition, used for cups, bangles and colored glaze.


 * Strings of pearls, which anciently hung before and behind crowns, their length and number indicating the wearer's rank; they are now seen only on idols.
 * cu-pûaⁿ kâi cu àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi lîa?
 * Of the beads on the coronet, how many strings do you want put on?
 * Of the beads on the coronet, how many strings do you want put on?


 * Brimstone.
 * ngói cò̤ lîu-n̂g bûah;
 * triturate it and make flour of sulphur of it.
 * triturate it and make flour of sulphur of it.


 * To go from place to place; to abscond; to transport criminals; roving, vagrant, shifting; a class, a set.
 * lîu mîn;
 * migratory tribes.
 * migratory tribes.


 * chîang lîu cúi;
 * an everflowing stream.


 * to sĭ hṳ́ cêk lîu nâng;
 * they are that sort of people.


 * kíu lîu;
 * all sorts of employments.


 * ńng lîu;
 * womankind.


 * phōîⁿphōiⁿ [sic] cò̤ lîu cŭe;
 * sentenced to transportation.


 * lîu lô̤h gūa hng;
 * transported to distant lands.


 * hĭa lîu;
 * the vulgar.


 * sì hái kâi hùe-mûeh lîu-thong;
 * the goods of all countries are in general circulation.


 * i tó̤ khui lîu-kíaⁿ tǹg;
 * he keeps a pawn shop where vagabonds may dispose of goods.


 * lûn lîu;
 * to take turns at.


 * kúi nâng cìe lûn-lîu;
 * several persons spell each other at it.


 * sieh-lîu;
 * the pomegranate.
 * the pomegranate.


 * cèng câng sieh-lîu;
 * plant a pomegranate.


 * sieh-lîu khí;
 * pomegranate seeds.


 * cí kâi sieh-lîu pit kàu chìe-chùi chìe-chùi;
 * this pomegranate has burst, and thus displays a smiling mouth.


 * nâm-ò̤ lîu ío hó̤;
 * the Namoa pomegranates are best.


 * To hold on; to detain; to keep back.
 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ lîu sim;
 * he does not fix his mind on what he is doing.
 * he does not fix his mind on what he is doing.


 * i sĭang lîu sim lí sṳ̄;
 * he manages matters in a very thoughtful way.


 * i chŵn m̄ lîu-lw̄n ke-hieⁿ;
 * he cannot tear himself away from home.


 * The braves among banditti; rebel troops; outlaws; ruffians.
 * chiu ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi lîu-lô̤?
 * How many braves has he under his command?
 * How many braves has he under his command?


 * chī cêk khûn lîu-lô̤;
 * keeps a band of miscreants in his employ.


 * A tumor, a wen, an excrescence or swelling.
 * i kâi ăm tèng seⁿ kâi lîu;
 * she has a tumor on her neck.
 * she has a tumor on her neck.


 * hueh lîu;
 * a vascular tumor.


 * nêk lîu;
 * a fleshy tumor.


 * khì lîu;
 * a purient tumor.


 * To separate the dregs from a liquid.
 * ceng mîⁿ-mîⁿ, cìaⁿ hó̤ līu cap;
 * pound it to a pomace, then squeeze out the juice.
 * pound it to a pomace, then squeeze out the juice.


 * khîeh îeh-pho̤h khṳ̀ līu cap;
 * take the settlings of the medicine, and go and squeeze out the liquid that remains in them.


 * sìu-līu;
 * graceful, elegant, as the step of a stately stag; fair and beautiful.
 * graceful, elegant, as the step of a stately stag; fair and beautiful.


 * cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi sìu-līu căi;
 * this child is beautifully proportioned.


 * seⁿ kàu sìu-sìu līu-līu, kio cṳ-nîe kâi hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * is very finely moulded, with a feminine delicacy of proportion.


 * To gild; to adorn with gold.
 * līu kim;
 * wash with gold.
 * wash with gold.


 * sĭ kim kâi a sĭ līu kim kâi?
 * Is it solid gold or is it merely washed with gold?


 * līu kim sai-pĕ;
 * a goldsmith.


 * To strangle, as with a cord.
 * līu sí;
 * to put to death by hanging.
 * to put to death by hanging.


 * kúi līu i kâi âu;
 * a demon throttles him.

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 * A salt preparation; to pickle.
 * îam-ló;
 * brine.
 * brine.


 * cí kò̤ tṳ-nêk khîeh khṳ̀ ló;
 * take this pork and pickle it.


 * ló n̆ng;
 * to pickle eggs; pickled eggs.


 * i kai ló hó̤ căi;
 * the pickle is very nice.


 * lâm cē ló-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * put on a little of the pickle.


 * ló-mīⁿ;
 * a spiced salt meat stew.


 * gô̤ ló;
 * the brine in which a goose has been pickled.


 * cía ló khṳ̀ khah kîam;
 * this has been kept in the brine till it is too salt.


 * phâk îam ló;
 * to evaporate brine in making salt, tih tīo ló; drain out the brine from salt.


 * Barely done; just finished.
 * hó̤, ló;
 * it is just about done.
 * it is just about done.


 * khùaⁿ-ûah ló;
 * just reached the easy part of the work.


 * kàu ló;
 * just about to arrive.


 * i mng khṳ̀ ló;
 * he was barely gone.


 * khah māng ló;
 * just too late.


 * tńg lâi ló;
 * just turned to come back.


 * Hate, dislike.
 * úa sĭang ló i;
 * I dislike him intensely.
 * I dislike him intensely.


 * ló-hṳ̆n;
 * aversion.


 * chūa nâng ló;
 * leads to hatred.


 * cí kâi sṳ̄ úa ló căi;
 * I detest this business.


 * cèng nâng ló i;
 * everybody dislikes him.


 * cí kâi sĭ nâng só̤ ló kâi;
 * this is what people hate.