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 eyes are of no use to you!
 * khṳt i ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;
 * was made blind by taking his medicine.


 * a-mêⁿ;
 * that blind fellow.


 * Night; darkness; after daylight.
 * mêⁿ-kùa;
 * in the night.
 * in the night.


 * mêⁿ tn̂g căi;
 * the nights are very long.


 * mêⁿ tŏ̤ cí cĭam-cĭam tó̤;
 * the nights from this time on gradually become shorter.


 * cò̤ mêⁿ kang;
 * do night work.


 * cîah mêⁿ mûeⁿ;
 * take a night draught of congee.


 * cîah mêⁿ-hng pn̄g;
 * eat supper.


 * mêⁿ cĕⁿ kâi sî-hāu;
 * in the stillness of night.


 * hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ úa cin-kìⁿ lṳ́;
 * I dreamed of you that night.


 * kim mêⁿ;
 * to-night.


 * cò̤ mêⁿ hì;
 * have night performances in a theatre.


 * cá mêⁿ bŏi ût;
 * I could not sleep last night.


 * côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;
 * night before last.


 * tōa côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;
 * the night before night before last.


 * mùaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * to-morrow night.


 * ău-jît mêⁿ;
 * day after to-morrow night.


 * mêⁿ-mêⁿ; pái mêⁿ; múiⁿ mêⁿ;
 * every night.


 * pùaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * midnight.


 * cêk mêⁿ; cong mêⁿ;
 * all night.


 * thàng mêⁿ;
 * throughout the night.


 * jît thòa mêⁿ;
 * all day and night.


 * làng mêⁿ, làng mêⁿ;
 * on alternate nights.


 * pê mêⁿ;
 * night watchmen outside a camp.


 * chê mêⁿ; sûn mêⁿ;
 * patrol at night.


 * hûang mêⁿ-tău;
 * beware of night thieves.


 * tíam mêⁿ teng;
 * night-lamps.


 * saⁿ keⁿ, pùaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * late at night.


 * mêⁿ-hng, cá-khí;
 * early and late.


 * keh mêⁿ;
 * to spend the night.


 * m̄ hó̤ keh mêⁿ;
 * it cannot be kept over night.


 * lâu i keh kâi mêⁿ;
 * keep overnight.


 * cíeⁿ mêⁿ;
 * night watch.


 * hó̤ mêⁿ chêng;
 * comfortable nights for sleeping.


 * ciu mêⁿ khà khok;
 * sounds the rattle throughout the night.


 * thâk mêⁿ cṳ;
 * study at night.


 * i hiah tŏ̤ mêⁿ-tìam;
 * he stopped at a lodging house.


 * hiah kúi mêⁿ;
 * stayed several nights.


 * cí nŏ̤ mêⁿ gûeh kng căi;
 * the moon has been very bright these last two nights.


 * The dawn.
 * mêⁿ-nî;
 * next year.
 * next year.


 * i mêⁿ-nî àiⁿ tńg lâi;
 * he is coming back next year.


 * A sharp point; rays of light; a keen edge; a gleam.
 * cí ki to̤ ío ŭ mêⁿ;
 * this knife has a sharper edge.
 * this knife has a sharper edge.


 * ēng kàu bô̤ mêⁿ, tîeh khîeh khṳ̀ bûa;
 * when you have used it till the edge is worn off, you should go and grind it.


 * bûa kàu ŭ sîam-mêⁿ cìaⁿ lāi;
 * grind it till it takes a keen edge, then it is sharp.


 * húe-mêⁿ;
 * sparks of fire.


 * húe-mêⁿ ko;
 * a fire-fly or glow-worm.


 * To rail at; to scold; to abuse with vile language.
 * káng cho, lŏ̤ chò̤, mēⁿ nâng;
 * reviles people, using obscene words.
 * reviles people, using obscene words.


 * sie mēⁿ;
 * to berate each other.


 * i cò̤-nî m̄-ùi tōa nâng mēⁿ?
 * How is it that she does not fear the scolding she will get from the elders in her family?


 * jw̆n mēⁿ;
 * scold without just provocation.


 * thèng mēⁿ nâng;
 * abuse people without cause.


 * mēⁿ kàu bô̤ kò̤ hó̤;
 * rail at mercilessly.


 * ki chùi kau-kau mēⁿ;
 * her jaw never ceases.


 * cìu-mēⁿ;
 * to curse.


 * nīo i mēⁿ;
 * let him scold.



meh

 * To bleat.
 * îe meh-meh;
 * sheep bleat.
 * sheep bleat.


 * meh-meh-kìe;
 * bleating.


 * The tapir, which is said to have the body of a bear, the nose of an elephant, the eye of a rhinoceros, the head of a lion, the hair of a wolf, the feet of a tiger, and teeth that fire cannot burn.
 * mêh ŏi cîah thih, tîeh ēng húe cìaⁿ lêng mûeh sí i;
 * the tapir eats iron, and in order to kill one, fire must be employed.
 * the tapir eats iron, and in order to kill one, fire must be employed.


 * The blood running in the veins; the pulse; the idea running through; parentage.
 * àng mêh; phah mêh;
 * feel the pulse.
 * feel the pulse.


 * chíaⁿ sin-seⁿ thóiⁿ mêh;
 * call a doctor to consider the pulse.


 * i kâi mêh-lí ceng căi;
 * he understands thoroughly the laws of the circulation of the blood.


 * ŏi kìⁿ sí mêh, mē?
 * Do you discover that the disease is likely to prove fatal?


 * mêh ŭ sîn;
 * the pulse shows strength.


 * i kâi mêh só̤ seⁿ sĭ ìuⁿ-sìu;
 * his pulse is naturally slow and weak.


 * kâi mêh khah phû-hùam cho-tōa;
 * his pulse is much too high.


 * i m̄ pat mêh;
 * he does not know how to investigate disease through the pulse.


 * chin hueh mêh;
 * own kindred; blood relations.


 * cí cìeⁿ cōi tō̤ to sĭ cêk mêh siang sêng bŏi chàm câp;
 * all these many generations are of one blood, without admixture from other families.


 * cí kò̤ sĭ cho̤ chut mêh kâi tī-hng;
 * this is where the family first came from.


 * jîp mêh, cí cêk cak ngía căi;
 * for entering upon the argument, this verse is a fine one to take up.


 * tâng hûeh mêh;
 * of one blood.

meng

 * Stern; severe; cruel.
 * ui-méng;
 * awful; imposing.
 * awful; imposing.


 * sîn-sìeⁿ ui-méng căi;
 * the gods are awe-inspiring.


 * bô̤ ui-méng cū m̄ tit nâng ùi;
 * without sternness of aspect, no fear is inspired in any one.


 * Clear; lucid; plain; evident; ostensibly; perspicacious; intelligent; illustrious; splendid; brilliant; to shed light on.
 * Clear; lucid; plain; evident; ostensibly; perspicacious; intelligent; illustrious; splendid; brilliant; to shed light on.