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 tàⁿ mêng-pêh;
 * state clearly.


 * mêng-mêng pêh-pêh kâi tŏ̤-li;
 * a doctrine that is plain.


 * tàⁿ chut lâi kuang-mêng cìaⁿ-tăi;
 * stated in a clear and straight forward way.


 * mêng-mêng to̤ ŭ;
 * it is evidently so.


 * úa mêng-mêng thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I saw it plainly.


 * sǹg hun-mêng;
 * make a distinct reckoning.


 * kau-mêng;
 * clear headed.


 * chong-mêng;
 * quick of apprehension.


 * thiaⁿ m̄ mêng;
 * did not hear distinctly.


 * mêng-jît;
 * tomorrow.


 * The cry of a bird or animals; to call out; to sound a sonorous note.
 * mêng wn;
 * to cry out for redress.
 * to cry out for redress.


 * khṳ̀ kuaⁿ-hú kò̤ mêng wn;
 * go to the ofificials and proclaim one’s wrongs.


 * kuaⁿ cē chut gê-mn̂g cū mêng lô̤, pàng phàu;
 * as soon as the magistrate left the court, they sounded the gong, and fired a canon [sic].


 * koi mêng kâi sî-hāu;
 * at cock’s crow.


 * úa ŭ kâi cṳ̆-mêng-ceng;
 * I have an alarm clock.


 * ko cíeⁿ lâng mêng;
 * you can’t clap with one hand.


 * Dim; obscure; cavernous recesses; night-like; dismal; the unseen world; hades.
 * mêng-mêng;
 * the under world.
 * the under world.


 * mêng-mêng cṳ tang cṳ̌ ŭ cú-cái;
 * sheol even has its lord.


 * hiuⁿ-mêng kâi sṳ̄ lâng cai;
 * the condition of things in hades is difficult to discover.


 * A solemn declaration before the gods.
 * i kio i sĭ mêng hiaⁿ-tĭ;
 * they are sworn brothers.
 * they are sworn brothers.


 * nŏ̤ nâng sĭ mêng kâi;
 * the two are leagued by oath.


 * tâng soiⁿ kúi nâng pài mêng;
 * at the time when several of us took the oath.


 * tŏ̤ sîn mīn côiⁿ mêng-sī kùe kâi;
 * what has been sworn to before the gods.


 * To engrave on metal or stone in order to remember; to record for the purpose of preserving; to inscribe on the memory.
 * mêng seng;
 * an imperial inscription given to worthy people.
 * an imperial inscription given to worthy people.


 * mŏ̤ⁿ-cì-mêng;
 * an engraved epitaph.


 * mêng-kám tŏ̤ sim;
 * engraven on the heart.


 * To close the eyes in death.
 * kam sim mêng mâk;
 * would cheerfully close the eyes upon this world.
 * would cheerfully close the eyes upon this world.


 * A caterpillar which the solitary wasp is said to adopt and bring up as its own offspring.
 * mêng-lêng kâi kíaⁿ;
 * an adopted child.
 * an adopted child.


 * To order, to command, to charge; directions; requirements; behests; decrees.
 * cun mĕng;
 * obey orders.
 * obey orders.


 * sŭn i kâi mĕng kîaⁿ;
 * went according to his commands.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ kâi mĕng-lĕng ngîam căi;
 * this officer’s orders are very strict.


 * líang ke kak uaⁿ thien mĕng;
 * let each do his duty in the sphere where heaven has placed him.


 * thieng mĕng;
 * fate; heaven's decree.


 * hŏng mĕng;
 * receive orders.


 * it-it jŭ mĕng;
 * everything has been done according to orders.


 * Great; eminent; senior; the first month of a season.
 * mĕng-cṳ́;
 * the sage, Mencius.
 * the sage, Mencius.


 * cêk khùi saⁿ kâi gûeh hun cò̤ mĕng, tŏng, kùi;
 * the three months in each quarter are distinguished as the first second and third of a trine series.


 * mĕng chun, mĕng hē, mĕng chiu, mĕng tang;
 * the first month of spring, of summer, of autumn, and of winter.



miⁿ

 * Closed eyes; eyes shut so as not to perceive.
 * mâk hâp miⁿ-miⁿ, tīam-tīam gût;
 * shut the eyes tightly, and sleep soundly.
 * shut the eyes tightly, and sleep soundly.


 * i sí lío mâk hâp m̄ miⁿ;
 * after he was dead, his eyes would not remain closed.


 * Not; without.
 * i míⁿ sṳ̄ put ûi, i àiⁿ ŭ lĭ tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
 * there is no sort of business he will not do, he cares only for profit.
 * there is no sort of business he will not do, he cares only for profit.


 * thiⁿ mĕng míⁿ sîeⁿ;
 * the decrees of heaven are not unvarying.


 * The cotton plant.
 * mîⁿ hue;
 * raw cotton.
 * raw cotton.


 * khṳ̀ mâh-mîⁿ chīu kha kò̤ tô̤h mâh-mîⁿ, lâi jîp tĭen;
 * go under the cotton tree and gather some cotton to stuff a cushion with.


 * mîⁿ phŭe;
 * a thick cotton coverlet.


 * phah phŭe mîⁿ;
 * to bow-string cotton for coverlets.


 * sĭang-hái mîⁿ;
 * Shanghai cotton.


 * îeⁿ mîⁿ;
 * foreign cotton.


 * mîⁿ tō̤;
 * a cotton-bale.


 * mîⁿ se;
 * cotton yarn.


 * pháng mîⁿ-seⁿ kâi chia;
 * a spinning-wheel.


 * To delude; to bewitch; to fascinate; infatuated; blinded; stupefied; besotted.
 * pun kúi mîⁿ tîeh;
 * possessed by a demon.
 * possessed by a demon.


 * hun mîⁿ; hun-hun mîⁿ-mîⁿ;
 * bewildered; infatuated; confused.


 * pun i mîⁿ khṳ̀;
 * bewitched by her.


 * mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;
 * lost his way.


 * i cong-kú cip mîⁿ, m̄ ngŏ̤;
 * he holds persistently to that which possesses him, and will not shake it off; he is stolidly and willfully dull.


 * khṳt mîⁿ-hun kúi khang khṳ̀ sak thô;
 * was lead away by a demon