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 that blinds and enchants people, and had the orifices of his head all stopped up with clay.


 * Soft, pulpy,
 * pû kàu mîⁿ-mîⁿ;
 * boil it toa pulp.
 * boil it toa pulp.


 * lṳ́ kâi mûeⁿ àiⁿ pû mîⁿ a pû khīu?
 * Do you want your congee boiled much or little?


 * mîⁿ-nūaⁿ;
 * rotten.


 * cêk sin mîⁿ-mîⁿ nūaⁿ-nūaⁿ;
 * his body is one mass of corruption.


 * mîⁿ kha-lîam;
 * a decayed shin.


 * Flocculent; cottony; fluffy; flossy; floss.
 * si mîⁿ;
 * refuse silk.
 * refuse silk.


 * si mîⁿ phŭe;
 * a coverlet stuffed with unspun silk.


 * mîⁿ-îeⁿ;
 * sheep.


 * kio mîⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ ńng;
 * soft as unspun silk.


 * The short necked deer.
 * mîⁿ jông;
 * elk-horns, used in medicine.
 * elk-horns, used in medicine.


 * A riddle; an enigma; a conundrum; a puzzle.
 * khui mĭⁿ;
 * propound a riddle.
 * propound a riddle.


 * phah mīⁿ;
 * guess riddles.


 * i tah kŭa kâi mĭⁿ pêⁿ;
 * he has set up a platform to propound conundrums from.


 * mĭⁿ tói;
 * the solution or answer.


 * chíaⁿ mĭⁿ tói;
 * “‘give it up.”


 * cìe i kâi mĭⁿ bûn lâi thóiⁿ, phah lâi to tîeh;
 * following out the puzzle as laid down in the written statement, tho solution is correct.


 * phah mĭⁿ àiⁿ ŭ hûeⁿ khìo;
 * in conundrums there must be a double meaning in the words.


 * Smirking, smiling; to speak soft words; to adulate; to flatter; blandishments.
 * i sĭ thíam-mĭⁿ nâng kâi nâng;
 * he is a toady.
 * he is a toady.


 * sĭen-kio kâi cū pit-tīaⁿ sĭen-mĭⁿ;
 * the haughty are sure to be sycophantic.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kâi mĭⁿ îong;
 * appears fascinating.


 * Wheaten flour.
 * mīⁿ-hue; mīⁿ-hún;
 * wheaten flour.
 * wheaten flour.


 * mīⁿ pau;
 * wheaten loaves.


 * mīⁿ tîo;
 * vermicelli made from wheaten flour.


 * phah mīⁿ;
 * to make flour.


 * oi mīⁿ;
 * to grind into flour.

 

miaⁿ

 * A name, that which designates a person or thing; the given name of people, as distinguished from the clan name, and from the style or title; a person; fame; reputation; a title; credit; merit; renowned; celebrated; well known; nominal; to name, to designate.
 * cin mîaⁿ, sîⁿ jī;
 * the true name.
 * the true name.


 * khîn mîaⁿ;
 * peck fame.


 * cìaⁿ mîaⁿ;
 * correct name.


 * mîaⁿ-siaⁿ; mîaⁿ-sek;
 * fame, reputation.


 * tōa mîaⁿ-siaⁿ kâi nâng; ŭ mîaⁿ ŭ siaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * a per son of reputation.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ mâk a būe?
 * Is there any fixed or technical name by which such things are designated?


 * mîaⁿ hō̤, mîaⁿ jī;
 * a name, style or appellation taken by a person, firm or company.


 * mîaⁿ ke;
 * a reputable family.


 * lṳ́ kìe cò sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?
 * What is your name?


 * mîaⁿ sèⁿ;
 * name and surname.


 * jú mîaⁿ, cṳ mîaⁿ, kuaⁿ mîaⁿ, thó mîaⁿ;
 * the infantile, school, official, and common or local names of a person.


 * pîet mîaⁿ;
 * another or second name.


 * nêk mîaⁿ;
 * anonymous.


 * măuⁿ mîaⁿ;
 * take a false name.


 * tíam mîaⁿ;
 * to mark off names; to call a roll.


 * Fate, destiny, luck; one’s appointed lot; the limit of the life of beings; animated; living creatures.
 * cîah tn̂g mīaⁿ;
 * live a long life.
 * live a long life.


 * cí-kâi hó̤ mīaⁿ, hṳ́-kâi khó mīaⁿ;
 * the one has a happy lot, and the other a hard one.


 * sǹg mīaⁿ;
 * calculate fates.


 * lŭn mīaⁿ;
 * discourse upon luck.


 * tōa mīaⁿ, ùi a m̄-ùi?
 * Do you fear death or not?


 * i kâi sèⁿ-mīaⁿ tŏ̤ úa chíu;
 * his life is in my hand.


 * bô̤ sin ke, īa ŭ sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * those who have nothing else, have hfe.


 * sieh kùe mīaⁿ-mêh;
 * loves it more than life.


 * tăng kùe mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;
 * it is a case of life and death.


 * mīaⁿ-mn̂g;
 * the gate of life, the medical term for the right kidney, or a supposed passage between the rectum and bladder.


 * sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * make reparation for life taken.


 * phah sí nâng, mín sîeⁿ mīaⁿ;
 * if you kill a man, you cannot avoid paying for his life.


 * i ka-kī ẁn i pô̤h mīaⁿ;
 * he himself complained of his hard fate.


 * màiⁿ to̤ suah seⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * do not kill living creatures.


 * mīaⁿ-ūn;
 * one’s horoscope.


 * hāi i sàng sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * caused him to lose his life.


 * hāi mīaⁿ;
 * destroy life.


 * kim ku hāi mīaⁿ;
 * the tortoise that laid golden eggs, cost its owner his life.



mien

 * To free from; to dispense with; no need of.
 * kùa míen-cìen pâi;
 * bear a flag of truce.
 * bear a flag of truce.


 * būe míen khut tîeh i;
 * spares no opportunity to oppress him.


 * sìa-míen i kâi cŭe;
 * forgive his offense.


 * sái i míen sĭu khó;
 * arrange things so that she need not suffer.


 * To force one’s self to do; compelled by circumstances; to put forth effort.
 * míen lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * forced himself to go and do it.
 * forced himself to go and do it.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ míen-kíang i;
 * do not compel him to it.


 * míen-kíang i khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * constrained him to go and do it.


 * khí-thâu-ē sĭ míen-kíang cò̤, míen-kíang kú cū cṳ̆-jîen;
 * in the beginning it is done by constraint, after long constraint it is done as a matter of course.