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 his own progenitors, how can he show consideration for other people?
 * i seⁿ khṳ̀ ko̤h īeⁿ căi;
 * he is very much deformed.


 * i kâi thâu-khak seⁿ lâm-sap;
 * lie has sores on his head, arising from neglect.


 * seⁿ jûah-pauh;
 * has a cold-sore.


 * seⁿ thûe;
 * has boils.


 * seⁿ cîⁿ;
 * borrow money on interest.


 * i côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì sĭ cò̤ cek ak;
 * his sins in a former life were numerous.


 * hău-seⁿ;
 * young; in the vigor of youth.


 * àiⁿ cai côiⁿ-seⁿ sṳ̄, kim-seⁿ sĭu-cía sĭ;
 * would you know what were the events in your former state of existence, you have but to consider what your present state of existence has been made.


 * tek seⁿ;
 * brutes.


 * seⁿ súaⁿ;
 * parturition.


 * hûeⁿ seⁿ;
 * a cross presentation at childbirth.


 * tò̤ seⁿ;
 * presentation of the feet first in childbirth.


 * chui seⁿ hû;
 * a charm to produce easy parturition.


 * chui seⁿ lô̤;
 * a spiral shell, supposed to hasten parturition.


 * kin-nî kâi tāu seⁿ cōi căi, kū-nî cn̂g kâi bŏⁿ seⁿ;
 * the peas are very productive this year, last year they did not bear at all.


 * seⁿ thâng;
 * have worms on them.


 * seⁿ tŏa;
 * have grubs in them.


 * màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ kùe seⁿ;
 * it would have been better not to have begotten you.


 * màiⁿ seⁿ kîeⁿ pak îeh;
 * prevention is better than cure.


 * seⁿ tâk mûeh;
 * have a malignant ulcer.


 * i m̄ hio seⁿ sí mn̂g;
 * he does not know in which way safety lies.


 * ŭ-cîⁿ-cía seⁿ, bô̤-cîⁿ-cía sí;
 * the moneyed ones live, the moneyless die.


 * kìaⁿ-seⁿ;
 * a parasite; lichens.


 * seⁿ sek;
 * the income from money lent.


 * seⁿ-îok;
 * lust.


 * to̤ seⁿ, cíe íang;
 * bear many and rear few.


 * seⁿ tau-kíaⁿ;
 * bear a son.


 * seⁿ cáu-kíaⁿ;
 * bear a daughter.


 * seⁿ sṳ̄;
 * lead to a disturbance.


 * seⁿ ūe;
 * give rise to an altercation.


 * ngw̆n seⁿ ngw̆n sí;
 * willing to stake his life on it.


 * tham seⁿ phàⁿ sí;
 * long for life and dread death.


 * sí seⁿ ŭ mīaⁿ;
 * life and death are as fate decrees; no man can die till his time comes.


 * i seⁿ gūa sṳ̄;
 * he indulges in pleasures which are not domestic.


 * cṳ̆ íu seⁿ íⁿ-lâi m̄ pat thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I never saw such a thing in all my life.


 * thiⁿ seⁿ cṳ̄-jîen;
 * a natural production.


 * tâu seⁿ, bô̤ tâu sí;
 * one gives himself up that he may live, not that he may die.


 * seⁿ tâk;
 * to become poisonous.


 * bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ îong-seⁿ;
 * no means of getting a living.


 * seⁿ khùn tó kâi kíaⁿ;
 * have a son that is of no use.


 * cêk seⁿ nâng;
 * all my life.


 * seⁿ i tit phû;
 * can surpass her in bearing children.


 * tîeh i ka-kī tó lâi ŏi seⁿ pìen;
 * he must be able to think it out for himself.


 * cía sĭ i tó̤ seⁿ ko peh-lêh kâi;
 * this is prevarication on his part.


 * Manner; method; style; way.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤, a hìeⁿ-seⁿ hó̤?
 * Is this or is that the better way?
 * Is this or is that the better way?


 * căi-seⁿ? căi- seⁿ-ieⁿ?
 * What sort of thing is it?


 * cū sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * that is the way it is; nothing more need be said about it.


 * Cast iron.
 * sĭ thih kâi a sĭ seⁿ kâi?
 * Is it of wrought iron or of cast iron?
 * Is it of wrought iron or of cast iron?


 * seⁿ ue;
 * a cast iron pot.


 * lâm seⁿ;
 * pour out melted iron.


 * Raw, minced flesh.
 * hṳ̂ seⁿ;
 * boned fish.
 * boned fish.


 * hṳ̂ seⁿ chò;
 * the vinegar for boned fish.


 * A province of the empire; to save, to spare, to diminish; to examine, to inspect; watchful; to awaken.
 * séⁿ cîⁿ;
 * lessen the expense.
 * lessen the expense.


 * séⁿ sṳ̄;
 * makes less trouble.


 * séⁿ kíam;
 * to reduce the outlay.


 * séⁿ-seⁿ nē;
 * very sparing.


 * câp-poih séⁿ;
 * the eighteen provinces.


 * séⁿ sîaⁿ; séⁿ hŭe;
 * the provincial capital.


 * hun-hwt séⁿ-hun;
 * sent him to a post in the provinces.


 * séⁿ so̤-hùi;
 * save expense.


 * hùi-ēng lîah séⁿ cē cū kàu;
 * if the outlays are frugally made, there will be enough.


 * séⁿ-chak mêng-pêh;
 * investigate thoroughly.


 * ău-lâi cìaⁿ séⁿ-ngŏ̤;
 * was afterward roused to a sense of his danger.


 * hûe ke séⁿ chin;
 * return home and look after his own affairs.


 * cía sĭ séⁿ-úi kâi, m̄ sĭ kiaⁿ-pàng;
 * this one is a deputy sent from the provincial capital, not a commissioner sent from Peking.


 * lô̤h séⁿ; cìn séⁿ,; [sic] jîp séⁿ; kàu séⁿ;
 * to go to the provincial city.


 * chut séⁿ;
 * leave the province.


 * kòi séⁿ;
 * convoy a criminal to Canton.


 * keh séⁿ;
 * the adjacent province.


 * pńg séⁿ;
 * our own province.


 * Natural disposition; temper, spirit; a quality; a property; faculty; naturally, unconstrainedly.
 * sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * the life; one's existence.
 * the life; one's existence.


 * i ngĕ sèⁿ căi;
 * she is very set in her way.


 * sèⁿ ngĕ căi;
 * obstinate, mulish.


 * sèⁿ màiⁿ khah kip;
 * do not be too impatient.


 * i kâi sèⁿ sĭang kín, cí kâi sèⁿ cū māng;
 * his is an impetuous nature, the other is more moderate.


 * sèⁿ-chêng khwn-hûa;
 * an easy temper.


 * ŭ hueh sèⁿ kâi nâng;
 * a person who is quick to feel, and earnest in doing.


 * i ío hío îeh sèⁿ;
 * he better understands the nature of the remedies.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh kâi sèⁿ hâng-lîang;
 * this is a cooling medicine.


 * i kâi sèⁿ-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?
 * What sort of a disposition has she?


 * sèⁿ tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ íang;
 * the right spirit must gradually be developed.


 * i kâi sèⁿ tōa căi;
 * she has a high temper.


 * húe sèⁿ;
 * fiery; hot tempered.


 * húe-sèⁿ phû;
 * his temper was roused.


 * sèⁿ chàu-pău;
 * has a violent temper.


 * pău sèⁿ căi;
 * very cruel.


 * sèⁿ un-jîu;
 * has a gentle disposition.


 * bô̤ sèⁿ;
 * mild, amiable.


 * thò̤