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 to contemplate and pray.
 * sîen ūi pun i kâi tăi-chîn;
 * resigned the throne to one of his courtiers.


 * To act as one pleases; to take the responsibility of doing without orders; willful; illegally; arbitrarily; to usurp, to assume; despotic.
 * mih sṳ̄ m̄ káⁿ sĭen-cwn;
 * would not venture to act unauthorized.
 * would not venture to act unauthorized.


 * i chṳ́-căi tó̤ sĭen khŵn;
 * lie now usurps authority.


 * i cò̤-nî káⁿ sĭen-cṳ̆ thiah huang?
 * How dare he take the responsibility of opening the envelope without orders?


 * Good from principle; virtuous; merit from good works, such as the Buddhists teach; goodness; eminent; wise; meek.
 * docile;
 * fitted for; clever.
 * fitted for; clever.


 * expert, handy;
 * to take to naturally; in a high degree; to do a thing well; to expedite.


 * sĭen ak kàu thâu cong ŭ pò̤;
 * good and evil have always in the end a meet recompense.


 * kîaⁿ sĭen;
 * act righteously.


 * sĭen sṳ̆;
 * virtuous actions.


 * sĭen huap;
 * a clever scheme; a good rule.


 * sĭen cong;
 * a peaceful end.


 * sĭen ŭ sĭen pò̤, ak ŭ ak po;
 * virtue is well rewarded, and vice is suitably punished.


 * mīn-sek m̄ sĭen;
 * his face has a bad expression.


 * i sĭen cáu;
 * he is an expert runner.


 * ngŭi-sĭen;
 * hypocritical.


 * ngŭi-sĭen kâi nâng;
 * a hypocrite.


 * m̄ sĭ cin sĭen;
 * is not real goodness.


 * ké sĭen;
 * pretended virtue.


 * sèⁿ pńg lâi sî sĭen;
 * disposition is naturally docile.


 * i sĭm sĭ sĭen ĕng nâng;
 * he is naturally very apt at it.


 * kói ak, chông sĭen;
 * depart from evil and do good.


 * siu sĭen kâi nâng;
 * one who cultivates virtue.


 * sĭen-ău-kêk sĭ phōiⁿ-lí sĭen-ău kâi sṳ̄-ngî kâi;
 * a subsidiary committee takes the management of what is left to be attended to after the work of a previous committee is completed.


 * sĭen sim;
 * a meek spirit.


 * hŵn-lío būe cĭn sĭen;
 * has not yet attained the utmost excellence.


 * Small fresh water eels.
 * pêh sĭen;
 * white eels.
 * white eels.


 * bé-uaⁿ sĭen;
 * slices of fried eel.


 * To transcribe or write out with care.
 * sĭen-sía phîn-tìeⁿ;
 * engross the facing of a semicircular screen.
 * engross the facing of a semicircular screen.


 * i cwn tó̤ sĭen-sía cṳ-sìn;
 * he makes a business of copying out dispatches.


 * The kidneys.
 * tṳ sĭen-cí;
 * the kidneys of swine.
 * the kidneys of swine.


 * sĭne-cí īeⁿ;
 * kidney shaped.


 * có̤ sĭen, ĭu sĭen;
 * the left and the right kidney.


 * pó sĭen;
 * strengthen the kidneys.


 * Viands; rich fare; delicacies.
 * i kâi cṳ-ce sĭ chŵn keng-sĭen, a sĭ pùaⁿ keng-sĭen?
 * In this school is the teacher's food furnish wholly by the pupils, or only in part?
 * In this school is the teacher's food furnish wholly by the pupils, or only in part?


 * i ŭ keng-sĭen;
 * he has his provisions furnished.


 * To resign the throne.
 * i sĭen ūi khṳt i kâi tăi chîn;
 * he resigned the throne to his noble relative.
 * he resigned the throne to his noble relative.


 * soiⁿ sĭen ūi khṳt i kâi kíaⁿ;
 * abdicated in favor of his son.

siet


 * To treat irreverently.
 * siet-tôk;
 * to profane.
 * to profane.


 * m̆-hó siet-tôk tîeh sîn-mêng;
 * do not blaspheme the gods.


 * siet-tôk tîeh i;
 * treated him shamefully.


 * To institute; to establish; to set up; if; supposing; for instance.
 * cí kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ i siet-lîp kâi;
 * this custom is one that he established.
 * this custom is one that he established.


 * cía sĭ sin siet-lîp kâi huap-tō;
 * this is a newly established regulation.


 * siet huap;
 * devise means.


 * siet sîah;
 * make a feast.


 * siet-sái i ā sĭ soiⁿ cai cū míen tàⁿ;
 * supposing that he knows it beforehand, then you need not tell him.


 * siet tìeⁿ; siet kà;
 * open a school.


 * cêk koiⁿ pái-siet kàu chî-chî céng-céng;
 * the whole place is made very luxurious.


 * siet-jîak ŭ put-chek kâi sṳ̄ li lṳ́ cū hó̤ cú-ì kîaⁿ;
 * should any unforeseen thing happen, then do whatever you yourself think best.


 * cá sî tŏ̤ cí kò̤ siet ŭ sìn-tī;
 * a station for guards was early established here.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ thien cău tī siet kâi;
 * as if made by nature herself.

sih


 * To flash; to quiver.
 * iap-iap-sih;
 * to glitter; to shimmer; to shiver.
 * to glitter; to shimmer; to shiver.


 * iap-cē-sih;
 * to flash.


 * iap-cē-sih cū bô̤ khṳ̀;
 * flashed once and then disappeared.


 * To consume away; to incroach upon; to eat into.
 * jît sîh, gûeh sîh;
 * eclipses of the sun and of the moon.
 * eclipses of the sun and of the moon.


 * i kâi seng-lí sîh pńg;
 * he loses capital in his businesbusiness [sic].


 * hùe kè sîh se-su;
 * lost a little on the cost of the goods.


 * thàng, sîh;
 * profit and loss.


 * tăi sîh; tōa sîh;
 * made great in loads on the original amount.


 * sîh pńg;
 * has lost money in the transaction.

sim


 * The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source.
 * The heart; the centre; the middle; the mind or understanding; the will, intention, motive; the affections; desire; origin, source.