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 * To swoop, dart, or pitch downward.
 * ciah eng sṳ̂t lô̤h lâi tìo koi-kínⁿ;
 * a hawk swooped down and carried off a chicken.


 * i tŏ̤ hṳ́ téng thóiⁿ cū sût lô̤h lâi;
 * he fixes his gaze on it from above and then darts down.


 * i tin-tò̤ thâu sût lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * he pitched down head foremost.

 sṳ


 * sṳ-bûn;
 * scholarly, courteous, polished, elegant.
 * scholarly, courteous, polished, elegant.


 * sṳ-sṳ bûn-bûn kâi nâng;
 * a very scholarly man.


 * sṳ-bûn sâu tī;
 * put scholarship to ignoble uses.


 * To think, to reflect, to consider; to wish; the thought of the heart.
 * sṳ-sĭeⁿ;
 * to reflect upon.
 * to reflect upon.


 * sṳ-lĭam;
 * to think about, to recollect kindly.


 * su ke;
 * homesick.


 * có̤ sṳ ĭu sĭeⁿ;
 * consider all sides of the question.


 * jît sṳ, mêⁿ sĭeⁿ;
 * think of it day and night.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ sṳ-sĭeⁿ i;
 * do not think about it.


 * cong-kú sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;
 * always hold him in kind remembrance.


 * i kâi sim-sṳ hó̤ căi;
 * her intentions are excellent.


 * sṳ côiⁿ, lĭam ău;
 * recall the past, and meditate on the future.


 * toaⁿ sṳ pēⁿ;
 * heartsick through unrequited love.


 * siang sṳ pēⁿ;
 * sick through unsatisfied affection; lovesick.


 * To adjust by conversation.
 * sṳ-nîe;
 * to bargain; to talk over and fix the price.
 * to bargain; to talk over and fix the price.


 * bô̤ sṳ-nîe;
 * no chaffering.


 * màiⁿ sṳ-nîe;
 * do not haggle about the price.


 * úa hṳ́ cêk jît kāng lṳ́ soiⁿ sṳ-nîe kùe;
 * I on that day settled with you beforehand the question as to what the price should be.


 * sṳ-nîe kè, thó  àiⁿ sie mēⁿ;
 * when the price is not fixed by previous arrangement, there is a quarrel when payday comes.


 * kè sṳ-nîe m̄ tīaⁿ-tîeh;
 * the price was not agreed upon.


 * A legion or brigade of 2500 men; part of an army; troops; a master, a professor; a patron; a sage; a pattern to the world.
 * tô̤h jît chut sṳ;
 * choose a lucky day for marching out the troops.
 * choose a lucky day for marching out the troops.


 * pang sṳ;
 * recall the army from foreign service.


 * cúi sṳ;
 * marines.


 * khṳ̀ kìⁿ láu-sṳ;
 * visit a learned scholar.


 * thài sṳ, sío sṳ; thài-cṳ́ sṳ hù;
 * the two high officers who have nominal charge of the education of the prince.


 * kun-sṳ;
 * a strategist who advises the general in an army.


 * Private, personal, selfish, partial.
 * úa chŵn bô̤ sṳ-sim;
 * I have no partiality.
 * I have no partiality.


 * kong tang châng sṳ;
 * conceal private interests under public ones.


 * bô̤ sṳ-phiⁿ; bô̤ sṳ bô̤ phiⁿ;
 * have no selfish ends in view.


 * chŵn bô̤ pùaⁿ tíam sûn-sṳ;
 * do not in the least consider how it affects myself.


 * sṳ-ì;
 * selfishness.


 * Annals; chronicles; acts; a register.
 * sṳ́-kàm;
 * chronicles.
 * chronicles.


 * cò̤ kùe gṳ̄-sṳ́ kâi nâng;
 * a historiographer.


 * kok sṳ́;
 * records of the state.


 * sṳ́-kì;
 * history.


 * kak chîo tō̤ to ŭ sṳ́-kuaⁿ;
 * every dynasty has an annalist appointed.


 * thăi-sṳ́-tŏ̤iⁿ;
 * a Hanlin graduate.


 * câp-jí sṳ́;
 * the twenty-two histories of the Chinese dynasties.


 * To confer; to bestow on an inferior; imperial grants or favors; a benefit; used by supliantssuppliants [sic] when asking favors.
 * khim sṳ̀;
 * imperial favors.
 * imperial favors.


 * sṳ̀ khṳt i;
 * bestow it upon him.


 * i-hôk sṳ̀-pun i chēng;
 * gave him clothes to wear.


 * thiⁿ sṳ̀ kâi;
 * bestowed by heaven.


 * hûang-tì sṳ̀ kâi;
 * conferred by the emperor.


 * sṳ̀ pêh;
 * send a scarf for an officer to strangle himself with it.


 * síeⁿ-sṳ̀;
 * to reward.


 * cía sĭ chîo-thêng só̤ sṳ̀ kâi;
 * this was conferred by the government.


 * sṳ̀ ṳ̆ téng-tài;
 * gave him permission to wear a button; rewarded him by giving him rank without office.


 * sĭu kùe hṳ̂ang-sang kâi ṳn-sṳ̀;
 * have experienced the kindness of the emperor.


 * Thoughts; emotions; wishes;. [sic]
 * ì-sṳ̀;
 * meaning, design, idea, intention.
 * meaning, design, idea, intention.


 * m̄-hó ì-sṳ̀;
 * vile, disreputable, indecent.


 * m̄ cài i sĭm-mih ì-sṳ̀;
 * do not know what his idea is.


 * o̤ hó̤ ì-sṳ̀ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * wonder why he thinks it well to do thus.


 * bô̤ ì bô̤ sṳ̀;
 * without meaning; nonsensical; absurd.


 * hùang-sṳ̀;
 * disorderly; impudent; profligate.
 * disorderly; impudent; profligate.


 * In grammar, an expression, word or particle; words; a plea; an argument.
 * hṳ sṳ̂;
 * a false statement.
 * a false statement.


 * úa thóiⁿ chut i sĭ sek sṳ̂ kâi;
 * I discovered that his plea was specious.


 * líang nâng kak cip cêk sṳ̂;
 * each held to his own argument.


 * i s kía sṳ̂ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;
 * in so saying he is falsifying for the sake of making a point.


 * cg-sṳ̂;
 * a defense or accusation in court.


 * sṳ̂ put tâk ì;
 * the statement does not fully convey the idea.


 * tiaⁿ-sṳ̂;
 * the plea that is entered in defense.


 * sṳ̂-kù tàⁿ-lái hó̤ thiaⁿ;
 * the summing up was very well