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 * niap sṳ̂, bû kò̤;
 * to trump up a complaint and accuse falsely.


 * thàng-gṳ́-sṳ̂;
 * an interjection.


 * cía jī sĭ ēng cò̤ gṳ́-cŏ̤-sṳ̂;
 * this letter is used as an interjection.


 * To offer sacrifice to one's ancestors; the building where ancestors are worshipped.
 * sṳ̂-tn̂g;
 * an ancestral hall.
 * an ancestral hall.


 * chíaⁿ a-kong jîp sṳ̂;
 * invite the spirit of a grandfather to take up its abode in the ancestral temple.


 * tŏ̤ seⁿ nâng khí ŭ seⁿ-sṳ̂ sāi i, sí ăn i kâi ău-ĭ īa ŭ sṳ̂-tn̂g sāi i kâi sîn-cú;
 * while he was still living the people built a temple dedicated to him, and after his death his descendants had a place where they could worship their ancestor.


 * Heirs; posterity; hereafter.
 * aŭ-sṳ̂;
 * male descendants.
 * male descendants.


 * cô̤h sṳ̂;
 * their posterity is cut off.


 * i sí ău bô̤ sṳ̂;
 * he left no heirs.


 * cang i kâi tau-sun lâi cò̤ i kâi ău-sṳ̂;
 * adopted her grandson as his heir.


 * sṳ̂-ău sĭ cò̤-nî ieⁿ?
 * How will it be hereafter?


 * In early times, an officer, a minister, a warrior; afterward, a learned or upright man; a scholar, a gentleman; an able-bodied man; soldiers.
 * tèng kṳ́-jîn lío cū tèng cìn-sṳ̆;
 * having obtained the degree of Master of Arts he afterward took that of Doctor of Laws.
 * having obtained the degree of Master of Arts he afterward took that of Doctor of Laws.


 * hâng-lîm-īⁿ sù-kit-sṳ̆;
 * a graduate of the National Academy.


 * tăi-hâk-sṳ̆;
 * the title of the first rank of cabinet ministers.


 * tōa sin-sṳ̆;
 * gentlemen of high rank.


 * sĭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi sin-sṳ̆;
 * is an upright gentleman.


 * sṳ̆ lông kong siang;
 * literary men, farmers, artisans and traders.


 * bûn-sṳ̆;
 * a scholar.


 * mîaⁿ sṳ̆;
 * a renowned scholar.


 * càng sṳ̆;
 * a valiant man.


 * chù sṳ̆;
 * a private scholar.


 * kun-sṳ̆ hùe;
 * the soldiery, privates and officers.


 * An islet.
 * táu-sṳ̆;
 * a rock in the sea.
 * a rock in the sea.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ suaⁿ bô̤ sṳ̆;
 * could see no land anywhere.


 * má-sṳ̆ lî sùaⁿ-thâu jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far is Double Island from Swatow?


 * cí kâi suaⁿ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆ a m̄ sí?
 * This mountaian is cut off from the mainland is it not?


 * m̄ sĭ tn̆g sṳ̆, ngĕ tī, ŏi ciap tîeh pât kò̤;
 * it is not an island, it is joined to the other land.


 * Like, similar; as; as if; as it were; appearing; resembling; having an aspect of.
 * siang sṳ̆;
 * resembling each other.
 * resembling each other.


 * sṳ̆-hu sĭ, īu sṳ̆-hu m̄ sĭ;
 * like and yet unlike; doubtful identity.


 * sṳ̆-hu ŭ chêng-lí;
 * appears to be

reasonable.
 * sṳ̆ sĭ jṳ̂ hui;
 * appears to be but is not.


 * sṳ̆ hàuⁿ sṳ̆ m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * seems both willing and unwilling; gives doubtful assent.


 * sṳ̆ cin, sṳ̆ ké;
 * one can hardly tell whether it is natural or artificial.


 * seⁿ lâi húang-sṳ̆;
 * are much alike.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ húang-sṳ̆;
 * has a general resemblance.


 * húang-sṳ̆ thiaⁿ tîeh hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * appeared to be pleased at what he heard.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh húang-sṳ̆ hó̤ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it looked as if it would do well enough.


 * gūa-seng to̤ sṳ̆ kŭ;
 * a sister's son generally resembles his maternal uncle.


 * To serve, to obey, to take in hand.
 * hŏng-sṳ̆; hôk-sṳ̆;
 * to wait upon; to attend upon respectfully; to render service.
 * to wait upon; to attend upon respectfully; to render service.


 * ke tèng kâi lău bó̤ ŭ nâng hôk-sṳ̆ a bô̤?
 * Does any one wait upon the aged house-mother?


 * tong chîn put sṳ̆ nŏ̤ kun;
 * a loyal courtier does not serve two monarchs.


 * sṳ̆ kun put lêng sṳ̆ chin;
 * one who serves the monarch cannot attend upon his parents.


 * sṳ̆ sîn;
 * clean up and carry out the idols.


 * sṳ̆ hût;
 * serve Buddha.


 * khṳ̀ sṳ̆ tŏ̤ i kò̤;
 * enter into his service.


 * hîen chîn tô̤h cú jṳ̂ sṳ̆;
 * a wise courtier chooses his master and then serves him.


 * To fill an office; a public officer.
 * chut sṳ̆;
 * to enter office.
 * to enter office.


 * sṳ̆ thû;
 * official labors.


 * sṳ̆ hw̆n cṳ ke;
 * an honorable family.


 * ĭa sĭ put lêng cĭu cìaⁿ-tăn kîaⁿ cū su kùe tì sṳ̆ lío màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * if one cannot act uprightly, it were better to resign office and not enter upon it again.


 * It is proper; it is so; denoting a quality of truth rather than of mere existence.
 * híabía [sic], sṳ̆;
 * that is so.
 * that is so.


 * mih mûeh tó̤ sṳ̆, ŭ sî kŭa thâu bô̤ khṳ̀;
 * by assenting to everything one will sometime find himself without a head.


 * sṳ̆ sṳ̆ kìe;
 * constantly agreeing to every assertion.


 * To await; to prepare for; to look for.
 * sṳ̆-hān ĕ jît;
 * awaiting future events.
 * awaiting future events.


 * i sìn mīu sía tàⁿ "lîp sṳ̆ hûe im," taⁿ tîeh méⁿ-méⁿ sía sìn khṳ̀ bûe-hôk i;
 * he writes on the outside of the letter, "I await a response" so we must immediately write an answer.


 * To wait on; to attend on.
 * sṳ̄-hāu;
 * to await.
 * to await.


 * kuaⁿ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tó̤ kìe sṳ̄-hāu;
 * the officer is just now calling the attendants.


 * sṳ̄-hāu kàu i khṳ̀ ût cìaⁿ ôiⁿ;
 * attend upon him till he retires, and am then at leisure.