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30 phŏ̤ i cáu khui;
 * quickly caught him up in his arms and ran aside.


 * khek lâi cáu sîn;
 * carved off, so as to destroy its significance, (as in cutting letters).


 * cáu keh, tîeh cai mûeh hó̤;
 * the lines made have run over the limits, they must be readjusted.


 * taⁿ khí, pòng-pòng cáu;
 * just now got up and clattered off.


 * cáu khṳ̀, pīn-pòng-kìe;
 * ran off boisterously.


 * cáu kàu hm̄-hm̄ chẃn;
 * ran till all out of breath.


 * bùn cáu;
 * got away through some interstice.


 * pûaⁿ chîeⁿ cáu;
 * got away by going over the wall.


 * bī cáu;
 * swam away under water.


 * cûn theⁿ cáu;
 * poled the boat quickly away.


 * mûeh cài cáu;
 * carried the things off in a boat.


 * thok i cáu;
 * maneuver so as to get him to go away.


 * jīo i cáu;
 * cŏng i cáu; drive him away.


 * kiaⁿ i cáu;
 * frighten him away.


 * thàu i cáu;
 * warn him away.


 * hàm i cáu;
 * call out to him to run.


 * jíang i cáu;
 * drive him away by screaming out at him.


 * sái i cáu;
 * make him run.


 * thua i cáu;
 * make him run by catching hold of him.


 * jīo i m̄ cáu;
 * he will not be driven off.


 * phah sí m̄ cáu;
 * will not be beaten off.


 * tn̆g cáu;
 * got away by breaking the rope.


 * lìu cáu;
 * clambered down and fled.


 * kw̆n cáu;
 * broke away and sped off.


 * phìu cáu;
 * slipped his fetters and escaped.


 * kng cáu;
 * carried off between two bearers, and thus escaped.


 * tn̄g cáu;
 * speedily passed from hand to hand on its way.


 * bih cáu;
 * went off, keeping in ambush meanwhile.


 * khah cáu;
 * rolled away.


 * khîⁿ cáu;
 * clambered off, holding on to something overhead.


 * ĭa cáu;
 * take it on his back and depart in haste.


 * liu cáu;
 * get away by slipping through one's hands.


 * phùn cáu;
 * got away by dodging through a crowd.


 * nùa cáu;
 * went off hastily sitting down and shoving himself along with his hands.


 * phah i m̄ cáu, io sĭ sí kâi;
 * fired at it and it did not run, so it was surely a dead one.


 * sie cêⁿ cáu;
 * striving for precedence in getting away.


 * cáu lío, tó-tn̂g thìaⁿ, bŏi cáu;
 * ran until his stomach ached so he could run no longer.


 * cáu kùe sì-úang kâi nâng;
 * a great traveller.


 * cáu kùe jîeh cōi séⁿ?
 * How many provinces has he travelled in?


 * cáu kang ô kâi nâng;
 * a tricky fellow.


 * cău hŭam;
 * an escaped criminal.


 * cáu kam;
 * an escaped prisoner.


 * cáu m̄ tit;
 * could not escape.


 * cáu châk;
 * escape from robbers.


 * ŏi pháu ŏi cáu;
 * very active.


 * cáu cêk séⁿ;
 * gad through the whole province.


 * cûn cáu, cûn khṳ̀ jīo;
 * a boat is required in chasing a boat; you must spend money in the recovery of money.


 * lṳ́ cáu khṳ̀ sí!
 * You ran hard enough to kill yourself! (said ironically to a slow person).


 * cáu sek;
 * to fade.


 * kîaⁿ cûn, cáu bé saⁿ hun mīaⁿ;
 * sailors and couriers live but three tenths as long as other people.


 * cáu bé khùaⁿ cin-cu;
 * discovering pearls when riding swiftly; speed does not permit careful scrutiny.


 * khṳt i cáu tīo cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
 * lost a thousand dollars through his running away.


 * tau kíaⁿ, cáu kíaⁿ;
 * sons and daughters, (so called because the one goes away from home, and the other stays).


 * cáu-kúi kíaⁿ;
 * a young female slave.


 * bói cáu-kúi;
 * buy a female domestic.


 * cáu koi;
 * an agent in a shipping office.


 * cáu ît;
 * slip out of place.


 * cáu sîap;
 * ooze out.


 * jw̆n cáu;
 * run at random.


 * sīang cáu;
 * run very hard.


 * pìaⁿ cáu;
 * run fast.


 * li-li cáu;
 * run right on without stopping.


 * cheⁿ cáu;
 * rushes off.


 * A bamboo skimmer.
 * cáu-lōi;
 * a splint ladle.
 * a splint ladle.


 * khîeh cáu-lōi khṳ̀ hô pn̄g;
 * take the bamboo skimmer and dip out the rice.


 * cang cáu-lōi lâi ko;
 * take the skimmer and skim it out.


 * A kitchen range; a place for cooking.
 * càu-ĕ;
 * the kitchen.
 * the kitchen.


 * càu-suaⁿ-thâu;
 * the top of the range.


 * húe-càu;
 * a kitchen furnace.


 * co̤h càu;
 * build a range.


 * pun cò̤ kúi càu;
 * divided into several households.


 * cí kâi mn̂g-lâu lăi kúi húe-càu?
 * How many families are there in this building?


 * To report to the throne; to make known to the government; to celebrate.
 * càu hûang-tì; càu huâng-sĭang;
 * to make known to the emperor.
 * to make known to the emperor.


 * càu hûang-thài-hŏ;
 * to report to the empress dowager.


 * càu pńg; càu cieⁿ;
 * a memorial to the throne.


 * càu pńg pâng;
 * the office where memorials are prepared.


 * cĭeⁿ càu;
 * to send up a report.


 * mīn càu;
 * to state personally to the emperor.


 * mît càu;
 * a sealed memorial.


 * cún càu;
 * to assent to a memorial.


 * pó̤ càu;
 * a recommendation to mercy.


 * càu chíaⁿ;
 * a petition.


 * càu sìo;
 * a report of expenditures.


 * càu cih;
 * paper used in writing memorials.


 * càu gâuh;
 * to strike up the band; to play on musical instruments.


 * Equal, even, alike; uniformly; to allot equally.
 * pun cng, pun m̄ câu;
 * the spoil was not equally divided.
 * the spoil was not equally divided.


 * cē pun lâi m̄ câu, cū àiⁿ sie ceⁿ;
 * if it is not divided equally they will wrangle over it.


 * i kong-tău cai, pun kàu câu-câu;
 * he is very just, and apportions it equally.


 * chio câu-câu;
 * mix it thoroughly.


 * lă kàu câu-câu;
 * stir it up till it is evenly mixed.


 * lok kàu câu-câu;
 * shake it up and down till is it of uniform consistency.


 * nŏ̤ īeⁿ cham câu;
 * mix