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 * hía thóiⁿ-tîeh tn̂gn tn̆g;
 * that is heart-rending.


 * huang-khîm tn̆g sùaⁿ;
 * the kite has broken its string.


 * ka tn̆g tòa;
 * cut the the girdle.


 * cí tîo lō m̄ tn̆g nâng;
 * on this road you are not cut off from mankind, in that one you are isolated both from travellers and dwellings.


 * i ku-ā jît tn̆g cúi pn̄g;
 * he has ceased to eat and drink during several days.


 * pàng-tn̆g, bô̤ khṳ̀;
 * has discontinued going.


 * To rinse.
 * tn̆g chùi;
 * to wash the mouth.
 * to wash the mouth.


 * úaⁿ khṳ̀ tn̆g cheng-khih;
 * take the bowls and rinse them clean.


 * pâi mêⁿ īa bô̤ sói bô̤ tn̆g cū khṳ̀ ût;
 * goes to bed every night without wash-ing or bathing at all.


 * īu àiⁿ kio tōa kâi sòi kâi sói-sói tn̆g-tn̆g;
 * and has besides to bathe the children large and small.


 * A measure of length.
 * câp chieh cêk tn̆g;
 * ten feet make an ell.
 * ten feet make an ell.


 * cêk tn̆g kûiⁿ káu chieh bô̤ ēng;
 * for reaching ten feet a nine foot pole is useless.


 * ta-tn̆g;
 * spotless, pure, clean.
 * spotless, pure, clean.


 * ta-ta-tn̆g-tn̆g;
 * immaculately clean.


 * cêk koiⁿ ta-tn̆g ta-tn̆g;
 * the whole place is exquisitely neat.


 * A section; a piece; a classifier of sections, pieces, stories, stages, or portions.
 * cêk tn̄g ho̤h tn̂g;
 * a very long piece.
 * a very long piece.


 * i īa tàⁿ chut cêk tn̄g tŏ̤-lí;
 * he also set forth a doctrine.


 * cí tîo khoi pun-cò̤ kúi tn̄g?
 * How many reaches is this river divided into?


 * cí cêk cieⁿ cṳ cò̤ saⁿ tn̄g lâi thóiⁿ;
 * we will consider this chapter in three portions.


 * thâu tn̄g, tìn-tang tn̄g, búe tn̄g;
 * the first, the middle, and the concluding section.


 * cía sĭ i cêk tn̄g hó̤ sim;
 * this is like his kindness.


 * chûn cêk kò̤ m̄ cîaⁿ phìen tn̄g;
 * have a little remaining that is not enough to reckon as of any consequence.


 * Histories; chronicles; biographies.
 * kó-tn̄g;
 * ancient histories.
 * ancient histories.


 * cí chut hì sĭ cìe kó-tn̄g cŏ̤ kâi;
 * this play is compiled from ancient histories.


 * cí pang kó-tn̄g sî tī-tîang cŏ̤ kâi?
 * Who composed this chronicle?


 * To meet; to come unexpectedly upon one.
 * tn̄g tîeh i;
 * met him.
 * met him.


 * tn̄g m̄ tîeh;
 * did not meet him.


 * khṳ̀ ku-ā hûe, bô̤ cêk tńg tn̄g tit tîeh;
 * went several times, and never once found him there.


 * tŏ̤ lō sie tn̄g tîeh;
 * met each other in the road.


 * Satin.
 * tîu tn̄g phò;
 * a silk shop.
 * a silk shop.


 * ŭ hue kâi tn̄g;
 * flowered satin.


 * poih si tn̄g;
 * glossy plain satin.


 * kòng tn̄g;
 * the best quality of satin.


 * kĕk tn̄g;
 * satin brocade.


 * hàng hú tn̄g;
 * thick fine satin.


 * To meet or occur; at the time of; when.
 * i thàu-tn̄g pêh-jît cū káⁿ chut lâi;
 * he ventures out in open day.
 * he ventures out in open day.

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 * The place of the palace or imperial ancestral temple; the capital or metropolis; all, altogether, in general; probably.
 * kiaⁿ to;
 * the capital.
 * the capital.


 * to sîaⁿ;
 * the capital city.


 * tì-to kâi tī-hng;
 * the region in which the capital of the country is located.


 * to-sîaⁿ kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
 * Where is the capital?


 * to-khún; to-hú; to-si;
 * a major in the army, or a commander in the navy; (there is one in each prefecture).


 * to-chak-īⁿ;
 * the Censorate.


 * to-gṳ̄-sṳ́, hù to-gṳ̄-sṳ́;
 * the President and Vice President of the Censorate.


 * hieⁿ to;
 * feudal villages.


 * úa to m̄ khṳ̀;
 * I do not go there.


 * i to àiⁿ;
 * he wants it.


 * náng to m̄ cêng;
 * we have not.


 * hùaⁿ nâng to m̄ hàuⁿ;
 * they are all averse to it.


 * peh-sèⁿ hùe to kèng i;
 * the common people revere him.


 * The belly; the stomach; a bellyful; a great deal; the temper or mind.
 * tó khùn;
 * hungry.
 * hungry.


 * tó pá;
 * appetite satisfied.


 * tó thìaⁿ;
 * bellyache.


 * cīeⁿ tó, ĕ tó;
 * the upper and lower portions of the belly.


 * tó-câi;
 * the navel.


 * to pak;
 * the paunch.


 * nńg-tó;
 * the sides of the belly.


 * tó phîaⁿ;
 * the portions of the belly near the navel.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh tn̂g-tó tĭⁿ;
 * have heard quite as much as I wish to of that.


 * i bô̤ tó-lĭang;
 * he is nrrow minded.


 * ŭ tó-lĭang;
 * liberal minded.


 * pâk tó-phè;
 * put on an apron.


 * kha-tn̂g-tó;
 * the calf of the leg.


 * tó tói ŭ mûeh;
 * has something in his stomach or his mind.


 * to tói ŭ mûeh cū cò̤ ŭ lâi;
 * if there is anything in him he will be able to do it.


 * bô̤ ke kâi tó lâi cîah;
 * am unable to eat any more.


 * tó lăi thong-thong;
 * is very clear-headed.


 * hṳ́ kâi nâng cn̂g kâi bô̤ tó lăi;
 * that fellow is wholly destitute of mental ability.


 * i lêh to khṳ̀ tùi i sí;
 * he cut open his bowels and killed himself in order to call down vengeance on another.


 * thiaⁿ lío khì kàu cêk tó húe;
 * on hearing it, was filled with burning rage.


 * cîah kàu tó kuai-kuai;
 * eats till he can hold no more.


 * tó lak-lak;
 * pot bellied.


 * i kâi sái-tó phû cheⁿ-kṳn;
 * he has varicose veins on his