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 ; i kâi kha bŏi kiaⁿ, àiⁿ chut mn̂g tîeh ēng nŏ̤ ki tú-thûi;
 * he cannot walk and when he goes out he has to use two crutches.


 * lṳ́ khîa êⁿ to̤ bŏi, phah tú cū ŏi;
 * you cannot raise the heavy beams, but you can put the props under.


 * To obstruct; to guard; to close; to shut or ward off; to fill in; to invest.
 * ŭ khí tîeh cai tú, ŭ khí tîeh cai sak;
 * there are some that must be shut off, and some that must be stopped up.
 * there are some that must be shut off, and some that must be stopped up.


 * íⁿ-keng thîo ŭ piaⁿ khṳ̀ hûang-tú lío;
 * have already dispatched troops to defend it.


 * hṳ́ ki piaⁿ khíiong-ùi tú-gṳ̆ m̄ tîo, tîeh thîo ke cêk ki khṳ̀ tû-gṳ̆;
 * if there be doubt whether those troops will be able to successfully resist them, another regiment must be dispatched to the defense.


 * hṳ́ tîo lō ŭ nâng khṳ̀ tú-cŭ i lío, īa sĭ khíong-ùi tú m̄ cŭ li phài ke cêk nâng khṳ̀ tú;
 * some one has gone on that road to stop him, but if you fear he will not prevent his coming, then depute another one to go and do it.


 * To abut; to impinge; to touch upon.
 * tú tîeh a tú m̄ tiêh?
 * Does it abut upon it or not?
 * Does it abut upon it or not?


 * tú bùa-bûa;
 * lay them so that they abut firmly.


 * tú tîeh cū bŏi kîan;
 * if hits upon that it cannot go on.


 * To oppose, to ward off; to abut; to compound for a money payment by a lien on property; to withstand; to offset; to brace.
 * tú sìo;
 * to offset an account by an equivalent rendered.
 * to offset an account by an equivalent rendered.


 * sìo tú tit kàu mē?
 * Is there enough property transferred to meet the full amount of the bill?


 * khîeh tú cîⁿ kâi cṳ̆-jîen ío kùi;
 * if I take an equivalent in other than money, it will of course be dearer.


 * tú i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not successfully oppose him.


 * tîeh thiⁿ ke cē piaⁿ-bé cìaⁿ tú i tit cŭ;
 * must reinforce the troops and then we can successfully withstand him.


 * tú khṳ̀ khìang căi;
 * withstood with great firmness.


 * chūe bô̤ ūe hó̤ tú tap i;
 * could think of nothing to say in self-defense.


 * jī ke tú khṳ̀;
 * it is a drawn battle; they are even with each other.


 * tú kín-kín;
 * completely shut out by opposing force.


 * tú màiⁿ khṳt i jîp khṳ̀;
 * stop his way and not let him enter.


 * nâng mīaⁿ tú nâng mīaⁿ tú tīo;
 * forfeited his life in defense of another's.


 * tú lâi tú khṳ̀ hŵn khíam i ho̤h cōi;
 * after compounding the debt by all possible means he still owes him a large amount.


 * jī ke sie tú tîeh;
 * the two are in opposition to each other.


 * sie tú thâu;
 * to bump heads together.


 * khîeh ki sam khṳ̀ tú;
 * take a stick of timber and brace it up.


 * líang pôiⁿ kâi êⁿ tîeh síe tú tîeh;
 * the roof beams on the two sides must abut upon each other.


 * jī ke chù-kak-thâu sie tú;
 * the gables of the two houses abut upon each other.


 * tú m̄ tîo;
 * am unequal to the attempt.


 * i tú khṳ̀ ngĕ căi, châk-piaⁿ jw̆n pìaⁿ, pìaⁿ m̄ kùe;
 * they withstood them firmly, and the rebel troops, however much they strove, could make no headway against them.


 * tú lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam;
 * it is just the right length to use as a brace.


 * khîeh hùe-mûeh tú lāi cîⁿ;
 * took goods to offset the interest.


 * To the purpose; fitly; just; exactly.
 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ tú- kah;
 * that is exactly enough to make it of.
 * that is exactly enough to make it of.


 * bói lâi tú-tú hó̤ ēng;
 * what I bought was just exactly as I needed to use.


 * úa sĭeⁿ lâi tú-tú kio lṳ́ cêk īeⁿ;
 * what I had thought out agreed exactly with what you thought.


 * úa li àiⁿ khṳ̀ i kò̤, i li àiⁿ lâi úa kò̤, tú-tú tŏ̤ lō tèng phòng tîeh;
 * I was going to his house, and he was coming to mine, so we came upon each other on the road.


 * úa àiⁿ méⁿ, tú-tú ngŏ̤ tîeh ŭ cûn àiⁿ khui;
 * I was in haste, and very opportunely got there just as the boat was about to start.


 * kàu hṳ́ kò̤ bô̤ teng-nâng, cău-hùe tú-tú ŭ gûeh;
 * when we reached there we had no lantern but it happened very opportunely that there was moonlight.


 * To pair; to match; agreeing with; suiting.
 * hó̤ kâi tú hó̤ kâi; hó̤ tṳ́ hó̤;
 * put the good with the good.
 * put the good with the good.


 * piaⁿ tú piaⁿ, cìang tú cìang;
 * soldier against soldier and leader against leader.


 * chíu tú chíu;
 * hand to hand.


 * chíu tú chíu, lâi kah-tàu thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;
 * let us have a hand to hand struggle and see who will come off victorious.


 * tĕng-tú tĕng;
 * it has come out just as I foresaw; I told you so; that is what I supposed would happen.


 * tīaⁿ-tú-tīaⁿ;
 * that is just as I said it would be.


 * tōa tú tōa, sòi tú sòi;
 * pair off, the elder with the elder, and the younger with the younger.


 * To occur; to happen; to meet.
 * tú tîeh i lâi;
 * it so happened that he came.
 * it so happened that he came.


 * tŏ̤ lō tèng sie tú tîeh;
 * happened to meet each other on the way.


 * tú i m̄ tŏ̤;
 * it chanced that he was just then absent.


 * A species of mulberry from whose bark the Coreans and Japanese make paper, which is used for garments.
 * chùn-tú;
 * a small, folded, paper slate, used as a day-book.
 * a small, folded, paper slate, used as a day-book.


 * kìⁿ lô̤h chùn-tú;
 * set it down on the slate.