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 tui


 * Dumpling made from flour and steamed.
 * îu tui;
 * globular hollow cakes.
 * globular hollow cakes.


 * To pursue after, to chase; to follow to its source; to trace out; retrospective.
 * tui-kúaⁿ i peh gūa lí, cìaⁿ tńg lâi;
 * chased him over a hundred miles and then returned.
 * chased him over a hundred miles and then returned.


 * khṳ̀ tui i tńg lâi;
 * go after her and bring her back.


 * tui m̄ tîeh;
 * could not overtake.


 * tui kàu pùaⁿ lō cìaⁿ tui tîeh;
 * followed him half way there and then overtook him.


 * phah bé tui m̄ tîeh;
 * a hard-driven horse could not catch up with them.


 * sái nâng khṳ̀ tui thó̤;
 * send some one after them to demand it back.


 * chíaⁿ kuaⁿ tui-kiu;
 * ask the magistrate to sift it to the bototm.


 * tui hong i kâi pĕ-bó̤;
 * obtained posthumous honors for his parents.


 * cí pak sìeⁿ sĭ tui sṳ kâi;
 * this portait is drawn from memory.


 * tui hûe lâi;
 * pursue after and bring back.


 * tui kàu kín căi;
 * followed very closely upon.


 * tui khṳ̀ m̄ kam sía tīo;
 * was unwilling to relinquish the pursuit.


 * tui-piaⁿ tui khṳ̀ kṳ̆n;
 * the pursuing force followed close upon them.


 * To grasp and pull upward.
 * i pûah lô̤h cúi, méⁿ-méⁿ kio i túi khí lâi;
 * he has fallen into the water, pull him out quickly.
 * he has fallen into the water, pull him out quickly.


 * cêk nâng peⁿ kha, cêk nâng túi piⁿ;
 * one of them pulled his legs, and the other dragged at his queue.


 * túi m̄ phû;
 * cannot raise it by pulling upward upon it.


 * To pull in, to grasp and pull at.
 * so̤h túi kín-kín;
 * haul the rope taut.
 * haul the rope taut.


 * cûn túi m̄ bûa, hám nâng lâi sie-hŭ túi;
 * if you cannot pull the boat up, call some one to help do it.


 * To hold on to; to pull by holding.
 * túi saⁿ kṳ;
 * hold on to the flaps of his tunic.
 * hold on to the flaps of his tunic.


 * túi chíu;
 * held on to his hand.


 * túi i nā kò̤;
 * helf on to him to make him stay.


 * túi m̄ khui;
 * could not pull it off.


 * túi bûa sin-piⁿ;
 * pulled it up to him.


 * saⁿ túi lîh khṳ̀;
 * pulled so hard as to tear his jacket.


 * túi kín-kín;
 * hold fast.


 * Parallel sentences on scrolls, hung in Chinese houses as ornaments; to front; to correspond to; to suit; to pair; to answer; to respond to; consistent with; agreeing; opposite; inimical.
 * i sĭ tng mīn tùi úi tàⁿ kùe kâi;
 * it is what he told me to my face.
 * it is what he told me to my face.


 * i īa-sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tùi úa m̄ cŭ;
 * if he does that he cannot successfully oppose me.


 * hàm i tng mīn lâi tùi;
 * tell them to come and confront each other.


 * tùi tîeh īa sĭ ŭ, cū sĭ i m̄ tîeh;
 * if in confronting each other it is shown to be so, then he is in the wrong.


 * tī-tîang cò̤ tùi cèng?
 * Who are the witnesses for the defense?


 * i àiⁿ chut lâi kio i cò̤ tùi-thâu;
 * he is going to appear as his opponent.


 * nŏ̤ nâng sī tùi-thâu kâi wn-ke;
 * the two are rivals of each other.


 * cêk tùi tùi-lîn;
 * a pair of matched scrolls.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ tùi i tàⁿ;
 * you should tell him.


 * i líang ke tiang-sî tùi chin?
 * When were the parties betrothed?


 * hàm châi-hù khṳ̀ tùi sìo;
 * tell the bookkeeper to go and verify the accounts.


 * sìang-kong kâi sío soiⁿ tùi cheng-chó̤;
 * the accountant had beforehand verified the accounts by comparision, item by item.


 * cêk tùi huń-cío;
 * a pair of pigeons.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ bŏi tùi m̄ cŭ nâng;
 * shall rot in so doing fall behind other people.


 * sît-câi tùi nâng tit cŭ;
 * really equal to other people.


 * tùi a m̄ tùi?
 * Does it suit or not?


 * kàu sang kàu tùi;
 * matches so as to make a pair.


 * tìo tùi siu kâi teng-nâng;
 * hang up a pair of new lanterns.


 * tùi cieh;
 * to confront.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ lâi tùi-ūaⁿ ēng tit cîⁿ a míen?
 * In thus exchanging one for the other will any money be required to boot?


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ teng-tùi;
 * he acts inconsistently.


 * jit tùi tang;
 * the sun is on the meridian.


 * hîhⁿ m̄ tùi hâuhⁿ;
 * the parts do not match; its parts do not fit each other.


 * cìⁿ sīa tùi tong-sim;
 * the arrow was shot at the center of the target.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ cū tùi;
 * he spoke to the point.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ tùi tī cêk tîo lō khṳ̀?
 * By which road are you going?


 * hàm i tùu úa kò̤ lâi;
 * tell him to come along by my house.


 * úa àiⁿ tùi i kâi chù keng kùe;
 * I am going past his house.


 * tîeh mn̂g-huang siang-tùi kâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤ chin;
 * those who enter in to conjugal relationship should be of the same rank in life.


 * pái bé-tùi;
 * ride forth in pairs.


 * nŏ̤ nâng lâi tùi thâk kùe cū bô̤ mih tāⁿ;
 * if two persons read it together, the one reading the copy aloud and the other seeing whether what is read agrees with the original, then there will not be many arrors.


 * tùi thâk kuaⁿ;
 * an officer who at an examination compares the copies of essays with their originals.


 * tùi suaⁿ-kha keng-kùe;
 * go along by the foot of the hill.


 * tùi cûn lâi a tùi lō lâi?
 * Did you come by boat, or by the road?


 * teng tùi teng, cìang tùi cìang;
 * the common soldiers oppose the common soldiers, and the generals oppose the generals.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ tùi chíu chin ke;
 * these two are the parents of the married pair.


 * tùi chíu li phah i m̄ kùe;
 * cannot overcome him single-handed.


 * kàu cêk ē tùi tīn kâi sî-hāu i sĭang káⁿ cìen;
 * he is not at all afraid to fight