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 when he is once face to face with the enemy.
 * tùi-têk;
 * to oppose.


 * tùi i lí-kẃn hîam;
 * kept on blaming her.


 * i àiⁿ tùi i sí;
 * he will oppose him to the death.


 * i khì kàu àiⁿ tùi seⁿ nâng sí;
 * he is so angry that he wants either to kill or be killed by him.


 * tùi-tùi kah;
 * just exactly fits.


 * tùi sím;
 * examine judicially face to face.


 * nĕ tùi-tùi;
 * exactly corresponds.


 * jú ùi jú tùi;
 * the more afraid your are of a thing, the more apt your are to meet it.


 * A foot-pestle, commonly used to hull rice; to pound in a mortar; one beat of the pestle.
 * i ŭ tùi li bô̤ khŭ, i ŭ khŭ lí bô̤ tùi;
 * the one had a pestle and no mortar, and the other a mortar and no pestle.
 * the one had a pestle and no mortar, and the other a mortar and no pestle.


 * cía tùi khah khin, tùi thâu tîeh lâi teh kò̤ cîeh;
 * this pestle is too light, and a stone must be put on its upper end to make it heavier.


 * i kâi chíu khṳ̂ tùi hám tîeh;
 * her hand was hit by the descending pestle.


 * cí kâi tùi tăng căi, tâh bô̤ hìeⁿ phû;
 * this pestle is very heavy, and it does not rise much when tread upon.


 * cí kò̤ hó̤ lâi kek kâi cúi-tùi;
 * this is a good place to set up a rice-pounder worked by water-power.


 * To beat; to pommel; to pound.
 * tûi mn̂g;
 * thump on the door.
 * thump on the door.


 * tûi ie;
 * beat the loins to relieve pain.


 * i khì kàu tó̤ tûi sim-kuaⁿ;
 * he is so vexed that he beats his breast.


 * tûi kim-pô̤h;
 * beat out gold-leaf.


 * khîa ki thih-thûi lâi tûi;
 * bring an iron pstlepestle [sic] and pound it.


 * tûi-saⁿ-thûi;
 * a pounder used in washing clothing.


 * Dilapidated; ruined; disused; decayed; effete; to fall.
 * hùi-tŭi;
 * spoiled from lack of care; worn out and useless.
 * spoiled from lack of care; worn out and useless.


 * ke-húe hùi-tŭi;
 * the tools are worn and shackly.


 * chù, bô̤ nâng tīu, mín kúi nî cū hùi-tŭi khṳ̀;
 * an uninhabited house becomes dilapitated in but a few years.


 * hue-hn̂g kâi chīu-bâk, bô̤ siu-sîp, hùi-hùi tŭi-tŭi;
 * the shrubs of the flower garden, not being cared for, are thin and sickly.


 * hṳ́ kâi kíaⁿ-tĭ sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi kíaⁿ-tī;
 * that son of hers is a poor stick.


 * i kâi jī-sài sĭ hùi-tŭi kâi nâng;
 * her husband is a poor decrepid creature.


 * tŭi lô̤h thô-tī-ĕ;
 * toppled over on to the ground.


 * i kâi tho̤ tŭi tīo khṳ̀;
 * she has had a miscarriage.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤, m̄ hó̤ thèng cîah;
 * this medicine may produce a miscarriage and should not be taken carelessly.


 * To fall; to dangle by a string; to hang at the end of a rope; to let down by a rope.
 * cêk lîap cheⁿ tūi lô̤h lâi;
 * a star is falling.
 * a star is falling.


 * tūi tho̤;
 * a miscarriage.


 * tūi lô̤h bé;
 * fell off his horse.


 * ti-tu tūi si, tūi lô̤h lâi;
 * the spider comes down on a thread of his own spinning.


 * cang so̤h tūi i lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * let it down by a rope.


 * cang so̤h pâk lío tūi i lô̤h sîaⁿ-chîeⁿ ĕ;
 * tied it to the end of a rope, and let it down over the city wall.


 * tūi tŏ̤ cúi tói;
 * lower it by a rope into the water.


 * i cŏ̤ tŏ̤ cûn-po̤-kîⁿ, i kâi piⁿ tūi tŏ̤ cúi mīn;
 * he sat on the edge of the boat and his queue dangled in the water.


 * A noun of multitude, a squad, a company, a platoon.
 * nâng cîaⁿ khûn cîaⁿ tūi;
 * people in groups and squads.
 * people in groups and squads.


 * cò̤ cêk tūi cêk tūi kîaⁿ;
 * go along in squads.


 * lîet cêk tūi cêk tūi;
 * ranged in squads.


 * àiⁿ pun cò̤ kúi tūi?
 * How many squads will they be divided into?


 * kak kui tūi-ngó;
 * each returned to his own file.


 * 3aⁿ cē àiⁿ chut tūi;
 * a little later they will go forth to engage the foe.


 * cí tūi ke nâng, hṳ́ tūi cíe nâng;
 * there are more in this company than in that.


 * cang cía cò̤ thâu tūi;
 * make this the leading detatchment.


 * i tó̤ khîa cóng-tūi-kî;
 * he is the standard-bearer of the corps.


 * bé tūi;
 * cavalry regiments.


 * i kâi tūi-ngó cíaⁿ-côi căi;
 * their rank and file are uniformly disposed.


 * chŵn tūi-ngó chut khṳ̀ cap îaⁿ;
 * the whole army has gone into camp.

tun


 * To heap up, to pile, to store; a mass, a crowd, a mound, an accumulation, a stack.
 * tun cò̤ cêk tun;
 * heap them up in a heap.
 * heap them up in a heap.


 * tun-cek kàu cōi căi;
 * amassed a great quantity.


 * tun nŏ̤ càng-pâng múaⁿ-múaⁿ;
 * filled two go-downs quite full.


 * cháu tun;
 * a straw stack.


 * sua tun;
 * a sand heap.


 * cí-hûe kâi bí hó̤ tun;
 * the rice is now fit for storing.


 * i cîeⁿ tńg tun bí cìaⁿ thàng tîeh;
 * he made a profit, the last time, on the rice that he stored up.


 * c5k tōa tun thùaⁿ;
 * a great pile of coal.


 * tun châ;
 * pile up wood.


 * nâng-mûeh tun kàu cōi-cōi;
 * there is a great crowd of people there.


 * tun lío ŏi sîh kṳn-níe a bŏi?
 * Does it lose in weight by being stored up?


 * Dull; obtuse; blunt.
 * tun to̤ kṳ̀ jîo īu;
 * like cutting a withered pumelo with a dull knife.
 * like cutting a withered pumelo with a dull knife.


 * cí ki to̤ khah tun, tîeh khṳ̀ bûa lāi cē;
 * this knife is too dull, you must go sharpen it.


 * i kâi cieh tun căi;
 * his wits are very obtuse.


 * cí kâi ío tun, hṳ́ kâi ío lêng-lāi;
 * this one is rather dull, that one is more quick-witted.


 * i kâi chùi tun căi, bô̤ mih ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
 * he is very slow of speech, and not fluent in talking.