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 enough to destroy one.
 * tṳ̂ tīo cêk kâi;
 * take away one.


 * chau-tṳ̂ châk-húiⁿ;
 * exterminate rebels.


 * peh-sèⁿ hùe khṳt i tṳ̂-pak kàu năi m̄ khṳ̀;
 * the people are harried by them beyond endurance.


 * tṳ̂ tīo phûe;
 * remove the rind.


 * cám cháu tṳ̂ kṳn;
 * cut down the weeds, and destroy their roots; utterly extirpate.


 * Chopsticks.
 * gê tṳ̄, tek tṳ̄, o tṳ̄, ngṳ̂ tṳ̄;
 * chopsticks of ivory, of bamboo, of ebony, or of silver.
 * chopsticks of ivory, of bamboo, of ebony, or of silver.


 * cêk ki tṳ̄; cêk ciah tṳ̄; cêk kha tṳ̄;
 * a chopstick.


 * cêk sang tṳ̄;
 * a pair of chopsticks.


 * cang tṳ̄ lâi koih;
 * take it up with chopsticks.


 * cêk pé tṳ̄ sĭ câp sang;
 * there are twenty chopsticks in one bundle.


 * tâng tṳ̄;
 * brass tongs for picking up incense.


 * thih tṳ̄;
 * iron rods used as tongs.


 * sieⁿ ngûⁿ kâi tṳ̄;
 * chopsticks plated with silver.


 * kṳ́ tṳ̄;
 * take up the chopsticks; begin the meal.


 * pái ceng tṳ̄;
 * set the table.


 * àiⁿ pái jîeh cōi hù ceng tṳ̄?
 * For how many persons shall I lay the table?


 * lĭm tṳ̄;
 * hold the chopsticks.


 * sái tṳ̄;
 * use the chopsticks.


 * cang tṳ̄ thak;
 * break off a bit with the chopsticks.

twn


 * The origin; elementary principles; strait, correct, direct, grave, decent.
 * cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ twn-huang sì-cìaⁿ;
 * sit upright and squarely in your chair.
 * sit upright and squarely in your chair.


 * isĭ twn-cìaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * he is an upright man.


 * i bô̤ twn cò̤-nî mēⁿ lṳ́?
 * Why does she berate you with no sufficient reason?


 * i kâi sim-sût puttwn;
 * his notions are incorrect.


 * mùaⁿ-khí sĭ twn ngŏ coih;
 * to-morrow is the 5th of the 5th moon.


 * cía sĭ sĭm-mih in-twn?
 * What is the origin of this?


 * i sǹg sĭ ĭ twn kâi nâng;
 * he is a man who holds heretical views.


 * A summing up of the application of the diagrams, and the good or bad embodied in them.
 * i kâi tẁn-sṳ̂ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What is the gist of his divination?
 * What is the gist of his divination?


 * To settle; to decide; to give a judicial opinion; surely; certainly.
 * kàu kong-tn̂g cṳ̆-jîen ŭ kong-tẁn;
 * if brought into open court there will of course be a just decision given.
 * if brought into open court there will of course be a just decision given.


 * kuaⁿ sím lío cò̤-nî tẁn?
 * How did the magistrate, after examination of the case, decide it?


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ phẁn-tẁn lâi tîeh;
 * that settlement of the case is a correct one.


 * líang ke lóng-cóng cun tẁn;
 * both parties acquiesced in the decision.


 * tẁn kàu nâng lóng-cóng su-hôk;
 * gave such a decision that all parties submitted to it.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ kwt-tẁn;
 * he acts with decision.


 * i mîaⁿ-ke tẁn khùe;
 * he is expert in deciding what is signified by omens.


 * i kâi khùe tẁn lâi khùe căi;
 * the predictions which he gives in divining prove very exact.


 * i tẁn-tẁn m̄ káⁿ;
 * he will certainly not do so again.


 * úa thóiⁿ tẁn bô̤ cía sṳ̄;
 * I do not believe there is any such thing.


 * tẁn sṳ̄ àiⁿ tẁn tit kong;
 * in disposing of a case, one wants it disposed of justly.


 * cang chêng-lí lâi tẁn;
 * settle it in accordance with the principles of equity.


 * wuwn [sic]-tŵn;
 * tortuous; serpentine.
 * tortuous; serpentine.


 * wn-wn tŵn-tŵn;
 * winding to and fro.


 * i kâi sim-tn̂g wn-tŵn căi;
 * his mind is very crooked.


 * hía lŏ wn-wn tŵn-tŵn, o̤h jīn;
 * the road is so full of crooks and bends that it is very difficult to follow.


 * cí ki châ khah wn-tŵn;
 * this stick of wood is too crooked.


 * chêng-lí tîeh cĭu tît tàⁿ, màiⁿ wn-tŵn;
 * the truth should be told in a straight-forward way, without circumlution.


 * To cut assunder; to break in two.
 * i tw̆n tĭo kîe;
 * they destroyed the bridge.
 * they destroyed the bridge.


 * cū sĭ i tó̤ tw̆n ău;
 * it was they who brought up the rear in the retreat.


 * The square and involuted form of Chinese characters, invented in the Cheu dynasty.
 * i ŏi ía tw̆n jī;
 * he can write the seal character.
 * he can write the seal character.


 * cí khí kìe-cò̤ thih-sùaⁿ tw̆n;
 * this kind is called the wire form, having the lines unbroken and of unvarying width.


 * tw̆n phó;
 * a specimen of seal characters used as a copy.


 * hía kuaⁿ-ìn cêk pôiⁿ tw̆n jī, cêk pôiⁿ múaⁿ jī;
 * that official seal has seal characters on one side and Manchu characters on the other.


 * To calcine; to drive moisture out of solids by heat.
 * ēng cò̤ tw̄n cîeh-ko̤, màiⁿ ēng cò̤ cheⁿ cîeh-ko̤;
 * make it of calcined, not of unprepared gypsum.
 * make it of calcined, not of unprepared gypsum.


 * tw̄n cò̤ hu;
 * calcine it and make it into powder.


 * cang húe lâi tw̄n;
 * drive out the moisture by fire.


 * To lay things out.
 * chíu-tw̄n;
 * handiwork.
 * handiwork.


 * thóiⁿ i tíen sĭm-mih chíu-tw̄n chut lâi;
 * see what sleight of hand he displays.


 * chíu-tw̄n kau-khîang;
 * workmanship showing the very highest degree of skill.


 * i tŏ̤ kò̤ tíen chíu-tw̄n;
 * he is displaying his dexterity.