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 every word and sentence most thoroughly.
 * sái nâng khṳ̀ thiet-tói cheng chê;
 * send some one to the very bottom to make an exhaustive investigation.


 * ūe tàⁿ lâi hŵn-lío būe thiet-tói;
 * has not yet touched upon the bottom facts in what he has said.

thih


 * Iron; like iron; wrought iron.
 * thih khì;
 * ironware.
 * ironware.


 * phah thih kâi nâng;
 * a blacksmith.


 * thih sùaⁿ;
 * iron wire.


 * thih seⁿ sang;
 * iron rusts.


 * pêh-thih;
 * tin.


 * cheⁿ thih;
 * iron ore.


 * būe sĭ lâm seⁿ-thih kâi;
 * is not plated with iron.


 * bé káu thih;
 * tin in sheets.


 * thih tîo;
 * iron rods.


 * thih pó̤h;
 * sheet iron.


 * thih kah;
 * iron armor.


 * thih thûi;
 * a hammer.


 * thih-tiam;
 * anvils.


 * thih-tiam cêk ē, thih-thûi cêk ē;
 * the anvil strikes the hammer as often as the hammer strikes the anvil.


 * thih kho;
 * iron hoops.


 * thih sái;
 * iron filings.


 * oi thih lâng, ceng thih tùi;
 * work at hard labor in the Buddhist hell.


 * cū sĭthih cîeh sim-tn̂g thóiⁿ tîeh ĭa put jím;
 * though one's feelings were hard as rock, one could not endure the sight.


 * i cē phoiⁿ phêng lô̤h khṳ̀ cū sĭ thih pit bô î;
 * when he has once rendered a decision it is unchangeable.


 * i sĭ thih mīn, bô̤ nâng-chêng kâi;
 * he is a hard man, with no humanity.


 * cí kò̤ mûeh tōiⁿ kùe thih;
 * this is harder than iron.


 * cía tîeh ēng thih-teng lâi tèng;
 * this must be nailed with a nail.


 * sĭ bûa chwn-thih-īⁿ;
 * is rubbing down an inkstone of the highest quality; is very slow work.


 * To supply; abundant, liberal.
 * kù tōa bó to m̄ thih, īu àiⁿ kù sòi kâi bó;
 * have not the means to provide adequately for the chief wife, and then there is the inferior wife to provide for.
 * have not the means to provide adequately for the chief wife, and then there is the inferior wife to provide for.


 * àiⁿ kù cîah to kiaⁿ-ùi m̄ thih ā, cò̤ ŭ cîⁿ khṳ̀ sái tīo?
 * Fearing there is not the wherewith to supply sufficient food even, how can I have money to spend in something else?


 * kù cìeⁿ pôiⁿ m̄ thih, īn àiⁿ kù hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * am unable to give this side as much attention as it requires, and there is the other side to be attended to.


 * táng cí kâi kù tit thih cìaⁿ khṳ̀ kù hṳ́ kâi;
 * wait tull you can do as much as is needful for this one, before you go and look after that one.

thim


 * To put under water; to sink a thing; weighty; heavy.
 * thīm-hieⁿ;
 * garu-wood, or lignaloes.
 * garu-wood, or lignaloes.


 * thīm pàng cúi tói cìm;
 * sink it to the bottom and let it soak.


 * thīm lô̤h hái;
 * sink it in thesea.


 * phŏ̤ tîeh thīm-thīm tăng;
 * he is very heavy to carry.


 * im-thīm ak;
 * hidden wickedness.

thin


 * To copy; to transcribe; to make an exact copy.
 * cí kò̤ kó̤ khîeh khṳ̀ thîn cheng;
 * take this draft and make an exact and fair copy.
 * take this draft and make an exact and fair copy.


 * cêng tĥin cin a būe?
 * Has a fac-simile been made yet?


 * cìeⁿ pôiⁿ thîn kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * transcribe what is on this side upon the other side.


 * lêng-gūa thîn cò̤ tōa kâi kâi;
 * rewrite it in larger characters.


 * To state; to express carefully; to lay before an officer.
 * thîn i kâi chêng-cak chut lâi;
 * give a systematic statement of the circumstances.
 * give a systematic statement of the circumstances.


 * nía-sṳ̄-kuaⁿ àiⁿ khṳ̀ tok-bú kò̤ kâi bûn-cṳ kìe-cò̤ sin-thîn;
 * dispatches sent from a consul to a governor or lieutenant-governor are thus called.


 * To pour off a liquid from sediment.
 * méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ thîn pn̄g, ùaⁿ cē, ám cū thîn m̄ chut;
 * go at once and turn the water off the boiling rice, a little later there will be no water to turn off.
 * go at once and turn the water off the boiling rice, a little later there will be no water to turn off.


 * îeh pû hó̤ cū thîn chut lâi;
 * when the medicine has steeped sufficiently, drain it off from the dregs.


 * To irritate; to provoke; to excite needlessly.
 * mó̤ thīn i;
 * you must not tease him,. [sic]
 * you must not tease him,. [sic]


 * cía sĭ thīn tîeh kâi hóⁿ-thâu-phang;
 * this is stirring up a hornet.

thio


 * To go before; to step over; to release from Purgatory, as Buddhists do.
 * thio-seng;
 * to promote over others, to overslaugh other officers.
 * to promote over others, to overslaugh other officers.


 * peh-jît thio-seng;
 * promoted openly to a position above those who had been his superiors in office.


 * pàng i khṳ̀ thio seⁿ;
 * let him live on.


 * thio tō i kâi lêng-hûn míen jîp tī-gêk;
 * when released from purgatory, his soul need not enter hell.


 * To take the responsibility; to guarantee; to warrant.
 * i chíaⁿ tī-tîang chut lâi thio sṳ̄;
 * he asked some one to take the responsibility of the affair upon himself.
 * he asked some one to take the responsibility of the affair upon himself.


 * úa kio i thio-sêng;
 * I will stand sponsor for him.


 * i thio-sêng m̄ khí;
 * he is not able to give security to this amount.


 * sĭ cí koi phò thio jīn;
 * this is the shop which warranted the goods.


 * i sĭ koiⁿ-thio mòng-êk kâi nâng;
 * he is a huckster.


 * sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang thio kâi?
 * Who is the responsible party in the cast?


 * úa thio i jît ău m̄ káⁿ cū sĭ;
 * I will guarantee that he will not hereafter do so again.