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 civil or military.
 * i cîah kàu hô̤h hwt thông ngŵn;
 * he has a rosy face and hoary hair.


 * i cṳ̆ sòi síu thông-ceng;
 * he took vows of chastity in his youth.


 * i hŵn-lío sĭ hăi-thông khì;
 * he is still youthful in his feelings.


 * saⁿ-câp būe kùe sĭ hăi-thông;
 * one is a youth so long as he is not past thirty.


 * The pupil of the eye.
 * i kâi mâk thìaⁿ khṳ̀ ŏi gāi tîeh thông-jîn a bŏi?
 * Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?
 * Has the inflammation of his eye affected the pupil?


 * i kâi thông-jîn en̂g kâi bū;
 * the pupils of his eyes have a cloudy look all over them.


 * lêk cúi kẁn thông-jîn;
 * a cataract has spread over the pupil.


 * i kâi thông-jîn pêh-bū cn̂g kâi thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;
 * his pupil is an opaque white, and he cannot see at all.


 * Streamers; pendant screens; pendant scrolls of silk before a shrine.
 * cêk sang thông-hwn hĭⁿ-kau;
 * a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.
 * a pair of earrings of the scroll pattern.


 * Alike; identical; matched.
 * tăi thông sío ĭ;
 * the difference is less than the similarity.
 * the difference is less than the similarity.


 * thông cṳ́;
 * one born in the same year.


 * To understand thoroughly; to see through a subject; acquainted with.
 * i ío thōng-sek mîn-chêng;
 * he understands human nature.
 * he understands human nature.


 * cía tîeh ŭ thōng-sek cía sṳ̄ kâi nâng lâi lí;
 * this must be managed by someone who understands such business.

 tho̤


 * The womb.
 * ŭ tho̤;
 * pregnant.
 * pregnant.


 * sĭu tho̤;
 * to conceive.


 * hía īeⁿ sĭ sĭu tho̤ kâi īeⁿ;
 * that is the way it is with those who are pregnant.


 * tho̤ lô̤h tīo;
 * had a miscarriage.


 * tŭi tho̤ îeh; cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tŭi tho̤;
 * medicine that will produce an abortion.


 * thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
 * the first-born son.


 * māng-kìⁿ sĭ i lâi tâu tho̤;
 * dreamed that it took up its abode in her womb.


 * uaⁿ tho̤ îeh, pó̤ tho̤ hû;
 * medicine or charms that will prevent miscarriage.


 * tho̤-ui;
 * the placenta.


 * bō̤ tho̤;
 * an official cap without any button or fringe.


 * thiⁿ ĕ kâi ûah-mûeh ŭ khí sĭ sĭ hùe seⁿ;
 * of living creatures under the sun some are viviparous, some are oviparous, some are produced by moisture and some by metamotphosis.


 * nâng kio sìu sĭ tho̤ seⁿ kâi;
 * men and beasts are viviparous.


 * tŏ̤ bó̤ tho̤ tèng cū cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
 * blind from birth.


 * kùai tho̤;
 * a womb that produces monstrosities.


 * Secure; safe; stable; firm; at ease; settled; quite; ready; prepared.
 * thó̤-thiap;
 * well arranged; settled; properly done.
 * well arranged; settled; properly done.


 * thó̤-tàng; thò̤-tǹg;
 * secure; everything right.


 * thó̤-thó̤ tàng-tàng;
 * as safe and correct as possible.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ thó̤-tǹg a m̄ thó̤-tǹng?
 * Do you consider it all securely settled or not?


 * lí kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
 * have attended to it so thoroughly as to leave everything completely arranged.


 * To ask for; to seek; to dun.
 * thó̤ cè;
 * to dun for the amount of a debt.
 * to dun for the amount of a debt.


 * thó̤ sìo;
 * ask what is due on a bill.


 * i lâi thó̤ îeh;
 * he has come to get the medicine that was promised him.


 * m̄ thó̤ hó̤;
 * I won't have it so.


 * in-ūi thó̤ cîⁿ sie-mēⁿ;
 * were quarreling because one dunned the other.


 * i àiⁿ thó̤-tńg mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * he is going to demand a return of the articles.


 * thó̤ cîah;
 * ask for food.


 * m̄ kio i thó̤;
 * does not ask him to repay it.


 * thó̤ m̄ khí;
 * cannot get him to repay it.


 * To retreat; to retire; to recede; to draw back; to decline; to back out of; to refuse; to excuse; to withdraw; to abate; to yield; to give up to; not to be forward.
 * sái bûe-nâng khṳ́ thò̤ chin;
 * sent the go-between to break the betrothal.
 * sent the go-between to break the betrothal.


 * cìn thò̤ líang lâng;
 * to advance or retreat is equally difficult.


 * i ŭ cò̤ thò̤ hùe a bô̤?
 * Does he loan goods to be sold at retail?


 * bōi m̄ khṳ̀ kâi hùe thò̤ tńg khṳ̀ hâiⁿ i;
 * the goods that cannot be sold are taken back and returned to him.


 * hâiⁿ cîⁿ bô̤ thò̤ pō;
 * do not diminish the price that has once been offered.


 * thò̤ sok;
 * to shrink, as cloth does in washing; to draw in, as a snail into its shell; to show the white feather.


 * īa sĭ lîm tīn thò̤-sok kâi cū àiⁿ cám;
 * any who draw back when face to face with the enemy will be beheaded.


 * thò̤-piaⁿ;
 * to retreat.


 * sói lío cū àiⁿ thò̤ sek;
 * it will face when washed.


 * thò̤ pō;
 * to retire, to step back.


 * tò̤-thò̤;
 * to back out, to withdraw.


 * tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;
 * to walk backwards.


 * i kâi kun lĕng ngîam căi, ŭ cìn bô̤ thò̤;
 * their military discipline is very strict, they may advance but not retreat.


 * cìn put lêng cìn, thò̤ put lêng thò̤;
 * can neither advance nor retreat.


 * àiⁿ cìu put tit, àiⁿ thò̤ put lêng;
 * can move neither one way nor the other.


 * khéng sĭeⁿ thò̤ cêk pō mih sṳ̄ to̤ bô̤;
 * if willing to yield a step there would be no trouble.


 * îeh khṳt i thò̤ chìn cē cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;
 * let the medicine cool a little and then take it.


 * kám pàng thô ĕ khṳt i thò̤ tīo húe-khì;
 * set it down on the ground and let it cool off.


 * nâng cē ŭ nî-hùe cū thò̤ sèⁿ;
 * as people