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 i bô̤ ēng?
 * How do you know it is of no use?


 * uaⁿ cai m̄ sĭ nē?
 * How do you know it is not?


 * lṳ́ ā bô̤ úa le, uaⁿ tit cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Where would you have been but for me?


 * i chông-côiⁿ ā sĭ khéng o̤h hó̤ le, kim-jît uaⁿ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Had he formerly learned to do well, how could he be as he now is?


 * A saddle.
 * bé bô̤ sìa uaⁿ, nâng bô̤ sìa kah;
 * the horses did not have their saddles removed, nor did the men lay aside their armor.
 * the horses did not have their saddles removed, nor did the men lay aside their armor.


 * bé uaⁿ kîe khṳt í cŏ̤ tîeh khah ôih;
 * the saddle is too short for him to sit upon.


 * A bowl, a bowlful.
 * pn̄g úaⁿ;
 * rice bowls.
 * rice bowls.


 * úaⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * small bowls.


 * úaⁿ kong;
 * a large bowl.


 * thng úaⁿ;
 * soup bowls.


 * jîet cîah úaⁿ;
 * a bowl for hot condiments.


 * tong úaⁿ;
 * a bowl of medium size.


 * tōa kâi úaⁿ;
 * a very large bowl.


 * tê úaⁿ;
 * a covered tea-cup.


 * tê sói úaⁿ;
 * bowl to rinse tea-cups in.


 * cêk kah úa;
 * a set of ten bowls.


 * i cêk tǹg cîah kúi úaⁿ pn̄g?
 * How many bowls of rice does he eat at one meal?


 * cá-sîn-kùa cîah úaⁿ mûeⁿ;
 * eat a bowl of congee early in the morning.


 * pó úaⁿ tîeh ēng tâng teng;
 * in mending the bowl, brass clamps must be used.


 * thâh úaⁿ thân;
 * the tidbit placed on the top of a bowl of rice as a relish.


 * A table on which to lean; a bench, or bar before a judge, or that which lies on it; a case in law, an action; an occurrence, event or affair, spoken of judicially; a sentence, a decision; to try, or to decide a case.
 * íⁿ-keng kak ùaⁿ lío;
 * the case is closed.
 * the case is closed.


 * tìo ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi thóiⁿ;
 * call for the official records and see.


 * ùaⁿ chêng;
 * the circumstances of a case.


 * cêk kĭaⁿ ùaⁿ sím jîeh kú?
 * How long has the case been before the court?


 * ùaⁿ îu;
 * the merits of a case.


 * sím ùaⁿ;
 * to try a case.


 * mn̄g ùaⁿ;
 * cross-question.


 * kíaⁿ-jit tẁn kúi khí ùaⁿ;
 * has to-day decided several cases.


 * ùaⁿ-kím lío būe ŭ tẁn-kak;
 * the case has been tried, but the verdict is not yet rendered.


 * i khṳ̀ phùa mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;
 * he has gone to enter an indictment for murder.


 * phùa ùaⁿ;
 * to put a case in the hands of a magistrate.


 * kò̤ kàu ang-chak ùaⁿ ĕ ciaⁿ tit;
 * carried the case up to the court of the provincial-judge and there won it.


 * kong ùaⁿ chn̂g;
 * the judge's bench.


 * ùaⁿ côiⁿ;
 * at the bar.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ hwn ùaⁿ;
 * to give a case a rehearing.


 * kū ùaⁿ;
 * an old undecided case.


 * bô̤ thâu kong-ùaⁿ;
 * a case without evidence.


 * ùaⁿ-chn̂g kẁn kàu lîh;
 * beat upon the bench so as to split it, as in great indignation.


 * pái hieⁿ-ùaⁿ ngêng- cih;
 * place an alter with censers on it in sign of welcome.


 * cí khue tī-tîang kháu ùaⁿ-sín?
 * Who stood first on the list of graduates at this examination?


 * thŵn ùaⁿ;
 * summon the parties to court.


 * síe ùaⁿ, tōa ùaⁿ;
 * important or unimportant cases.


 * kiaⁿ khòng ùaⁿ;
 * a case appealed for adjudication at Peking.


 * sĭang khòng ùaⁿ;
 * carry a case to a higher court.


 * kheh ùaⁿ;
 * a case outside the jurisdiction of this judge.


 * Late; behindhand; tardy.
 * jît ùaⁿ;
 * iti s late in the afternoon.
 * iti s late in the afternoon.


 * cá ût ùaⁿ cáu-khí;
 * went to bed early and got up late.


 * àng cìeⁿ ùaⁿ cìaⁿ lâi;
 * came so late.


 * táng ùaⁿ cē;
 * wait till a little later.


 * táng tîeh khah ùaⁿ cū m̄ táng i;
 * if he is too tardy we will not wait for him.


 * cá ùaⁿ to tŏ̤;
 * early and late he is tehre.


 * cá m̄ lâi, ùaⁿ m̄ lâi, tú-tú cí-hûe cū lái;
 * did not come earlier nor later but just at this moment.


 * gūa kang hì ùaⁿ cĭeⁿ pêⁿ;
 * for extra performances, the curtain rises late.


 * DronghtDrought [sic].
 * thiⁿ ŭaⁿ; thiⁿ-sî ŭaⁿ;
 * the weather is very dry.
 * the weather is very dry.


 * khàng-ŭaⁿ căi;
 * very droughty.


 * ūaⁿ kàu múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ bô̤ cúi;
 * so dry that there is no water anywhere.


 * kú ŭaⁿ hông kam hŏ;
 * a refreshing shower after long drought.


 * ŭaⁿ thiⁿ to̤ hŏ ì;
 * in dry weather it frequently looks as if it were going to rain.


 * To exchange; to change; to sell; barter.
 * pau ūaⁿ;
 * agree to exchange if it is not good.
 * agree to exchange if it is not good.


 * táu ūaⁿ cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
 * to exchange money.


 * tùi ūaⁿ;
 * to interchange.


 * cí nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ lâi tùi ūaⁿ;
 * exchange these two, the one for the other.


 * i thóiⁿ tîeh m̄-hó̤, aìⁿ ūaⁿ tò̤-tńg;
 * he thinks them of inferior quality, and wants to have them taken back.


 * sĭ àiⁿ ūaⁿ cò̤ cîⁿ, a sĭ ūaⁿ cò̤ mûeh?
 * Do you want to barter them for money or for goods?


 * chut mn̂g cū bô̤ ūaⁿ;
 * do not take back any goods that have been carried out at the door.


 * náng lâi ūaⁿ thiap hó̤ mē?
 * Shall we exchange cards on which our birthdays have been written?


 * àiⁿ ūaⁿ nŏ̤ ki êⁿ;
 * are going to replace two roof-beams with better ones.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ se ūaⁿ búe kâi seng-lí;
 * his business is that of going about the country exchanging cotton rolls for yarn.

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 * Running, bubbling, like water; living, lively, active; bright, cheerful; to live; to vivify; life; motion; the germ of life; movable; a living; livelihood; occupation; applied to some drugs to indicate their efficacy.
 * Running, bubbling, like water; living, lively, active; bright, cheerful; to live; to vivify; life; motion; the germ of life; movable; a living; livelihood; occupation; applied to some drugs to indicate their efficacy.