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616 ; wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;
 * bowed.


 * mâk bâi wn-wn;
 * arching eyebrows.


 * bŏi wn bŏi khek, nĕ tît-tît;
 * it has no carves nor crooks in it, it is perfectly straight.


 * cam kêh wn;
 * this needle has got bent.


 * cí kâi suaⁿ sì ío wn-hŵn;
 * this hill is very irregular in its outline.


 * sim-tn̂g tît-căi, bô̤ wn bô̤ tŵn;
 * his is a candid nature, wholly without duplicity.


 * i m̄ pí hía wn-wn tŵn-tŵn kai;
 * he is not like those who are given to maneuvering.


 * To turn, to curve, to wind; to bend.
 * kiaⁿ kàu cham-che lō thâu, cêk nâng wn tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ, cêk nâng wn tùi hìoⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * when they came to the cross-roads one turned off in one direction and one in the other.
 * when they came to the cross-roads one turned off in one direction and one in the other.


 * tn̂g-wn câk-kak kâi ūi-chṳ̀, tîeh cai hûang i;
 * it is a place where there are long turns and sharp corners, a spot full of intricate passages, where we must be cautions.


 * lō wn lâi wn khṳ̀;
 * the path winds hither and thither.


 * cí tîo khoi kàu hṳ́ ĕ wn-wn khek-khek;
 * this river down below there is very crooked.


 * câp wn poih khek cìaⁿ kàn hṳ́ kò̤;
 * after innumerable turns we reached the place.


 * wn jîp hâng lăi;
 * turned off into the warehouse.


 * wn kùe sai pôiⁿ;
 * turned off westward.


 * wn jîp káng;
 * turned into the canal.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ ut wn, tît-tît kîaⁿ;
 * do not turn aside, go straight on.


 * wn-wn khek-khek;
 * tortuous, serpentine.


 * Mandarin ducks, which are patterns of conjugal fidelity.
 * wn-ieⁿ cím;
 * a pillow for two; a double pillow used by the newly married.
 * a pillow for two; a double pillow used by the newly married.


 * sìu cêk tùi wn-ieⁿ;
 * embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks upon it.


 * An abyss.
 * siang lî thien wn;
 * as far apart as heaven and earth.
 * as far apart as heaven and earth.


 * A flexible joint.
 * chíu ẃn;
 * the wrist.
 * the wrist.


 * ēng chíu ẃn kâi lak;
 * used strength of wrist.


 * i kâi sía jī ŏi ēng ẃn lâk;
 * his writing shows firmness and flexibility in the hand.


 * Remote either in time or place.
 * i sĭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ío kú-ẃn;
 * he considers what lies far ahead.
 * he considers what lies far ahead.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío kú-ẃn li tîeh ke cîⁿ;
 * this being much more lasting must cost more.


 * íong-ẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it is always like that.


 * năi kàu kú-kú wń-wń kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is something that never ceases.


 * Accommodating; to give in; yield to circumstances.
 * ẃn cẃn;
 * having a disposition to yield.
 * having a disposition to yield.


 * màiⁿ cn̂g kâi bô ẃn cẃn;
 * do not be wholly unwilling to yield a point.


 * jī ke wn cẃn cē cū sêng;
 * if each would give in a little the thing would be done.


 * A park, a pasture; a book of extracts; fine luxuriant herbage.
 * hang-ẃn;
 * an Academician.
 * an Academician.


 * cía sĭ hang ẃn kâi châi-chêng;
 * these are the talents of a member of the Imperial Academy.


 * sĭang ẃn;
 * imperial parks.


 * sueh-ẃn;
 * a collection of dialogues.


 * To dislike; to feel bitter against.
 * màiⁿ sie ẁn;
 * do not cherish mutual dislike.
 * do not cherish mutual dislike.


 * taⁿ li tó̤ i ẁn i, i ẁn i;
 * at present, each is murmuring against the other.


 * kio nâng kak ẁn;
 * excite people's aversion.


 * kak chîu kak ẁn;
 * excite enmity and ill-will.


 * chūa nâng ẁn-hṳ̆n;
 * cause ill-will.


 * íⁿ tek pò̤ ẁn;
 * requite injury with kindness.


 * hṳ́ i ṳn pò̤ ṳn, ẁn pò̤ ẁn;
 * requite his kindness with kindness, his animosity with animosity.


 * ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ khiap;
 * repine at one's own lot.


 * i tó̤ mâiⁿ ẁn lṳ́;
 * he is cherishing dislike toward you.


 * ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī;
 * bitter against the powers in heaven and on earth.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī, tîeh ẁn lṳ́ ka-kī;
 * you should not complain against everybody else, you should find fault with you-self.


 * cía tîeh ẁn ka-kī, màiⁿ ẁn pât nâng;
 * you should blame yourself for this, not other people.


 * káⁿ ẁn, m̄ káⁿ ngân;
 * dare feel but dare not express dissatisfaction.


 * m̄ hó̤ ẁn pĕ-bó̤ kêng;
 * one must not murmur at the poverty of his parents.


 * kháu chut wn ngân;
 * grumbling.


 * ẁn bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀, ẁn pàng i kò̤;
 * had no one else to grumble at, and so grumbled at him.


 * cía bô̤ ẁn;
 * this is not a cause for grievence.


 * Because; on account of; an affinity, a recondite sympathy.
 * ŵn-in mih sṳ̄?
 * What were the circumstances which brought it about?
 * What were the circumstances which brought it about?


 * nâng cieⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sǹg cò̤ ŭ ŵn;
 * when a person is thus, there is a reason for it.


 * sĭm-mih ŵn-kù?
 * What is the cause of it?


 * ẁn-hūn;
 * in sympathy with.


 * i kâi ŵn-íu lṳ́ tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
 * relate to me the causes which lead to it.


 * ŭ ŵn choiⁿ lí lêng siang hŭe, bô̤ ŵn tùi mīn put siang hông;
 * where there is affinity people come together from a thousand miles apart, where there is no affinity those living on opposite sides the same