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 uttered by the mother in law, who may call so her son's daughter. 擀麪 kan$3$ mien$4$, to stretch out dough to make vermicelli. 擀麪杖 kan$3$ mien$4$ chang$4$, a roller to stretch dough. 一大片 i$1$ ta$4$ p'ien$4$, a large flat piece (of dough); in the text the verb "she stretches out" is wanting. 赛如線 sai$4$ ju$4$ hsien$4$, which may rival, compete with thread as to thinness. 團團轉 t'uan$2$ t'uan$2$ chuan$4$, conglomerated they turn round in the pan. (said of the vermicelli) 蓮花瓣 lien$2$-hua$1$-pan$4$, (as they were) petals of the lotus blossom. 公 kung$1$ father-in-law, here kung$1$ is instead of 公公 kung$1$ kung$1$. 婆 p'uo$2$, mother in law, here p'uo$2$ is instead of 婆婆 p'uo$2$ p'uo$2$. 小姑兒 hsiao$3$ ku$1$'r, her husband's younger sisters. 案板 an$4$ pan$3$, a wood board on which dough is stretched to make vermicelli. 爐坑 lu$2$ k'eng$1$ is a pit under the stove where the ashes fall down; an imcommonuncommon [sic] severe punishment inflicted by mothers-in-law to their daughters-in-law is to let them sleep in the stove-pit. 鋪甚麽 p'u$1$ she$2$ mmo, what have you for bedding? 枕甚麽 chen$3$ she$2$ mmo, what have you for pillow? Somebody is supposed to ask now from the unfortunate wife about her condition. 棒鍾 pang$4$ ch'ui$2$, a beater used in washing clothes; it is generally made of 棗木 tsao$3$ mu$4$, date wood. 一落磚 i$1$ luo$4$ chuan$1$, a pile of bricks, that is to say, as many bricks as could form a pile of them. 一溜鞭 i$1$ liou$4$ pien$1$, "a row of whips" rather a strange expression for many whips, lots of whips. ―溜姻 i$1$ liou$4$ yen$1$, as a stream of smoke; the verse is not