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剔燈棍兒 t'i teng$1$ kun$4$ 'r, a wire to pull up the wick in an oil lamp. 打燈花兒 ta$3$ teng$1$ hua$1$ 'r, to take away the burned part of the wick. ― The scene depicted is rather a comic one; a man has married a woman whom he has never seen, and as soon as he enters the nuptial room, he snuffs the candle to see better and perceives that the bride is a very ugly one. 爺爺兒 ye$2$ ye$2$ 'r, means in vulgar Pekinese a man, a husband as 奶奶兒 nai$3$ nai$3$ 'r, means a woman, a wife. Both words are used in different meanings in family relations technology. 發獃 fa$1$ tai$1$, to stare vacantly.

With the oil-lamp wire ― he takes away the burned wick ― the man perceives he has got for