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Rh ; ou-bí,
 * black rice, i.e. opium.


 * tak-sat-bó,
 * cracking vermin, i.e. a tailor at work.


 * bōi mue̍h-chia̍h,
 * selling food, i.e. a fellow in a cangue.


 * húe-sie-suaⁿ,
 * burning off the mountain, i.e. getting the head shaved.


 * i khù-chóu-ke,
 * he has gone to the home of his fathers, i.e. he is dead.


 * i kiâ--tn̂g-lōu,
 * he has entered on a long journey, i.e. a man just dead.


 * i pha-téng,
 * he has dropped anchor, i.e. a fellow fallen into the water.


 * kim-hôu-sîn,
 * golden flies, i.e. fops.


 * chúi-ngiáu-chhṳ́,
 * water rates, i.e. boat thieves.


 * tòa-sù-chu,
 * wearing an official decoration, i.e. one with a chain on his neck.


 * chúi-pang-toi,
 * river bank caved in, i.e. a wrecked fortune.


 * kùe ou-chúi,
 * to cross the black water, i.e. to go to foreign parts.


 * chò-tōa-jī,
 * making big characters, i.e. a drunken fellow staggering.


 * khui tṳ-ne̍k-phòu,
 * to open a pork shop, i.e. one who has no business and has to board himself.


 * kap-pô soih chhn̂g-kha,
 * bracing the legs of a frog, i.e. a boaster; futile endeavor.


 * ngiáu-chhṳ́ kè cháu-kiáⁿ,
 * rats marrying off their daughters, i.e. le whispering in an under tone.


 * ùi lãu-phûa,
 * afraid of the old woman, i.e. one who is afraid to act for himself.


 * chi̍h-keⁿ,
 * tongue weaving, i.e. teaching school.


 * chèng-sêng-peh,
 * planting banyans, i.e. letting the hair grow.


 * tiū mién-chîⁿ-chhù,
 * living in a free dwelling, i.e. in jail.


 * bōi-húe-thúi,
 * selling hams, i.e. truculent kneeling.


 * mōⁿ-kûiⁿ,
 * looking up, i.e. a man who has hung himself.


 * chiáu-lâng,
 * bird cages, i.e. trousers.


 * chúi-koi-phûe,
 * a frog skin, i.e. a jacket.


 * lâu [sic]-chhiū-thâu,
 * an old stump, i.e. an old man.


 * phok-siau,
 * saltpetre, i.e. a hot tempered man.


 * pàng-húe-chìⁿ,
 * shooting fire arrows, i.e. breeding discord.


 * pê-mīn,
 * scratch the face, i.e. give offense.


 * chûa nih-ma̍k,
 * a snake winking its eyes, i.e. a big story.


 * kúi kùe-khoi,
 * a devil crossing a river


 * saⁿ pau-húe,
 * fire in the jacket, i.e. trouble.