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Rh ; bô-tháu-khùi kâi-mue̍h tò-chò ũ seⁿ-miāⁿ kâi-mue|h lâi tàⁿ,
 * to speak of an inanimate thing as if animate, i.e. to personify.


 * Sai-nái-suaⁿ sĩ pí-jũ hiēn-chãi kâi-sṳ̄,
 * Mt. Sinai illustrates the things of the present.


 * chang ne̍k-thói kâi-sṳ̄ lâi pí-jũ sim-leng kâi,
 * take the affairs of the body to illustrate the things of the spirit.


 * chiang-sòi lâi pí tōa--kâi,
 * use the small to illustrate the large.


 * íⁿ-sòi khài-ki̍p tōa,
 * take the small and symbolize the large.


 * pí chá-ji̍t--kâi iáu mêng-pe̍h,
 * as compared with yesterday he is more clear.


 * piáu-iēⁿ,
 * a symbol; illustration.


 * piáu-hō,


 * siáu-iáⁿ,
 * a type; a shadow.


 * sái,
 * to cause.


 * só sái--kâi,
 * that which is caused.


 * sái-kàu,
 * to cause to come to pass.


 * sái-ēng,
 * to make use of.


 * àiⁿ sái-nâng mêng-hiáu,
 * will cause people to understand.


 * tì-kàu,
 * so that; to the end that.


 * i-kâi tì-khí,
 * its beginning; original cause of anything.


 * só-íⁿ,
 * therefore; the why of anything; sequence.


 * só-iû,
 * the whence of anything.


 * só-íⁿ--chiá,
 * the consequences; results,


 * só-íⁿ-jiên,
 * the natural consequences.


 * ũ-só-iû iā ũ-só-íⁿ,
 * there is a cause and there is an effect.


 * só-íⁿ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * and because it is so.


 * chí-kâi só-íⁿ jiên sĩ chò-nî?
 * the natural consequence then is what?


 * ũ sĩ-mih só-íⁿ?
 * what are the consequences?


 * seⁿ-jiên,
 * fixed; a matter of course.


 * kai-jiên,
 * of necessity; a matter of course.


 * ũ kâi sĩ seⁿ-jiên,
 * some are so naturally.


 * chièⁿ-seⁿ seⁿ íⁿ-jiên,
 * it is so naturally.


 * chṳ̃-jiên jṳ̂-jiên,
 * of necessity so; self-existent.


 * kúa-jiên; chṳ̃-jiên,
 * of course.


 * seⁿ-ngẽ; seⁿ tiāⁿ-tie̍h,
 * fixed; definite; unalterable.


 * lṳ́ kâi pēⁿ-chèng kâi só-íⁿ,
 * the cause of your disease.


 * lṳ́ só-íⁿ kâi pēⁿ-chèng sĩ chá-ji̍t sieⁿ-tie̍h huang,
 * the cause of your disease is that yesterday you caught cold.