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Rh :; 上燈
 * to light a lamp.
 * 拿燈來上油
 * bring the lamp and pour some oil into it.
 * 上顏色
 * to lay on colouring.
 * 那天上路
 * when will you start on your journey?
 * 上學
 * to begin or enter upon study.
 * 那個不上算
 * that does not enter into the reckoning; of no importance.
 * 買上了當
 * I was taken in in buying it.
 * 帮我達個拜上
 * salute so-and-so for me.
 * 在街上
 * on the street.
 * 班上的
 * lictors; policemen.
 * 你看得上嗎
 * does it take your fancy?
 * 不上一吊錢
 * not more than 1,000 cash.

3


 * 不
 * 不是
 * it is not; no.
 * 我不去
 * I won't go.


 * 你要不
 * do you want it or not?
 * do you want it or not?

4


 * 世
 * 世界
 * the world.
 * 今世
 * the present age; this life.
 * 世代
 * generations.


 * 且
 * 苟且了事
 * the business was carelessly done.

5


 * 两
 * same as 兩.


 * 丢
 * 丢開
 * to cast aside.
 * 丢石頭
 * to throw a stone.
 * 丢棄
 * to reject.
 * 丢手
 * let go your hold!
 * 他那一付煙癮丢不脫
 * he cannot abandon the opium habit.
 * 丢個信在屋頭
 * leave word in the house.
 * 丢不得手
 * I cannot leave my work.
 * 他死丢了两個娃娃
 * he died and left two children.

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