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Rh 3


 * 之
 * 得之易失之易
 * lightly come lightly go [a particle used like 的 a. v.]
 * 之字柺的路
 * a crooked road (from the shape of the character)

4


 * 乏
 * 脚走乏了
 * my feet are tired with walking.
 * 窮乏得很
 * very poor.
 * 我乏力
 * I am wanting in means to repay your kindness.


 * 乍
 * 乍冷乍熱
 * changeable weather; lit. suddenly cold and suddenly hot.

7


 * 乖
 * 脾氣乖張
 * his temper is perverse.
 * 你倒乖巧
 * you are very cunning!
 * 乖不乖
 * are you good [said to a child].

9


 * 乘
 * 乘轎子
 * to ride in a sedan chair.
 * 乘機會
 * to take advantage of an opportunity.
 * 找個陰地方乘凉
 * let us sit in a shady place to get cool.
 * 轎竿子乘不起
 * the chair poles will not bear the weight.
 * 我靠實乘不住了
 * I really can't bear, or endure it.


 * 兩乘轎子
 * two sedan chairs [N. A.].
 * two sedan chairs [N. A.].

The 5th radical. (乙)

1


 * 九
 * 九間房子
 * nine rooms.
 * 一九二九懷中插手
 * the first nine and second nine days after midwinter, keep your hands in your bosom.
 * 九八銀子
 * silver with 2 per cent alloy, $98⁄100$ silver.
 * 第九篇
 * the ninth page.
 * 打小九九的
 * a mean man; lit. one who reckons on a small abacus.

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