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Rh :; 九子爛痒
 * scrofulous ulcers on the neck (so called because several in a row.)

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 * 乞
 * 乞兒
 * a beggar.


 * 也
 * 你也來了
 * you also have come.
 * 也下雨也吹風
 * both rain and wind.
 * 也不喫也不說
 * he would neither eat nor speak.
 * 也罷
 * that's an end of it!

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 * 乩
 * 降乩仙
 * to bring down the divining genius.

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 * 乳
 * 小兒吃乳
 * an infant feeds on milk.
 * 乳名
 * the infant name.
 * 拿乳鉢乳細
 * take the mortar and triturate the medicine.

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 * 乾
 * 曬乾了
 * dry through exposure to the sun.
 * 乾得好
 * well dried.
 * 天乾
 * a drought; lit. the heavens are dry.
 * 乾瘡子
 * itch; lit. dry sores.
 * 木頭乾過性了
 * the wood is well seasoned.
 * 乾貨舖
 * a grocery store.
 * 乾兒子
 * a kind of adopted son.
 * 洗乾淨
 * wash it clean.
 * 罪脫乾淨了
 * sin completely put away.
 * 說不乾淨的話
 * to speak obscene words.
 * 錢使得乾乾淨淨
 * my money is all gone.
 * 我這個錢乾淨
 * this cash is good; free from bad cash.
 * 他手脚不乾淨
 * he is not honest; he is a thief.
 * 錢來得不乾淨
 * ill-gotten gains; dishonest money.
 * 這個地方的魚乾貴
 * fish is very dear here.


 * 乾坤顚倒
 * a disorderly house; lit. heaven and earth are turned upside down.
 * a disorderly house; lit. heaven and earth are turned upside down.

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 * 亂
 * 亂頭髮
 * dishevelled hair.

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