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Rh :; 倚仗
 * to rely on.
 * 仰仗
 * to look to for aid.


 * 付
 * 交付清楚
 * to hand over all; to pay up.
 * 先付一半
 * to pay one-half at the beginning.
 * 付出去錢
 * expenditure; money paid out.
 * 託付你帶個信
 * I intrust you with a letter; I commission you to take this letter.


 * 以
 * 可以而已
 * it will do; it may be done.
 * 以德報德
 * render good for good.
 * 你以爲人不曉得麽
 * did you reckon that people would not know?
 * 有事所以不得來
 * he was busy, and therefore could not come.
 * 說個所以然
 * give a reason why.
 * 除此以外
 * besides this.
 * 他未來以前
 * before he came.
 * 他死了以後
 * after he died.


 * 令
 * 傳個號令出去
 * send out an order.
 * 令人生氣
 * to cause people to get angry.
 * 令尊康健
 * is your honourable father well?
 * 時令很熱
 * the season is very hot.


 * 仙
 * 神仙
 * gods and genii.
 * 八仙
 * the eight deified mortals.
 * 水仙花
 * the tuberose; lit. the water-sprite flower.
 * 仙人掌
 * the cactus; lit. the hand of an immortal.
 * 老神仙
 * an old man.


 * 他
 * 他不答我的事
 * he has nothing to do with me.
 * 他的意思不同
 * his opinions are different.
 * 他們不肯
 * they are unwilling.
 * 那是他們說的
 * that is what other people say.


 * 代
 * 好多年代
 * how many years?

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