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• ‮裏‬lí5191457
• The lining, the inner face of a garment.

àiⁿ kah sĭm-mih lí?

What lining will you put in?

chiam lí chiam būe hó̤;

have not yet finished stitching in the lining.

hîuⁿ lí;

the lining of a wadded jacket.

úa kâi lí mīn àiⁿ cò̤ tâng sek;

I want the lining and the outside of the garment to match in color.

• ‮旅‬lí559706
• Forces; troops; a regiment of 500 men; a visitor, a guest, a sojourner, an immigrant.

kun-lí kâi sṳ̄;

military affairs.

hêng-lí úang lâi;

travellers going and coming; constant traffic.

kak kok kâi siang-lí lâi úang;

merchants from every country go and come.

i kâi kun sît-căi hó̤ cheng-cò̤ ngĕ-lí;

their troops may well bo called sturdy braves.

lí-kẃn, chi-liang;

a stranger in a strange land.

• ‮離‬lî51717211
• To retire; to disperse; to dismiss; to go from; to part; parted; absent; to cut in two; to arrange or divide off; scattered ; the 5th of the 8 and the 30th of the 64 diagrams, referring to elegant things and to brightness.

lî-khui;

to withdraw from.

lî-pîet;

to separate from.

hàm i màiⁿ lî-kòiⁿ nâng kâi kut-nêk;

tell him not to sow dissension among relatives.

lîu-lî sit-só̤;

wander from home.

lî ŭ jîeh hn̆g?

How far off is it?

sái kàu nâng lî sim;

wean people from you.

bé put lî uaⁿ, nâng put lî kah;

the horses were never out of their saddles, nor the men out of their armor.

pek i sía lî-cṳ;

spur him up to writing a bill of separation.

lî ke;

leave home.

lî hieⁿ pîet céⁿ;

leave one's native place.

lî-khui cêk chieh;

withdraw to a distance of one foot.

lî hn̆g;

far separated.

cí kâi lî ío kṳ̆n;

this is not so far away.

úa lî chù cêk jît lō;

I am a day's journey from home.

sṳ̄-bŭ cōi, lî m̄ khui sin;

I am very busy and cannot get away.

no̤ⁿ-kíaⁿ sòi, lî m̄ khui;

the children are small and I cannot be away from them.

khek put lî kháu, khûn put lî chíu;

the ballads are never away from his mouth, and boxing never out of his hand; he is always practising singing and boxing.

siang lî ku-ā lí;

several miles apart.

lî kàu cêk pho lō kâi-pang-bó̤;

at a distance of about a league away.

lî bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ;

hardly any distance away.

kui nâng sie thòi teng-tùe, jît mêⁿ bò̤ lî;

several persons take turns in attending upon him, and leave him neither day nor night.

cí tîo lō, lî kò̤-kíaⁿ cū cèng cêk câng chīu;

at a little distance from this road a tree was planted.

put li sĭ tŏ̤ cí côiⁿ ău;

it can't be far off.

lî khṳ̀ cē;

get a

little farther off.

m̄ kam lî-khui pĕ-bó̤;

unwilling to be separated from his parents.

cèng nâng lî-sùaⁿ khṳ̀;

they all dispersed.

thut-lî khó-lāng;

escape from trouble.

lî ŭ kúi nî kú;

remote from the time by several years.

cí kâi tī-hng put lî nâng;

there is always some one here.

pun-lî;

to distribute.

hun-lî;

divide into shares.

lî ûi húe;

the fifth of the eight diagrams belongs to fire.

• ‮璃‬lî5159611
• A vitreous, translucent substance which resembles strass.

po̤-lî;

glass.

po̤-lî khì;

glassware.

po̤-lî theng;

glass windows.

cêk tieⁿ po̤-lî;

a pane of glass.

po̤-lî cun;

a glass bottle.

po̤-lî cúaⁿ;

a glass goblet.

po̤-lî pue;

a glass tumbler.

cía po̤-lî seⁿ cúi phă;

this glass has bubbles in it.

cía po̤-lî cĕng căi;

this glass is very clear.

po̤-lî cúi-ciaⁿ ŏi thang;

glass and crystal are transparent.

pô̤-lî sĭ ngĕ-sèⁿ, tìaⁿ cŭang tîeh cū phùa;

glass is brittle, and if you hit it whether lightly or heavily, it breaks.

àng po̤-lî hìeⁿ thang;

transparent as glass.

ngŏ sek po̤-lî;

iridescent glass.

lîu-lî;

strass.

lîu-lî teng;

a stress lamp.

pûn liu-lî;

to blow strass.

ngâu po̤-lî;

make glass.

• ‮𨤸‬lî51616611
• The third term in fractions; a hundredth; the thousandth part of a tael, nominally equal to a copper mill, or the native coin called by foreigners a cash; a very little; a grain; a hair's breadth; an extra tax of one tenth per cent on a quantity of goods or on the property in a place, according to an assessment.

thiu lî kim;

to levy the tax of one tenth per cent.

lî kêk;

assessors, who collect this tax.

bó̤ cêk lî hó̤ ēng;

not a particle of it is serviceable.

bô̤ pùaⁿ lî ŭ ēng;

not of the least use.

hâu-lî to bŏi cha-chò̤;

there is not the slightest error in it.

sǹg kàu lî hâu si hut;

reckon to the last farthing.

chûn bô̤ cêk lî-kíaⁿ;

have but the least bit left.

i cìeⁿ sî cîah bô̤ io lî;

she eats almost nothing lately.

cûah lî-lî, cū châh tîeh mâk;

came within a hair's breadth of piercing his eye.

hīn-khek kâi châng tó̤ hak, ŭ kúi lî cí?

In buying farm land now, what percentage of its value is the income from it reckoned at?

• ‮籬‬lî51711819
• A fence or wattle of bamboo; a light inclosure.

cí gūa-kháu ûi tek lî;

surround the outside with a bamboo fence.

chài lî;

a low fence around a vegetable patch.

cìa lî;

a straw or splint wattle around a cane field.

hn̂g lî;

the garden fence.

phah bé-káng-lî;

make lattice work.

cí khí nâng sĭ nâng-lî;

this is an outcast.