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office?
- tíen lī;
- head-writers.
- tham kuaⁿ, u lī;
- corrupt officials.
- lī pâng a-ṕun;
- clerk in the department of Civil Office.
- lī pâng cóng-su;
- the head clerk in the provincial branch of the Board of Civil Office.
- lī khue kip-sṳ-tong;
- a secretary in the district branch of the Board of Civil Office.
- lī-pŏ sīeⁿ cṳ, lī-pŏ có̤ sĭ n̂ng, lī-pŏ ĭu sĭ-n̂ng;
- the President and the Vice Presidents of the Board of Civil Office.
- lī-pŏ ŵn gūa n̂ng;
- a deputy official in the Board of Civil Office.
- lī-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;
- directors in the Board of Civil Office.
liah
- 拿lîah610646
- To lay hold of; to seize; to apprehend; to take.
- lîah tîeh mē?
- Did you get hold of it?
- lîah m̄ tîeh;
- cannot lay hold of it.
- khṳt úa lîah;
- was seized by me.
- lîah m̄ cŭ;
- could not keep hold of it after I laid hands on it.
- kìe ke nŏ̤ nâng sie-pang lîah;
- call two more persons to assist in the seizure.
- cŭe khin kâi, lîah khṳ̀ ké, cŭe tăng-kâi lîah khṳ̀ thâi;
- those whose offense is slight are arrested and put in the cangue, those whose crimes are great are arrested and beheaded.
- kúi nâng lîah kha, lîah chíu;
- several held him by his hands and feet.
- kai i lîah lâi cio-cò̤;
- seize and punish him.
- lîah châk;
- apprehend thieves.
- jû lîah mûaⁿ-lìu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- like catching an eel.
- 掠lîah547648
- To rob; to plunder; to take openly and by force.
- kàu chù, to sĭ chau liah;
- has seized and confiscated everything even to his house.
- i kâi kun-lĕng ngîam căi, kun-sṳ̆ hùe bô̤ cêk nâng káⁿ chíeⁿ-lîah;
- their military discipline is very strict, and not a man among the soldiers dare take things by force.
liak
- 略lîak5471026
- A resumé, a sketch, a general outline, a digest; a little; in general; rather.
- lîak-lîak tàⁿ cē cū hó̤;
- to give a resume will be sufficient.
- put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-lîak;
- give only a general outline.
- chó̤-lîak;
- somewhat; in general; slightly; rather.
- chó̤-lîak pat;
- understand it in some small degree.
- chó̤-lîak ūe;
- draw a slight sketch.
- lîak cai cêk nŏ̤;
- know a little about it.
- iak-lîak;
- about; somewhere near that amount.
- iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?
- About how much is there?
- iak-lîak saⁿ jît kú;
- about three days.
- iak-lîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is about that.
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liam
- 拈liam634645
- To take up in the fingers.
- liam khau;
- to draw lots.
- liam hieⁿ;
- to set incense sticks.
- 斂líam5346613
- To enshroud; in medicine, to neutralize, to repress.
- jûah thiⁿ-sî kâi si méⁿ-méⁿ siu lîam bûa;
- in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.
- tieⁿ líam;
- to prepare a corpse for the coffin.
- jîp líam;
- to enshroud.
- bī sng kâi, i kâi sèⁿ cū líam;
- it is in the nature of what is acid to repress heat.
- īa m̄ hó̤ cîah khah líam;
- neither should one take too mach of what represses heat.
- 襝líam53514513
- To withdraw. The hands into the sleeve.
- líam jîm pài;
- I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).
- 捻lìam633648
- To pinch; to pinch up or off
- ĕ tng m̄ hó̤ lìam i;
- do not pinch him again.
- i lìam kàu i o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
- he pinched him till he was black and blue in spots.
- i khṳ̀ lìam i kâi kih-kau sĭ thīn i sn̂g;
- when she pinched his cheek it was merely in sport.
- lìam kò̤ chòi lâi cò;
- pinch off a piece of dough to make it with.
- lìam m̄ khí;
- cannot pinch it up.
- lìam lío kâi cńg-thâu-ūi sûi-sî cū sio;
- the marks made by pinching with the fingers immediately disappeared.
- 瓣lìam6529714
- The sections of an orange; the scales of an onion.
- cí kâi kaⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ jîeh cōi lìam;
- see how many carpels this orange has.
- īu sĭ peh cêk lìam cêk lìam tó̤ bōi;
- shaddocks are divided into carpels and thus sold.
- sǹg-thâu cêk lìam cêk lìam peh tīo mô̤h;
- pick the film off the garlic, scale by scale.
- 鐮lîam53416713
- A reaping hook; a bill hook.
- lîam-to̤;
- a sickle or bill hook.
- khîa lîam-to̤ lâi kuah cháu;
- take a reaping hook and cut the grass.
- kau-lîam;
- a pruning hook.
- kau-lîam-chieⁿ hó̤ phùa lîen-lŵn-kah-bé;
- a hooked spear is useful in breaking the ranks of armored horses chained together.
- 黏lîam6342025
- Viscid, sticky, glutinous, adhesive.
- nĕ lîam-lîam;
- very adhesive.
- mâk lío chíu lîam-lîam;
- got his hands all stuck up with it.
- chíu jṳ́ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
- daubed his hands with it till they were all stuck up as if with bird lime.
- thóiⁿ tieh bô̤ ka-lîam;
- it appears
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