sĭ m̄ kù líen kâi nâng;
is one who cares little for his own dignity.
sît-căi chŵn bô̤ kù líen-mīn;
has really no regard at all for popularity.
i tîeh cò̤ kàu líen ŭ sek-cêk bô̤, cíaⁿ khéng hiah;
he will go on until his fame is tarnished before he will consent to stop.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa thóiⁿ li bô̤ sĭm-mih líen-mīn;
as I view the case, that will not bring us much esteem.
i tŏ hṳ́ kò̤ sǹg sĭ tōa thí-líen kâi nâng;
he is reckoned a distinguished man there.
hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ thí-líen;
tell him not to put on stately airs.
i k`hṳ kàu ŭ sĭm-mih lìen-sek nē?
In how great respect is he held where he is gone?
cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ sīt-căi i kûi líen-cīeⁿ kùe m̄ khṳ̀;
indeed, his reputation cannot safely stand that.
síeⁿ líen cē;
confer some little credit upon; keep in countenance.
síeⁿ kâi po̤h líen khṳt úa;
confer upon me the honor of a visit from you.
i sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ īa tîeh lâu kâi líen khṳt i hó̤ kìⁿ nâng;
although he has done thus, still some credit must be left to him, that he may look people in the face.
úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sǹg sĭ lâu líen-mīn khṳt i;
thus I may be reckoned to have allowed him to maintain some dignity.
lâi khṳt úa cò̤ líen;
give me moral support; keep me in countenance; assist me in gaining respect.
i khṳ̀ kàu khṳt nâng tng mīn sàu líen;
on arriving he was treated with open disrespect.
cē bô̤ nâng chûn líen khṳt i;
very soon no one will maintain any show of respect toward him.
sît-căi mó̤ siu líen;
is indeed discreditable.
i cêk-seⁿ-nâng hàuⁿ cò̤ bô̤ líen sṳ̄;
he has all his life been a party to disreputable transactions.
úa thóiⁿ li nín tîeh khṳt i kùe líen cē cìaⁿ tîeh;
I consider that it would be right for you to show him some honor.
cía phêng bô̤ só̤ ŭi, put kùe sĭ chíeⁿ kâi líen tīaⁿ;
this is of no great account, it is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity to get popularity.
su nâng, m̄ su tīn, to sĭ ūi kâi líen;
to be inferior to some, but not to the mass of people, is to be in good repute.
i kâi nâng hàuⁿ lien;
he has great regard for his own glory. 憐 lîen 534 61 12 To commiserate; to have charity for; to sympathize with. úa lîen-tîeh;
I pity him.
sĭm sĭ lîen-míen i;
has the utmost compassion for him.
tâng pēⁿ siang lîen;
those similarly afflicted sympathize with each other.
khó̤-lîen tîeh i;
have pity on him.
nâng-nâng to lîen i;
every one is sorry for him. 連 lîen 532 162 7 To connect; to continue; to join, to unite; to compromise; contiguous, annexed, reaching to; a succes
sion of; following, attached; even, also, with.
lîen jît lô̤h hŏ;
rained continuously for days.
kak-lîen húiⁿ-lūi;
banded outlaws.
chà-thâu sie lîen;
adjoining houses.
màiⁿ lîen-lūi pât nâng;
do not involve other people in it.
chù-piⁿ hù khṳt i lîen-lŭi tîeh;
his neighbours were implicated by him.
cí-kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
this affair has compromised many people.
lîen-lîen cū cêⁿ kái gûeh;
fair weather for a month continuously.
cêk lîen kâi gûeh bô̤ hŏ;
no rain for a whole month.
lîen khue kau tèng;
gained his degrees at successive examinations.
lîen cih saⁿ tieⁿ sìn;
received three letters, one after another.
lîen cīeⁿ sìo, khìam jîeh cōi?
With the former bills joined on, how much is due?
lîen mīn īa m̄ sói;
he has not washed even his face.
i lîen pĕ-bó̤ to m̄ pat, cò̤ pat pât nâng;
since he does not know even his parents, how can he know other people.
lîen mŵn, kòi-cheh;
a plan that effects two objects.
kau-lîen kíu tō̤-kò̤;
closely interlinked.
cang thih só̤ lâi lîen cò̤ cêk ē;
take a chain and connect them. 聯 lîen 533 128 11 Connected, joined, united; associated; a term for ten householders acting as a neighborhood; to combine with; to make alliance with; to join in regular order. lîen cò̤ cêk ē;
link them together.
lîen-lok cò̤ cêk tîo;
join them in one chain.
cèng nâng lîen mîaⁿ khṳ̀ pó̤ i;
they all united and went as bail for him.
soiⁿ nî pó̤-kah lîen-lo̤k kâi huap sĭm hó̤;
the usage in former years of five or ten households uniting to form a neighbourhood was excellent. 吝 lĭen 542 30 4 Stingy, covetous, sordid, parsimonious, sparing, close. i kâi nâng lĭen căi;
he is a very close man.
kang-jîn li lĭen khang, cú-nâng li lîen cîⁿ; jī-ke kien-lĭen;
the workmen are sparing of work, and the employer is sparing of money, both parties being equally unwilling to part with what they might give.
īu tham īu lĭen;
avaricious and parsimonious.
lĭen-sieh cîⁿ ngṳ̂n;
very loth to part with money.
i mih sṳ̄ to m̄ lĭen;
he is sparing of nothing.
i to bô̤ lĭen;
he is never niggardly. 練 līen 536 120 9 To practise; to drill in; to experiment upon. kuaⁿ-hú ùiⁿ jŭ kak hieⁿ thŵn-līen;
the magistrate is going to issue orders for drill in every village.
kak chù to ŭ thŵn-līen-kẃn;
each place has headquarters for its militia.
līen-sîp kàu sêk-sêk;
learn it perfectly by long continued practise.
i kâi bú-gōi līen kàu sêk căi; 