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than swine's gall.

hṳ̂ m̄-hó̤ thâi phùa táⁿ;

do not cut the gall bladder in dressing the fish.

cía sĭ kuaⁿ-táⁿ kâi ūe;

this is the expression of his real feelings.

i kâi, bun táⁿ;

his gall is that of a gnat; he is a perfect coward.

íⁿ-keng thó̤ kò̤ hîm táⁿ cîah lô̤h khṳ̀;

has demanded a piece of bear's gall to take as medicine; has asked those who wounded him for money to buy expensive remedies.

thâi nâng pàne húe táⁿ;

has the audacity of a murderer and incendiary.

phah tîeh tìo táⁿ;

hit him where the gall is hung; struck his vitals.

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• A burden, a load; a picul.

cêk tàⁿ cêk peh kṳn;

a picul is a hundred catties.

cí tàⁿ kàu poih káu câp kṳn, hṳ́ tàⁿ peh gūa kṳn;

this load is eighty or ninety catties in weight, and that one is over a hundred.

cía cûn cài ŭ jîeh cōi tàⁿ hue?

How many loads of lime does this boat carry?

cái ŭ saⁿ bw̄n tàⁿ;

it carries thirty thousand piculs.

tàⁿ màiⁿ taⁿ khah tăng;

do not carry too heavy loads.

jîh cò̤ cêk tōa tàⁿ;

press it down and make one large load of it.

màiⁿ khṳt taⁿ-tàⁿ hùe cŭang tîeh;

do not let the burden bearers come in collision with it.

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• To speak, to converse, to say, to talk.

tàⁿ ūe;

to talk.

i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What does she say?

i tàⁿ m̄-hó̤;

she dissents.

nâng-nâng tàⁿ hó̤;

every one assents to it.

úa li tàⁿ sĭ, i li tàⁿ m̄ sĭ;

I said it was so and she said it was not.

i tàⁿ mih ūe?

What language does he speak?

ŏi tàⁿ ūe a bŏi?

Can he talk?

úa tàⁿ m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

I do not know what to say about it.

cía ūe sĭ i tàⁿ kâi;

this is what he said.

tàⁿ m̄-hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;

use obscene language.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ áu m̄ tńg;

cannot pronounce it.

tàⁿ lâi tōa cîh;

stutters in talking.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ thîh-thîh-kìe;

speaks stammeringly.

tàⁿ khṳ̀ im m̄ cìaⁿ;

does not speak plainly.

tàⁿ m̄ mêng-pêh;

did not say exactly.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi kōi thiaⁿ;

it is easy to understand what he says.

mih ūe i to ŏi tàⁿ;

he can speak every language.

sĭ tàⁿ sńg kâi a sĭ tàⁿ cin kâi?

Is it spoken in jest or in earnest?

têng tàⁿ;

reiterate.

lêng-ūaⁿ tàⁿ;

say it over again.

cài tàⁿ;

repeat it.

cài saⁿ tàⁿ;

told him again and again.

hŵn-lío tàⁿ;

keeps on telling it.

tàⁿ pêh-cíaⁿ; tàⁿ pêh-lô̤h;

to tell lies.

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• Insipid; dull; indifferent; flat.

i kâi bī khah tăⁿ;

it tastes too flat.

i kâi ke ío cheng-tăⁿ;

his family is poor.

i khĭam-phok căi, cêk seⁿ to sĭ cho i tăⁿ pn̄g;

they live very plainly, and always wear coarse clothing and eat simple food.

tāⁿ-tăⁿ nē kau-

chap cū hó̤;

to be merely civil in intercourse with them is all that is desirable.

cí pak ūe lâi khah tăⁿ, hṳ́ pak ūe lâi khah lông;

this scroll is painted in too pale colors, and that one in too bright ones.

tăⁿ-pô̤h kâi ke;

of obscure family.

i cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí né-tăⁿ căi;

his business is very dull lately.

kâi koi-chĭ cn̂g kâi né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;

trade is now exceedingly dull; nothing is going on in the markets.

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• To ram down, to beat down with a pestle.

cang khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi tăⁿ mîⁿ, cìaⁿ tah tit tùe;

crush it with the pestle and then it will adhere when you stick it on.

cí kúi kâi kaⁿ-ná khîeh khṳ̀ tăⁿ phùa;

take these few olives and break them by crushing them.

tăⁿ chùi;

beat and break under a pestle.

îeⁿ-bûe khîeh lâi tăⁿ phùa hût lío cò̤ îeⁿ-bûe sám;

break the pits of the arbutus fruit and make a jam of them.

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• To discard; to pitch.

khîeh kò̤ cîeh tăⁿ i;

pitched a stone at it.

tăⁿ hôiⁿ;

to return a discarded article.

tăⁿ sìu-kîu;

toss the embroidered ball.

tú-tú tăⁿ tîeh;

just hit it.

tăⁿ tîeh thâu-khak;

hit him on the head.

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• To err; to mistake; to blunder.

i tàⁿ tāⁿ;

he made a mistake in speaking.

i cò̤ tāⁿ;

he made a mistake in doing it.

sĭ úa thóiⁿ tāⁿ;

it was I who made a mistake in the inspection.

sĭeⁿ tāⁿ cú-ì;

an error of thought leading to error in choice.

chíu khîeh tāⁿ;

a slip of the hand, in taking.

lí tāⁿ;

made a mistake in regulating it.

kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;

went by the wrong road.

cîah tāⁿ mûeh;

ate the wrong thing.

thóiⁿ tāⁿ nâng;

mistook his man.

chŵn bŏi tāⁿ;

no mistake about it.

còng tāⁿ īa m̄ hn̆g;

the error is not great.

tāⁿ kàu m̄ cai;

went astray so far as to be completely unaware of it.

thâk tāⁿ im, sía tāⁿ jī, sueh tāⁿ cṳ;

read, write and explain the wrong letters.

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• To paste up; to stick on; to lay on.

tah tŏ̤ chîeⁿ tèng;

paste it up on the wall.

tah jī khṳt nâng cai;

put up a notice and let people know.

tah kò̤ phio-thâu khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;

put up a placard for people to see.

tah m̄ tùe;

it will not adhere when pasted on.

tah m̄ kín;

it does not adhere tightly.

cí kâi phāng tîeh can cúa lâi tah miⁿ;

paper must be pasted over this crevice to close it up.

i kìⁿ tîeh, kŭi kàu tah-tah;

on seeing him, she knelt quite down.

ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;

he is