- wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;
- bowed.
- mâk bâi wn-wn;
- arching eyebrows.
- bŏi wn bŏi khek, nĕ tît-tît;
- it has no carves nor crooks in it, it is perfectly straight.
- cam kêh wn;
- this needle has got bent.
- cí kâi suaⁿ sì ío wn-hŵn;
- this hill is very irregular in its outline.
- sim-tn̂g tît-căi, bô̤ wn bô̤ tŵn;
- his is a candid nature, wholly without duplicity.
- i m̄ pí hía wn-wn tŵn-tŵn kai;
- he is not like those who are given to maneuvering.
- 灣wn10388522
- To turn, to curve, to wind; to bend.
- kiaⁿ kàu cham-che lō thâu, cêk nâng wn tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ, cêk nâng wn tùi hìoⁿ pôiⁿ;
- when they came to the cross-roads one turned off in one direction and one in the other.
- tn̂g-wn câk-kak kâi ūi-chṳ̀, tîeh cai hûang i;
- it is a place where there are long turns and sharp corners, a spot full of intricate passages, where we must be cautions.
- lō wn lâi wn khṳ̀;
- the path winds hither and thither.
- cí tîo khoi kàu hṳ́ ĕ wn-wn khek-khek;
- this river down below there is very crooked.
- câp wn poih khek cìaⁿ kàn hṳ́ kò̤;
- after innumerable turns we reached the place.
- wn jîp hâng lăi;
- turned off into the warehouse.
- wn kùe sai pôiⁿ;
- turned off westward.
- wn jîp káng;
- turned into the canal.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ ut wn, tît-tît kîaⁿ;
- do not turn aside, go straight on.
- wn-wn khek-khek;
- tortuous, serpentine.
- 鴛鴦wn-ieⁿ1132
- Mandarin ducks, which are patterns of conjugal fidelity.
- wn-ieⁿ cím;
- a pillow for two; a double pillow used by the newly married.
- sìu cêk tùi wn-ieⁿ;
- embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks upon it.
- siang lî thien wn;
- as far apart as heaven and earth.
- 腕ẃn10391308
- A flexible joint.
- chíu ẃn;
- the wrist.
- ēng chíu ẃn kâi lak;
- used strength of wrist.
- i kâi sía jī ŏi ēng ẃn lâk;
- his writing shows firmness and flexibility in the hand.
- 遠ẃn113716210
- Remote either in time or place.
- i sĭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ío kú-ẃn;
- he considers what lies far ahead.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío kú-ẃn li tîeh ke cîⁿ;
- this being much more lasting must cost more.
- íong-ẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is always like that.
- năi kàu kú-kú wń-wń kâi sṳ̄;
- this is something that never ceases.
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- 宛ẃn1136405
- Accommodating; to give in; yield to circumstances.
- ẃn cẃn;
- having a disposition to yield.
- màiⁿ cn̂g kâi bô ẃn cẃn;
- do not be wholly unwilling to yield a point.
- jī ke wn cẃn cē cū sêng;
- if each would give in a little the thing would be done.
- 苑ẃn11371405
- A park, a pasture; a book of extracts; fine luxuriant herbage.
- hang-ẃn;
- an Academician.
- cía sĭ hang ẃn kâi châi-chêng;
- these are the talents of a member of the Imperial Academy.
- sĭang ẃn;
- imperial parks.
- sueh-ẃn;
- a collection of dialogues.
- 怨ẁn1138615
- To dislike; to feel bitter against.
- màiⁿ sie ẁn;
- do not cherish mutual dislike.
- taⁿ li tó̤ i ẁn i, i ẁn i;
- at present, each is murmuring against the other.
- kio nâng kak ẁn;
- excite people's aversion.
- kak chîu kak ẁn;
- excite enmity and ill-will.
- chūa nâng ẁn-hṳ̆n;
- cause ill-will.
- íⁿ tek pò̤ ẁn;
- requite injury with kindness.
- hṳ́ i ṳn pò̤ ṳn, ẁn pò̤ ẁn;
- requite his kindness with kindness, his animosity with animosity.
- ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ khiap;
- repine at one's own lot.
- i tó̤ mâiⁿ ẁn lṳ́;
- he is cherishing dislike toward you.
- ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī;
- bitter against the powers in heaven and on earth.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī, tîeh ẁn lṳ́ ka-kī;
- you should not complain against everybody else, you should find fault with you-self.
- cía tîeh ẁn ka-kī, màiⁿ ẁn pât nâng;
- you should blame yourself for this, not other people.
- káⁿ ẁn, m̄ káⁿ ngân;
- dare feel but dare not express dissatisfaction.
- m̄ hó̤ ẁn pĕ-bó̤ kêng;
- one must not murmur at the poverty of his parents.
- kháu chut wn ngân;
- grumbling.
- ẁn bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀, ẁn pàng i kò̤;
- had no one else to grumble at, and so grumbled at him.
- cía bô̤ ẁn;
- this is not a cause for grievence.
- 緣wn̂11361209
- Because; on account of; an affinity, a recondite sympathy.
- ŵn-in mih sṳ̄?
- What were the circumstances which brought it about?
- nâng cieⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sǹg cò̤ ŭ ŵn;
- when a person is thus, there is a reason for it.
- sĭm-mih ŵn-kù?
- What is the cause of it?
- ẁn-hūn;
- in sympathy with.
- i kâi ŵn-íu lṳ́ tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
- relate to me the causes which lead to it.
- ŭ ŵn choiⁿ lí lêng siang hŭe, bô̤ ŵn tùi mīn put siang hông;
- where there is affinity people come together from a thousand miles apart, where there is no affinity those living on opposite sides the same
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