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LESSON XXXVI (continued).
- pheⁿ-phah,
- to decide; settle upon something.
- thêng-uá pheⁿ-phah,
- wait till I decide.
- uá chú-ì chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- that is my decision.
- kuat-ì-chãi,
- very decided.
- huat-lo̍h hó--liáu,
- the decision has been rendered.
- kuaⁿ-hú phoi-tiāⁿ-tie̍h,
- the official has given a definite decision.
- chò-uá-siẽⁿ,
- as I think; if it were for me to think.
- i àm-siẽⁿ,
- he thought within himself.
- chip-ì,
- holding on to his own opinion; bigoted; prejudiced.
- chip-ì-chãi,
- very bigoted; strongly prejudiced.
- m̄-chip-lí,
- does not hold to reason.
- m̄-chip-huap,
- does not adhere to law.
- hó-chip-kín,
- hold it firmly.
- chí kâi-tõ-lí hó-chip-siú,
- this doctrine it is well to hold and observe.
- hó-chip-siú, mài-ka-laṳh,
- hold, and observe, and don’t let it fall.
- sũn-huap,
- confromconform to law or usage.
- sũn-nâng kâi-ì,
- accord with people’s idea.
- sũn-kui-kṳ́,
- follow the custom.
- chiá sĩ lṳ́-ka-kī pān--chhut-lâi,
- this is a conjecture of your own.
- lṳ́ chai-ta̍t uá tùi a-m̄-tùi,
- do you reckon I am right or not?
- uá pān-jie̍h-chōi,
- I reckon so; I surmise that.
- lṳ́ pān-jie̍h-chōi,
- how much do you reckon.
- phì-jũ,
- a comparison; pestle; allegory.
- chiá sĩ phì-jũ a-sĩ si̍t-sṳ̄? is this a comparison,
- or an actual fact?
- hó-lâi pí-chò sĩ-mih-kâi?
- what shall I, in comparing, say it is (like)?
- hó-phì-jũ chò sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
- what thing shall I compare it to?
- phì-jũ tàⁿ-uân--liáu, chiũ-tàⁿ si̍t-sṳ̄,
- when the comparison is finished then I will speak of the actual circumstance.
- hó-chiang sĩ-mih-mue̱h lâi-pí?
- what thing shall I take to compare it with?
- chiang thóiⁿ-kìⁿ--kâi, lâi-pí-jũ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ--kâi,
- take the visible to illustrate the invisible.
- soiⁿ tàⁿ-phì-jũ, ãu tàⁿ-si̍t-sṳ̄,
- first state the illustration and then the facts.
