lien
edit- sái kàu i bô̤ líen;
- cause him to lose his standing in the respect of others.
- bô̤ líen căi;
- very inglorious.
- tiu líen;
- to humiliate, to mortify, to put down.
- tng mīn tiu i kâi líen;
- openly put him to shame.
- khṳt úa tōa tiu líen;
- was greatly disconcerted by what I said.
- màiⁿ sieⁿ tiêh i kài líen-mīn;
- do not injure his reputation.
- mó̤ tng mīn cū sit nâng kâi líen;
- it is not well to humble people.
- i khṳt nâng sit líen to m̄-ùi;
- he does not care who casts discredit upon him.
- 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 khṳ̀ 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 líen;
- he has great regard for his own glory.
- 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lîen5321627
- To connect; to continue; to join, to unite; to compromise; contiguous, annexed, reaching to; a succession 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lîen53312811
- 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.
- 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.
- 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;
- he has practised his handicraft till very familiar with it.
- chau-līen piaⁿ bé;
- drill troops.
- ke-húe līen lâi kàu kang;
- exercised in the use of his weapons till very skillful.
- chíaⁿ nâng lâi līen khûn;
- invite some one to teach boxing.
- i kâi khûn līen lâi kàu chim căi;
- he has by practise become deeply versed in the art of boxing.
- i kâi kẁn-līen căi;
- he is a practised hand.
- līen sái sang to̤;
- practise fencing with the double sword.
- līen khûn, līen kàu ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;
- to exercise in gymnastics till one can fly over partitions.
- kuaⁿ-hú lìah i khṳ̀ tún līen;
- the magistrate seized him and put him in chains.
- tâng līen;
- brass chains.
- thih līen;
- iron chains, used as fetters.
- i kùa tîo ngṳ̂n ăm līen;
- she wore a silver necklace.
- pie līen;
- a watch chain.
- lô̤h līen;
- to put in chains or fetters.
- līen thih;
- smelt iron ore.
- līen îeh;
- chemicals used in smelting ores.
l tang līen sêng lío;
- the dross is wholly separated.
- cang to̤ līen kàu miⁿ-miⁿ;
- chop it very fine with a knife.
- līen cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;
- chop it into mince-meat.