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- tham sim put cok;
- the covetous are never satisfied.
- tham-lâm;
- avaricious.
- lṳ́ phah-sǹg ŭ tham-thâu a bô̤ tham-thâu?
- Do you think there is anything to desire in it or not?
- ŭ nâng li tham cíu, ŭ nâng li tham cîah, ŭ nâng li tham cîⁿ, ŭ nâng li tham sek: kak ŭ só̤ tham;
- some are fond of wine, some of dainties, some of money, some of women: each has some object of supreme desire.
- nâng m̄ hó̤ khah tham, khak tham cū tîeh gō sṳ̄;
- one should not be too inordinately desirous of anything, for so doing thwarts its object.
- tham khùaⁿ-ûah;
- fond of ease.
- tham-khû i ŏi sie thâi;
- calculated upon their fighting.
- tám khak;
- to tie a knot.
- thám ke kâi khak cìaⁿ bŏi lut;
- tie another knot then it will not loosen.
- àiⁿ thám sí khak a thám ûah khak?
- Do you want it tied in a hard knot or in a bow knot?
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- To explore, to sound, to feel and search; to speculate on; to try to get information about.
- hàm cêk nâng soiⁿ khṳ̀ thàm, thàm-thóiⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ cò̤-nî, kah thàm-thiaⁿ i kâi nâng ŭ lâi a būe;
- send some one to first go and get authenthic information, finding out what is the condition of affairs, and whether he has arrived yet.
- cí kâi nâng hó̤ ēng cò̤ thàm-bé;
- this is a good person to employ as a detective.
- lîah tîeh châk kâi thàm-kíaⁿ;
- caught the spy sent by the rebels.
- lṳ́ khṳ̀ chì-thàm cē;
- you go and experiment upon it.
- i íⁿ-keng khṳ̀ thàm sìn-sek;
- he has been to see waht news he could get in regard to it.
- thàm-mn̄g;
- to inquire about.
- ēng sô̤h thūi în thàm-thóiⁿ cúi jîeh chim;
- let down the lead by a rope and
- see how deep the water is;
- sound and ascertain the depth.
- tèng-thàm-hue;
- the third of the Hanlin academicians; (the name has reference to the metaphor of plucking the sprig of Olea fragrans*).
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- A sacrifice offered at the end of the twenty-seven months or the three years of mourning for a parent, when the mourning garments are put off.
- thâm hôk;
- lay aside mourning.
- thâm hôk kùe lío cìaⁿ bó̤ khí hôk;
- after the mourning is laid aside one returns to ordinary attire.
- chim kùe bw̄n tn̆g chim thâm;
- deeper than a pool of ten thousand fathoms; a bottomless abyss.
- toi pàng lío châng khṳt i kúu cò̤ thâm;
- the dike having given way, the fields were washed out into pools.
- cía sĭ ngŏ̤ tîeh thâm un sṳ̀ kâi;
- this is having a vast favor conferred on me.
- ciu jît kâi thâm-nŭaⁿ cōi căi;
- raises much phlegm, spitting continually all day.
- thâm phùi-pàng thâm-kóng kò̤;
- spit in the spittoon.
- thâm-âp;
- a small spittoon having a cover.
- thàm-kẁn;
- a spittoon.
- cía cîah lío àiⁿ seⁿ thâm;
- after taking this you will raise phlegm.
- thâm phùi chut lâi sĭ kṳ̂t a sĭ chieh?
- Is the phlegm that you raise solid or watery?
- thâm cúi;
- thin mucous.
- thò tīo thâm;
- vomits mucous.
- thâm chàu-cho̤;
- fetid phlegm.
- khak thâm;
- hawk and spit.
- sio thâm;
- to cut the phlegm.
- hùe-thâm;
- an expectorant.
- i khṳt i khì kàu thâm-phû;
- she was so vexed that she was suffocated by phlegm.
- cêk cūn thâm lâi kàu cū ĭng-kùo-khṳ̀;
- when the death-rattle comes one dies at once.
- nâng li m̄ cai nâng, hía thâm li lō̤-lō̤-kìe;
- he was wholly insensible, and had the death-rattle in his throat.
- i tì kâi thâm chẃn pēⁿ;
- his disease is expectoration with shortness of breath.
- i sĭ thâm-ìong sí khṳ̀;
- he died of consumption.
- thâm sàu;
- a cough with much expectoration.
- cîah i kût thâm cìaⁿ hó̤;
- take somethign to loosen the phlegm and it will be better.
- i sĭ thâm sak tîeh sim-khìo, sim-sîn cìaⁿ ŏi m̄ tīaⁿ;
- the derangement of her mind is caused by the passages in her chest being obstructed by phlegm.
- sio thâm sŭn khì;
- a sedative.
- thâm-húe pēⁿ;
- a cough with fever.
- i kâi thâm-húe-húe pēⁿ;
- a cough with fever.
- i kâi thâm-húe-cèng sêng lío;
- he has settled consumption.
- sĭ jîet thâm; a sĭ hâng thâm, a sĭ huang thâm; a sĭ sip thâm, a sĭ cîah thâm?
- Was his expectorating brought on by heat, cold, wind or dampness, or was it caused by something he ate?
- kún thâm îⁿ;
- pills taken to remove phlegm.
- i kâi thâm sek sĭ tòa cheⁿ a sĭ tòa o?
- Is the phlegm which he raises flecked with green or with black?
- thâm kho̤h chut lâi ŭ hueh-si;
- the phlegm which he coughs up has flecks of blood in it.
- jûah thâm, lîang thâm;
- lung complaints with either a feverish or a chilly habit of body.
- ôiⁿ thâm;
- idle conversation; gossip.
- chap nâng thâm-sńg thâm-chìe cē cū bŏi hìeⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
- be where you will chat playfully with other people and you will not be so gloomy.
- thâm-lŭn;
- to discuss; to cavil at.
- i hàuⁿ phiah ka-chng-ău thâm-lŭn nâng kâi tó̤ chù;
- she is fond of talking about people's short-comings behind their backs.
- ngân-thâm;
- conversation.
- tŏ̤ ngân-thâm cṳ kang put kak cū tàⁿ chut lâi;
- inadvertently spoke of it when talking.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi seⁿ thó-thâm, bô̤ hìeⁿ cìaⁿ;
- he speaks with a local accent, and not very correctly.
- kak chù kak chù kâi hiang thâm;
- each place has its peculiar modes of speech.
- cía sĭ khîeh khí lâi cò̤ chìe thâm kâi;
- this is something she has treasured up to tell as a good joke.
- i kng cêk thâm cíu lâi sie sàng;
- they brought a jar of wine as a present.
- khù phah cêk thàm cíu kâi cíu-toaⁿ kio i sie hō̤;
- went and wrote out an order for a jar of wine, and sent it to him as a congratulatory present.
- thām lo̤h khṳ̀ lok-cē-kìe;
- splashed as he sank in the mud.
- thām lô̤h khṳ̀ lío, kha poih m̄ khí;
- sunk in the mud and could not get out.
- thām kàu cêk sin cĕng-cĕng thô-kâu-mûeⁿ;
- got mired so deeply that he was wholly covered with mud.
- thām lô̤h khṳ̀, bît pĭn kha-thâu-u;
- sank up to his knees in mud.
- thām lío khṳt i kuh kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
- sank in the mire and stuck fact.
- thām kàu kâi ūi kâi ūi;
- left tracks where his feet sank in the mud.