To fulfill; to verify; effects; efficacious; inherent power.
hāu huap;
to fulfill the law; to follow a pattern.
hó̤ khṳt nâng hāu huap;
worthy of emulation.
ŭ kong-hāu;
possessing merit.
kong-hāu jû sîn;
divinely efficacious, (as a pill).
sît-căi ŭ hāu-ngīam;
certainly has efficacy.
m̄ pí hôk îeh bô̤ hāu kâi;
not as a medicine that produces no effect.
hôk îeh bô̤ kong-hāu;
quack medicines have no intrinsic merit.
màiⁿ hāu-huap i kâi īeⁿ;
do not emulate his style.
sûi-sî cū kìⁿ kong-hāu;
will immediately perceive its efficacy.
sît-căi ŭ hāu;
is really effective.
ŭ kong ŭ hāu;
is effective; possesses those qualities which produce an effect.
bô̤ kong bô̤ hāu;
without inherent power.
ŭ hāu ŭ ngīam;
has efficacy.
ŭ hāu bô̤ hāu tăng thóiⁿ pa-tāu: ŭ îeh bô̤ îeh tăng thòiⁿ sìn-cîeh; ŭ sîn bô̤ sîn tăng thóiⁿ lûi-sîn;
as to whether things possess inherent power, you have only to consider the croton oil fruit: as to their medical properties, it is only necessary to look at the effects of arsenic: as to whether there are gods or not, you need only consider what is done by the god of thunder.
