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keng kâi tŏ̤-lí i chŵn bŏi káng-kìu pùaⁿ lî;
- he can discuss only what pertains to food and clothing, correct principles he cannot discourse upon at all.
- i sĭ tó̤ káng kó a;
- lie is narrating old stories; is talking about old times.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ káng kó;
- do not talk irrelevantly.
- màiⁿ tó̤ káng kó cṳ;
- do not talk about what is remote from the subject; do not beat about the bush.
- i kâi nâng káng lí, īa-sĭ m̄ káng lí, nâng cū m̄ su-hôk;
- he gives his reasons for it, if he did not people would not acquiesce in his ruling them.
- jī ke chíaⁿ nâng káng hûa;
- the two invite some one to arbitrate between them.
- káng hûa;
- treat of peace; propose a settlement.
- káng-kói;
- to expouud.
- cía chíaⁿ màiⁿ káng;
- do not let us talk about this.
- i chut chùi cū káng cho;
- he talks in a coarse fashion.
- m̄-hó̤ káng cho, lō̤-chò̤ mēⁿ nâng;
- do not use obscene words when scolding people.
- màiⁿ thiaⁿ i káng tang, káng sai;
- do not heed his carping at this and at that.
- i káng lâi sĭm sĭ thong-thiet;
- his speech is to the point.
- 簡káng38411812
- Terse, brief, concise; to condense.
- i kâi ēng-tō ío káng-séⁿ;
- his expenditures are less.
- i kúi kù ūe tàⁿ khṳ̀ káng;
- his sentences were tersely put.
- īa m̄-hó̤ khah káng;
- neither it is well to be too laconic.
- cía khah káng bw̆n;
- this is too blunt and discourteous; I fear you will deem me rude.
- cìa sĭ káng khueh, a sĭ hŵn khueh?
- Does this require prolonged labor or not?
- tàⁿ káng cē;
- be concise.
- 成káng77623
- Entire; complete.
- cē khṳ̀ cū káng nî kú;
- if he goes he will be gone a whole year.
- cò̤ káng kò̤ gûeh, hŵn-lío būe hó̤;
- has been at it a whole month and it is not yet finished.
- cē cŏ̤ cū cŏ̤ káng jît;
- if he sits down he will sit all day.
- kâi gûeh thàng káng choiⁿ ngṳ̂n;
- earned as much as a thousand dollars in a month.
- cêk câi ŭ káng bw̄n tàⁿ;
- there were fully ten thousand piculs in the load.
- i lăi ēng káng peh nâng;
- they employ at least a hundred men.
- 鐧káng38716912
- A triangular truncheon, or heavy rapier.
- i chut cìen to sĭ ēng sang káng;
- when they go forth to battle, they always use a pair of truncheons.
- i kâi káng mŏng lâi hó̤ căi;
- he brandishes his truncheons with fine effect.
- 港káng364859
- Streams; canals; channels in a stream.
- káng mn̂g;
- the entrance to a channel.
- káng kháu;
- the point where one stream empties into
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another.
- chut káng;
- emerge from the canal.
- jîp káng;
- enter the canal, or harbour.
- pńg káng cûn;
- a native boat.
- gūa káng lâi kâi cûn;
- a foreign boat.
- kak káng kâi hùe-mûeh;
- goods from every port.
- cía sĭ tī cêk káng mâng kâi?
- From what port is this brought?
- ngŏ̤ tîeh huang, méⁿ-méⁿ sia jîp káng;
- met with wind and hastily ran into a harbour.
- 柬káng384755
- Slips of paper; visiting cards.
- cṳ káng ìn;
- a seal for stamping letters.
- cêk nâng tó̤ lí cṳ-káng;
- one of them is attending to the sending of letters.
- hwn-káng;
- foreign soap.
- bói kò̤ hwn-káng lâi sói saⁿ;
- buy a piece of soap to wash clothes with.
- 幹kàng3135110
- Affairs; to attend to business; capable.
- ŭ sĭm-mih kong kàng?
- Is there any public business?
- lṳ́ kâi kè kàu cí-kò̤ lâi ŭ sĭm-mih kùi kàng?
- On what business does Your Excellency come?
- úa lâi kàng cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lío;
- I have attended to one matter of business already.
- úa thóiⁿ i kàng m̄ khṳ̀;
- I do not think he can manage it.
- bô̤ cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ i kàng tit lâi li;
- there is no sort of thing that he can do.
- i mih sṳ̄ jw̆n kàng;
- he is very careless in the transaction of business.
- cí kâi nâng lṳ́ng-kàng;
- this person has fine executive ability.
- cí kâi nâng lêng-kàng;
- there must be some capable person for this, then it may be done.
- i bô̤ châi bô̤ kàng;
- he has no executive ability.
- àiⁿ chūe kâi cò̤ sṳ̄, bŏi thèng kàng kâi cíe;
- as for finding some one who is not careless in the transaction of business, there are few such.
- i chŵn bô̤ thèng kàng;
- he never manages things in a loose way.
- kàng-che sĭ lêng-kàng kâi che-hîah;
- a clever constable is one who has much executive ability.
- kàng-ŵn sĭ lêng-kàng kâi kuaⁿ-ŵn;
- a capable officer is one who has much executive ability.
- tōa lêng-kàng;
- great capacity for affairs.
- 戰kàng456212
- To join battle; hostilities; an affray.
- kàng i tit kùe a kàng m̄ kùe?
- Did he get the better of him in the fray or not?
- cía lâi kio i kàng kàu têng tó̤ khṳ̀;
- will fight with him till the tower falls; will continue the quarrel to the bitter end and never give in.
- kim-kng sie phah, tōa kàng;
- a racket like that the gods of the city would make were they fighting.
- kio i tăi kàng cêk tîeⁿ;
- had a tremendous battle with them.
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