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found a lucky day, one must have a lucky hour to go with it.
- tăi kit lĭ chĭ;
- a good chance for a speculation.
- hon̂g hiong hùe kit;
- it happened that the evil omens changed to good ones.
- kit jîn cū ŭ thien sìang;
- prosperous people have the help of heaven.
- tô̤h kit; phok kit;
- seek a lucky omen.
- cia sǹg sĭ kit sîang kâi mûeh;
- this may be reckoned as a thing of good omen.
- kit cheⁿ cìe lîam;
- a happy star shines upon it.
- khai ciang tăi kit;
- may great prosperity attend the opening (of the shop, at New Year).
- kit tī;
- a favored spot.
- kit hŵt;
- a good place for a grave.
- kit lói;
- felicitous offerings.
- kit-kéⁿ;
- a common medicine for coughs, the root of the Platycodon grandifolium*.
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- dwarf orange.
- kim kit;
- the kumquat orange.
- cía kit sĭ cip kaⁿ a m̆ sĭ?
- This dwarf orange is grafted on the large orange is it not?
- tîam kit;
- small sweet oranges.
- kit píaⁿ;
- pressed oranges.
- sì-khùi kit;
- the nutmeg orange.
- kit hông;
- dried orange peel.
- kîam kit;
- pickled oranges.
kiu
- 㑉傗kiu-niu99
- Bent down; compelled to stoop; unable to extricate one's self.
- màiⁿ kiu-niu;
- do not double yourself down into a heap.
- i cò̤-nî kiu-kiu niu-niu, cn̂g kâi m̄ chun-chṳ?
- Why is it that he is bent down double, and does does not straighten himself up at all?
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- To shrink up; to contract; to draw in; to pucker up; to recoil.
- kiu kàu hṳ́ tói-tói jîp khṳ̀;
- withdrew into the inner recesses.
- kiu chûn bô̤ tíam-kíaⁿ, tó̤-tó̤;
- shrunk up so that only a little short bit remains.
- i kiu lío m̄ hàuⁿ chun chut lâi;
- he draws himself in, and will not stretch out again.
- lṳ́ phìen i chun chut lâi, cē kiaⁿ tîeh, i cū kiu jîp khang tói tìam;
- if you entice him out, as soon as he is frightened he withdraws and hides himself in the depths of his hole again.
- i tò̤-kiu jîp khṳ̀;
- he has drawn himself back (into his shell).
- cē phâk ta cū kiu;
- as soon as it is dried in the sun it shrinks.
- cía pò sói lío ŏi kiu;
- this cloth shrinks in washing.
- kha kiu bûa, khṳt nâng kùe lō;
- draw in your feet and let people pass.
- i kâi chiu kiu tŏ̤ saⁿ-ńg tói;
- her hand was drawn up into her sleeve.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ kiaⁿ i kiu;
- do not scare him so as to
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make him retreat into his hole.
- ku kiaⁿ lío, ku thâu kiu jîp khṳ̀;
- when the tortoise is frightened he draws in his head.
- i àiⁿ kiu lô̤h thô tói, kiu m̄ lī, khṳt úa lîah tîeh;
- he was going to draw himself into the ground, but before he did it, I caught him.
- thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i lī-hāi cū kiu-thò̤;
- saw it was dangerous and drew back.
- khṳt i kûaⁿ kiu khṳ̀;
- shrunken with cold.
- kiu-bûa;
- to contract or draw up.
- i kâi nâng kiu bûa m̄ káⁿ chṳt lâi;
- he stood huddled up against the wall, and dared not come out.
- hàm i màiⁿ kiu-niu, káⁿ-káⁿ nē;
- tell him not to shrink back, but to come boldly forward.
- úa thóiⁿ i cò̤ sṳ̄ cò̤ ŏi kiu-kiu nē?
- I wonder why it is that he acts so timorously: is it because he is incompetent, or because he lacks confidence in himself?
- àiⁿ kiu, kiu m̄ tit;
- wanted to draw back out of sight, but could not.
- 蹜kiu78015711
- To walk with short steps.
- i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kha kiu-a-kiu, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa pō;
- he walks mincingly, not venturing to take long steps.
- i kîaⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤-nî kiu-kiu nē?
- Why does he walk so carefully?
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- To combine for unlawful purposes.
- i cò̤-nî káⁿ kíu cèng hăi-tò?
- How dare he lead the people into a feud?
- úa khṳt i kíu-tîⁿ kàu ùi;
- I have been lead by him till I am sick of it.
- i cong-kú lâi kíu-kíu tîⁿ-tîⁿ;
- he is all the time coming and involving us in his affairs.
- khṳt cho̤h sṳ̄ kíu-tîⁿ kàu bŏi tit khui sin;
- was entangled in an affair so that I could not get away.
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- To examine into judicially.
- káng-kìu;
- to cross-examine.
- káng-kìu kàu mêng-mêng pêh-pêh;
- inquired into it so as to be quite certain as to the facts.
- khîong kìu;
- make an exhaustive examination.
- kìu kéng sĭ cò̤-nî?
- After all, what does it amount to?
- màiⁿ khṳ̀ chim kìu i;
- do not go and make a profound search into it.
- tui kìu;
- follow up the investigation.
- keh câp gūa nî cìaⁿ lâi tui kìu cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
- came after a lapse of more than ten years, and pursued the investigation.
- kuaⁿ cò̤-nî kìu tī i?
- What sort of overhauling did the magistrate give him?
- cía tîeh ngîam kìu kàu thiet-tói;
- this must be sifted to the bottom.
- cíeⁿ-seⁿ kìu phōiⁿ khṳ̀ tîeh huap;
- this prosecution has been conducted according to law.
- phêng jît kháu-kìu tŏ̤ tó lăi;
- turn it over constantly in my own mind.
- kìu-mn̄g i kâi chêng-îu;
- inquire into the circumstances which led to it.
- i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ sĭ ŭ káng ŭ kìu, bô̤ thèng cò̤;
- in whatever he does
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