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hṳ̂ sí, mâk m̄ khoih;: dead fish do not have their eyes shut.
i hìeⁿ cá cū khṳ̀ sí-khoih;: he is thus early abed and asleep; he has his eyes shut as if he were dead.

chíu khoih tîeh;: got his hand pinched.
m̄-hó̤ khṳt mn̂g khoih tîeh;: do not get pinched in the door.
khoih kàu hueh lāu;: pinched so as to bring the blood.
khoih phìu phûe;: pinched as to abrade the skin.
màiⁿ sie khoih tîeh;: do not crowd upon each other.
khoih bih;: flattened by violent pressure.
khoih kaⁿ-ná;: pressed olives.
khoih bûe pó;: dried pressed plums.
ká cìa sĭ khoih i kâi cap chut lâi;: to press sugar-cane is to squeeze out its juices.
khoih tīo i kâi siap cap;: express its acrid juice.

tāu khoih;: bean-pods.
kin-nî kâi tāu hó̤ căi, khoih nĕ pá-pá;: the beans are very fine this year, the pods are quite full.
tāu-khoih-khak phâk ta lío hó̤ hîaⁿ húe;: pea-pods when dried in the sun are good for fuel.
bói pé tn̂g-khoih-tāu;: buy a handful of string beans.
hô̤-lang tāu àiⁿ pêh jîn chá a sĭ kàu khoih chá?: Do you want the French beans shelled before frying, or fried in the pod?

i cò̤ mih sṳ̄ to sĭ khin kha khôih chíu, cṳ̆-sòi căi;: he does everything very gently, and is exceedingly careful.
cía tîeh khin kha khôih chíu cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;: this can only be done by one who is very gentle and careful.
cía sĭ sòi-síe kâi mûeh, cē m̄ khin kha khôih chíu cū mûeh tīo khṳ̀;: this is a delicate thing, and any rough handling will spoil it.

khok ŭ hueh chut lâi;: spat blood.
i cē khok-cē-kìe i cū cai;: as soon as he made the sound of clearing his throat he understood (the signal agreed upon).

khà khok, tńg jī khok a būe?: Has the watchmen sounded the second watch yet?
úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ saⁿ khok hŵn-lío būe ût;: I had not yet been asleep when the third watch struck.
lṳ́ tīam-

tīam thiaⁿ thóiⁿ khà kúi khok;

you listen intently and see how many raps there are on the watchman's board.

kàu àiⁿ lîah khṳ̀ phōiⁿ cŭe, thóiⁿ tîeh kâi īeⁿ cū khok-sok;: when he was to be seized and taken to trial, he appeared dreadfully frightened.
kiaⁿ kàu khok-khok sok-sok;: livid with fear.

khong-khong jû;: entirely empty.
pue tŏ̤ khong tang;: soar in the heavens.
kiaⁿ kàu i kâi hûn pue tŏ̤ pùaⁿ khong tèng;: so frightened that he lost all presence of mind.
phêng khong bô̤ kù, cò̤-nî phah i?: Having no reason for so doing, why did you strike him?
phah khong khûn kâi sṳ̄ o̤h cò̤;: fighting empty handed is hard work.
chíeⁿ kàu khong-khong;: seized and carried off everything that was there.
khong mn̂g;: the abstracted class, Buddhist priests.

i sui sĭ cìeⁿ tōa hŵn-lío mih sṳ̄ khong-khong thông-thông;: although he is large, he is still very awkward and ignorant.

khóng-chieh khui phîn;: the peacock spreads its tail.
i kâi mâk-khóng khuah căi;: his eyes are very large.
i ŭ thâk khóng-cṳ́ cṳ a bô̤?: Has he read Confucius?
i khṳ̀ chūe khóng huang hiaⁿ;: he has gone in search of the brother with the square hole, i.e. cash.
phah kàu i chit khóng lâu hueh;: beat him till the blood ran from the seven orifices of his head.
khì kàu i chit khóng chut in;: so angry that smoke issued from all the orifices of his head.
i kâi mīn chit khóng seⁿ cò̤ cêk phóng;: his features are all huddled together.