Muscular prowess; brawn; force; strength; mental energy; spirit; nerve; the actuating power; divine succor; full use of an organ; assiduous; the properties or strength of a thing, as the stiffness of a bow, vigor of a style, severity of a disease, or tenacity of a wire.
ēng lâk;
exert yourself; be spry; work hard.
lâk chut tōa cē;
put forth greater exertion.
bô̤ lâk;
nerveless; without energy.
cŏ̤ úa cêk pì cṳ lâk;
lend me a helping hand.
i kâi ngán lâk hó̤;
he has good eyesight.
i sĭm sĭ ŭ mâk lâk;
he is very sharp-sighted.
cía keng ŭ kúi kâi lâk?
How much strength is required to draw this bow?
tîeh ŭ hṳ́ khí lâk lĭang cìaⁿ cò̤ tit lâi;
there must be such a measure of strength in order to do it.
mih sṳ̄ tîeh lîang lâk jṳ̂ kîaⁿ;
you must act according to your strength in whatever you do.
i kâi hâk lâk hó̤;
he has great aptitude in learning.
cèng nâng pìaⁿ lâk khṳ̀ cò̤;
all join your forces and go and do it.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tit lâk;
thus it may be made effective.
míen lâk khṳ̀ kîaⁿ;
go and do it by main strength.
i kâi chíu lâk tōa;
he has great strength of arm.
līen lâi ŭ lâk;
strengthened by exercise.
lâk jú tîen jú tōa;
the more strength is exercised the greater it becomes.
cía lâk tŏ̤ kut tói kò̤;
he is reserving his strength.
úa to bô̤ ie lâk, cò̤ m̄ lâi;
I have not the muscular vigor necessary to do it.
i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tò lâk;
the two are measuring their strength with each other.
i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ gîap-lâk căi;
he acts with great energy.
khang-khùe tîeh lâk cò̤, cṳ tîeh lâk thâk;
work must be done with vigor, and study must be pursued with zeal.
ŭ lâk m̄ hó̤ cĭn chut;
one should not expend all his strength.
kŏ sîn lâk;
rely on supernatural help.
cĭn nâng lâk, thèng thien kong;
exert human strength to the uttermost, and then depend on help from heaven.
cí ki mûeh ŭ bw̄n kṳn lâk;
this will bear a strain of a thousand pounds weight upon it without breaking.
bô̤ hía kha lâk, kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;
have not the requisite strength of limb to enable me to walk there.
cí kâi kuaⁿ ío lâk lí sṳ̄;
this magistrate attends to his business with considerable assiduity.
bô̤ hìeⁿ lâk;
I am not called upon to exert myself in such fashion.
màiⁿ khah lâk thàng;
do not be too eager to earn money.
hùn lâk pĭaⁿ cò̤;
redouble your exertions, and get it done the sooner.
khua lâk;
strength of thigh, acquired in riding.
i kâi hâk-mn̄g sĭ tŏ̤ tī-tîang kò̤ tit lâk kâi?
From whom did he acquire his aptitude for learning?
