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căi lĕng nâng seⁿ khì;

does indeed make one angry.
lĕng cìⁿ;
a dart with a triangular flag on it, given to a messenger to express urgency.
lĕng kî;
a flag having written orders upon it.
hwt ki o lĕng, ah khṳ̀ thâi;
issue an order on black paper, for him to be taken to execution.
ûang lĕng pâng;
the office from which the orders are issued.
lĕng-cìaⁿ;
your wife.
  • lĕng63795
  • Eloquent; persuasive; insinuating.
i ío hó̤ kháu-lĕng;
he is the more ready of speech.
hṳ́ kâi cn̂g kâi bô̤ kháu-lĕng;
that one has no gift of utterance.
  • lĕng5451405
  • A tuber or underground fungus.
hôk-lĕng; thó-hôk-lĕng;
a species of underground fungus used in medicine.
  • lēng4774012
  • Lax, slack, loose, flacid.
kó phûe khah lēng, phah bŏi híang;
the head of the drum is too slack, and does not sound when it is struck.
pàng lēng cē, màiⁿ khah kín;
relax it a little, do not draw it too tight.
so̤h túi âng cē, màiⁿ khah lēng;
draw the rope rather taut, do not leave it too slack.
  • lēng5531206
  • To tie up, with spare rope between the knots; to form a line of things by binding them continuously on a rope.
bé-lēng-thâu;
a halter for a horse.
khîeh tìo so̤h khṳ̀ lēng cò̤ cêk ē;
take a rope and go and join them thereby.
lēng cêk lēng tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
slung up a whole string of them.
lēng ŭ kúi peh ki tŏ̤-kò̤;
there are several hundreds of them joined by a string.
  • lēng506758
  • A sleeper on which a board rests.
cêk ki làu-lēng;
a sleeper under a floor.


li

  • 唎喇li-la521
  • Slovenly.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ li-la căi;
she does things in a very slovenly way.
hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ li-la;
tell him not to slur the thing over.
jú tàⁿ jú li-la;
the more you talk to him about it the more untidy he is.
li-li- la-la kâi nâng;
a slovenly lout.
  • li5391827
  • Driving, as wind or rain.
huang li-li, chue tîeh hó̤ căi;
there is a strong breeze, pleasant to feel.
gûeh li kng-kng, huang li, li-li;
bright moonlight, and a steady breeze.

  • li518307
  • An adverbial particle indicating certainty.
tàⁿ khí lâi, ūe tn̂g li;
to tell about it will take a long time.
cí khí cōi cîⁿ li;
this sort is costly.
hó̤ li hó̤, kùi li kùi;
as for the quality it is indeed good, and as for the price it is very dear.
phîⁿ li phîⁿ, cûah cē bô̤ ēng;
as for cheapness, it is cheap, and if it were a little less good it would be good for nothing.
cí kâi li khah sòi, hṳ́ kái li khah tōa;
this is too small and that too large.
īa sĭ kio cí kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ kâi li úa cū àiⁿ;
if it be as good a one as this, I want it.
lō li hn̆g, tó li khùn;
the road is long, and my belly is empty.
  • 5181660
  • A place of residence; a neighborhood, a village of twenty-five or fifty families; the Chinese mile, reckoned to be 300 paces.
tâng hieⁿ-lí;
fellow villagers.
câp lí cū sĭ cêk phò;
ten Chinese miles are one Chinese league, (equal to 3½ English miles).
cêk lí lō;
a mile.
lî ŭ saⁿ lí hn̆g;
it is three miles away.
choiⁿ lí bé;
a courier or post-boy.
à kuaⁿ kêng, à kúi sí, à lí-tíeⁿ ēng ke bí;
if you argue with the magistrate you will become poor, if you argue with a demon you will die, and if yon argue with the head of your village you will use up a good deal of rice.
  • 52011313
  • Rites; ceremonies.
lí pŏ;
the Board of Rites.
lí khue;
the district bureau having charge of state ceremonies.
lí pâng;
the provincial department of rites.
  • 519967
  • To govern, to manage, to look after, to regulate, to rectify, to adjust according to principle; the governing principle; that which is felt to be right and suitable, and depends not on force; reason; right doctrine; rule of action; among Chinese philosophers, the principle of organization by which matter is preserved, or the power that inheres in it; to depend on; to think of, to regard.
tŏ̤-lí; tău-lí;
right doctrine; correct reason.
thŵn tŏ̤-lí;
to set forth the truth.
sueh tŏ̤-lí;
to expound the correct principles of the thing.
thiⁿ lí;
Heaven's reason, a retributive overruling Providence.
tī lí;
the principle of organization which inheres in terrestrial nature.
ŭ thiⁿ lí cìaⁿ ŭ lī lí;
since there is an overruling power there is also an underlying principle in nature.
sui sĭ châk īa ū thien-lí lîang-sim;
although he is a rebel, he has a conscience.
tîeh thiⁿ-lí lîang-sim cē;
you must have some