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conscience in regard to it.

hâh lí;
reasonable.
i ŭ chêng-lí;
he has reason on his side.
bô̤ chêng-lí;
unreasonable; not according to common sense.
siu-lí kàu iap-thiap iap-thiap;
put it in complete order.
sṳ̆-lí;
to set in order; to regulate.
cíaⁿ-lí;
put in good repair.
lí sṳ̄;
attend to affairs, regulate matters.
lí ke sṳ̄;
attend to domestic concerns.
àiⁿ khṳ̀ lí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;
is going to attend to an affair requiring adjustment.
lṳ́ kio úa lí hó̤;
you rectify it for me.
seng-ĺi;
trade.
ŭ seng-lí hó̤ mē?
Is trade brisk with you?
seng-lí hó̤ mē?
Is your business prosperous?
bô̤ mih seng-lí;
does not sell off much.
pōiⁿ-lí kàu cheng-chó̤;
have it all completly adjusted.
līo-lí;
to arrange with care.
thîo-lí;
to cure.
cē m̄ ôiⁿ cū lí m̄ kàu cía sṳ̄;
if I have not leisure, I cannot manage to attend to this.
cĭeⁿ mn̂g, khṳ̀ kio i lí-lŭn;
go to his door, and reason with him about it.
lí-hŭe;
to manage kindly.
mih sṳ̄ to tîeh káng-lí;
in every affair the rights of the case must be regarded.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío cĭu lí;
he is regardful of the right in what he does.
khîang sṳ̂, tô̤h cìaⁿ lí;
talk speciously and distort reasons.
bô̤ lí à kàu ŭ lí;
make the worse appear the better reason.
cía sĭ khîang sṳ̂ tô̤h lí kâi ūe;
this is wresting words in such a way as to pervert the truth.
tàⁿ ūe bô̤ chêng bô̤ lí;
talk unreasonably.
íⁿ lí lâi lŭn, i m̄-hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
putting it on the ground of equity, he is in the wrong.
cía sĭ sĭm-mih tŏ̤-lí;
what sort of argument is this.
i m̄ lí i;
he will not take it in hand.
kẃn-lí;
to control; take charge of; govern.
sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ kẃn-lí?
Who has charge of it?
bûn-lí;
the literary style.
lí kng, m̄ lí àm;
regard what is evident, not what is behind the scenes.
i lí m̄ khṳ̀;
he cannot manage it.
i lí m̄ lâi;
he cannot adjust matters.
kak nâng lí kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;
let each attend to his own business.
màiⁿ li khah hn̆g, lṳ́ li lṳ́ ka-kī cū hó̤;
do not extend your management of affairs too far, if you keep yourself in order you will do well.
cìe lí lâi tàⁿ, tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tîeh;
speaking simply of how it ought to be, it must be thus in order to be right.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ to m̄ cìo lí;
he always acts contrary to reason.
lí lō m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
that is not the right way to do.
i sĭ pang-lí kâi;
he acts as assistant in the management of the affair.
cía tŏ̤-lí cū sĭeⁿ m̄ phùa;
I had not thought out this principle.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ īa ŭ lí;
there is reason in that also.
kak cip cêk lí;
each holds to his own view.
cêk lí tong, peh lí thiet;
one principle extends throughout all principles.
tŏ̤-lí cū sĭ cêk īe;
correct doctrine is always the same.
chêng-lí sĭ sie-kang kâi;
pure reason is common to all.
chêng-lí sĭ ŭ ciⁿ ŭ sì hùe chī kâi;
the better reason is with him who has wealth and power.
áu-lí;
perverse; pig-headed.
khîu kuaⁿ sin-lí;
beseech the magistrate to rectify a wrong.
lí khut;
in the wrong; proved to be on the wrong side the question.
i kâi lí tó̤;
he has not many arguments to sustain his views.
tàⁿ lâi chêng-lí tn̂g;
the reasons set forth are numerous.
lí tît, khì câug;
in a good cause, there is inherent strength.
lí hut, sṳ̄ khîong;
in a bad cause there is inherent weakness.
tōa-tōa tŏ̤-lí;
important principles.
ngĭ lí chim-àn;
right principles are profound and subtle.
im îang cêk lí;
for what is hidden and what is apparent, there is but one rule of action.
i kâi cṳ-lí chim, nâng-chêng mûeh-lí, hío khṳ̀ thàng;
he has a profound understanding of the principles of literature, and thoroughly comprehends both human nature and physics.
hío lí;
understand the eternal fitness of things.
cang lí lâi chui-chek;
think it out on the basis of principle.
cí kâi lí khîong m̄ chut;
this principle cannot be fully expounded.
chúi sŭn lí;
to reason from first principles.
sŭn lí;
follow the dictates of reason.
ngêk lí;
go contrary to the dictates of reason.
mêng lí;
clear up a point in ethics.
pŭe lí;
disregard the right.
tàⁿ lâi tîeh lí;
rightly argued.
káng-kìu tŏ̤-lí;
expound the doctrine.
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  • That on which the foot rests; a leather shoe; to walk; to act; action, conduct.
lí-lêh;
a record of conduct.
thîaⁿ cĭeⁿ lí-lêh;
to send a record of one's proceedings up to court.
chìang lí-lêh;
one's own verbal statement of one's proceedings.
jû lí pó̤h piaⁿ;
as if treading on thin ice.
khóng lí ôi;
strong plain shoes for men's wear.
peh kûiⁿ suaⁿ jû lí pêⁿ tī;
climbs a mountain as if walking on level ground.
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  • The carp, bream, sucker and similar fish.
lí hṳ̂;
the carp.
kim lí;
goldfish.
kîe kha lí;
suckers.
âng ko̤ lí;
trout.
mŏng lí-hṳ̂ teng;
an amusing performance with a lantern made to imitate a carp.
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  • A prune or gage; a plum of a red or yellow color; to get ready for a journey.
thô̤ lí năi;
peaches plums and apricots.
hàm nâng lâi tàⁿ hêng-lí;
call some one to carry the luggage.
hêng-lí soiⁿ siu-sîp hó̤;
first get your baggage ready.