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suang

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  • A species of day-lily; it is said that if a woman carries it she will bear a son.
chun suang pĕng mŏng;
both parents are in good health.
suang-cháu, cîah lío, ŏi kói nâng kâi iu-bun;
the day-lily when eaten will cause one to forget his sorrows.
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  • To proclaim to the people for their observance; to publish; to summon.
huâng-tì ŭ cí khṳ̀ suang-tĭo i;
the emperor sent to summon him.
thŵn-suang-thiaⁿ;
the room in a yamun from which the orders are promulgated.
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  • Clamor.
kìm-cí suang-jíang;
prohibit all vociferation.
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  • Cheerful; sunny; healthy; delightsome.
súang-khùai;
light-hearted.
cêk sin lêng-ūaⁿ cheng-súang;
feel much refreshed.
cí īeⁿ mûeh sît căi súang-khán;
this is really delicious.
sîn-khì cheng súang;
in fine spirits.

sue

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  • Wearing away, like a garment; diminished; cut off; small; fading, growing old, declining, decaying, unprosperous; to deteriorate; adversity, misfortune.
i cí-hûe tó̤ sue;
she is now failing in health.
i kâi ke tó̤ sue-pāi;
the family is going to rack and ruin.
i hīn-khek sue-mûiⁿ lío;
they have not thriven of late.
i heng-ŭang, i sue-mûiⁿ;
one thrives and the other does not.
sue mûeh;
a feeble old creature.
cò̤ mih sṳ̄ li khûe-sue khûe-sue nē;
is very feeble and awkward in all she does.
hía sĭ sue tĭo;
is a sign of declining powers.
saⁿ sue lâk ŭang;
the ups and downs of life.
nî cē lău le cn̂g kâi sue-thue;
in old age one's vigor is all gone.
i cē sue cū ŭ kâi sue īeⁿ;
being old, she has a faded look.
ngŵn-khì sue;
natural force abated.
ceng-hueh sue;
the blood impoverished.
i àiⁿ sue lio;
it is about to dwindle away.
màiⁿ khṳ̀ mak sue i;
do not go and make it look old by soiling it.
mûeh sue;
handle and thus give it a worn appearance.
i kâi sue khẃn, m̄ hó̤ căi;
he has a feeble look, and appears ill.
i chī tîeh hùaⁿ kâi sue-ke-kíaⁿ;
she is rearing up a lot of sons who will be the ruin of the family.
cē thiaⁿ cū sue;
I grew faint in hearing it.
thóiⁿ to̤ sue le;
looking at it makes me feel weak.
tang hṳ́ hûe cū
khi-thâu sue;
began from that time to decline.
i io sue ka-lô̤ nē;
he is far from being debilitated.
i ka-lô̤ nē;
his vigor is far from diminishing.
mak-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;
tarnish his reputation.
bô̤ kùe sue le;
no wonder he is unprosperous.
hìeⁿ sue kúi! tùi-tùi i m̄ to;
such a luckless scamp as I am, I went there just when he was absent.
sue kàu kêk cū pûah tńg heng;
when thinks have reached their worst they must begin to improve.
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  • To guard the frontiers.
sùe tŏ̤ pien-kwn kò̤ kâi piaⁿ;
soldiers posted on the frontiers.
sùe-cut sĭ ŭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi khî, khî cē kàu, sin kâi sùe-cut cū lâi thòi, hṳ́ kâi sùe-cut tńg khṳ̀;
soldiers guarding the frontiers have a fixed period of service, when their time is up new ones are sent to supersede them, and the old ones return.
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  • The rent for houses or land; taxes in kind; duties on goods; to pay duty.
cí kâi ēng sùe hìang a míen?
Must this pay duty?
tîeh sùe, ŭ hìang;
it must pass through the custom-house, there is duty to be paid on it.
àiⁿ khṳ̀ kue sùe ŭ sĭm-mih kui-kṳ́ mē?
In taking it through the custom-house, is there any particular usage to be followed?
sùe-kẃn;
the custom-house.
i kâi chù sĭ sùe kâi;
his house is a rented one.
kâi gûeh sùe jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
How much per month does he pay for the rent?
chù-sùe;
house-rent.
sùe-bŭ-si;
the Commissioner of Customs.
sùe phò;
hire a shop.
hìang-hẃn kâi sùe-bŭ;
the business at the custom-house.
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  • Commander-in-chief.
ngŵn sùe; cìang sùe;
a generalissimo.
hó̤ cò̤ cìang, m̄-hó̤ cò̤ sùe;
he will do for a general, but not for a generalissimo.
khùa sùe;
act as generalissimo.
khùa sùe ìn;
hold the seal of the commander-in-chief.
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  • Years.
nî cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ;
the end of the year.
bw̄n-sùe;
the Emperor.
choiⁿ-sùeⁿ;
the heir-apparent.
thài-sùe;
the return of the same branch character in the cycle, or twelve siderial years.
hŭam tîeh thài sùe;
meet adverse influences in the cycle of twelve.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng kim-nî hŭam tîeh sùe phùa;
that region meets this year with adverse influences from the planet Jupiter (twelve of whose courses make the great year).
sùe chṳ̀;
the order of the year according to the cyclic characters.