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office?

tíen lī;

head-writers.

tham kuaⁿ, u lī;

corrupt officials.

lī pâng a-ṕun;

clerk in the department of Civil Office.

lī pâng cóng-su;

the head clerk in the provincial branch of the Board of Civil Office.

lī khue kip-sṳ-tong;

a secretary in the district branch of the Board of Civil Office.

lī-pŏ sīeⁿ cṳ, lī-pŏ có̤ sĭ n̂ng, lī-pŏ ĭu sĭ-n̂ng;

the President and the Vice Presidents of the Board of Civil Office.

lī-pŏ ŵn gūa n̂ng;

a deputy official in the Board of Civil Office.

lī-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;

directors in the Board of Civil Office.

liah

• ‮拿‬lîah610646
• To lay hold of; to seize; to apprehend; to take.

lîah tîeh mē?

Did you get hold of it?

lîah m̄ tîeh;

cannot lay hold of it.

khṳt úa lîah;

was seized by me.

lîah m̄ cŭ;

could not keep hold of it after I laid hands on it.

kìe ke nŏ̤ nâng sie-pang lîah;

call two more persons to assist in the seizure.

cŭe khin kâi, lîah khṳ̀ ké, cŭe tăng-kâi lîah khṳ̀ thâi;

those whose offense is slight are arrested and put in the cangue, those whose crimes are great are arrested and beheaded.

kúi nâng lîah kha, lîah chíu;

several held him by his hands and feet.

kai i lîah lâi cio-cò̤;

seize and punish him.

lîah châk;

apprehend thieves.

jû lîah mûaⁿ-lìu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

like catching an eel.

• ‮掠‬lîah547648
• To rob; to plunder; to take openly and by force.

kàu chù, to sĭ chau liah;

has seized and confiscated everything even to his house.

i kâi kun-lĕng ngîam căi, kun-sṳ̆ hùe bô̤ cêk nâng káⁿ chíeⁿ-lîah;

their military discipline is very strict, and not a man among the soldiers dare take things by force.

liak

• ‮略‬lîak5471026
• A resumé, a sketch, a general outline, a digest; a little; in general; rather.

lîak-lîak tàⁿ cē cū hó̤;

to give a resume will be sufficient.

put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-lîak;

give only a general outline.

chó̤-lîak;

somewhat; in general; slightly; rather.

chó̤-lîak pat;

understand it in some small degree.

chó̤-lîak ūe;

draw a slight sketch.

lîak cai cêk nŏ̤;

know a little about it.

iak-lîak;

about; somewhere near that amount.

iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?

About how much is there?

iak-lîak saⁿ jît kú;

about three days.

iak-lîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is about that.

liam

• ‮拈‬liam634645
• To take up in the fingers.

liam khau;

to draw lots.

liam hieⁿ;

to set incense sticks.

• ‮斂‬líam5346613
• To enshroud; in medicine, to neutralize, to repress.

jûah thiⁿ-sî kâi si méⁿ-méⁿ siu lîam bûa;

in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.

tieⁿ líam;

to prepare a corpse for the coffin.

jîp líam;

to enshroud.

bī sng kâi, i kâi sèⁿ cū líam;

it is in the nature of what is acid to repress heat.

īa m̄ hó̤ cîah khah líam;

neither should one take too mach of what represses heat.

• ‮襝‬líam53514513
• To withdraw. The hands into the sleeve.

líam jîm pài;

I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).

• ‮捻‬lìam633648
• To pinch; to pinch up or off

ĕ tng m̄ hó̤ lìam i;

do not pinch him again.

i lìam kàu i o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;

he pinched him till he was black and blue in spots.

i khṳ̀ lìam i kâi kih-kau sĭ thīn i sn̂g;

when she pinched his cheek it was merely in sport.

lìam kò̤ chòi lâi cò;

pinch off a piece of dough to make it with.

lìam m̄ khí;

cannot pinch it up.

lìam lío kâi cńg-thâu-ūi sûi-sî cū sio;

the marks made by pinching with the fingers immediately disappeared.

• ‮瓣‬lìam6529714
• The sections of an orange; the scales of an onion.

cí kâi kaⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ jîeh cōi lìam;

see how many carpels this orange has.

īu sĭ peh cêk lìam cêk lìam tó̤ bōi;

shaddocks are divided into carpels and thus sold.

sǹg-thâu cêk lìam cêk lìam peh tīo mô̤h;

pick the film off the garlic, scale by scale.

• ‮鐮‬lîam53416713
• A reaping hook; a bill hook.

lîam-to̤;

a sickle or bill hook.

khîa lîam-to̤ lâi kuah cháu;

take a reaping hook and cut the grass.

kau-lîam;

a pruning hook.

kau-lîam-chieⁿ hó̤ phùa lîen-lŵn-kah-bé;

a hooked spear is useful in breaking the ranks of armored horses chained together.

• ‮黏‬lîam6342025
• Viscid, sticky, glutinous, adhesive.

nĕ lîam-lîam;

very adhesive.

mâk lío chíu lîam-lîam;

got his hands all stuck up with it.

chíu jṳ́ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;

daubed his hands with it till they were all stuck up as if with bird lime.

thóiⁿ tieh bô̤ ka-lîam;

it appears