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LESSON XXXIV (CONTINUED).
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- ou-bí,
- black rice, i.e. opium.
- tak-sat-bó,
- cracking vermin, i.e. a tailor at work.
- bōi mue̍h-chia̍h,
- selling food, i.e. a fellow in a cangue.
- húe-sie-suaⁿ,
- burning off the mountain, i.e. getting the head shaved.
- i khù-chóu-ke,
- he has gone to the home of his fathers, i.e. he is dead.
- i kiâ--tn̂g-lōu,
- he has entered on a long journey, i.e. a man just dead.
- i pha-téng,
- he has dropped anchor, i.e. a fellow fallen into the water.
- kim-hôu-sîn,
- golden flies, i.e. fops.
- chúi-ngiáu-chhṳ́,
- water rates, i.e. boat thieves.
- tòa-sù-chu,
- wearing an official decoration, i.e. one with a chain on his neck.
- chúi-pang-toi,
- river bank caved in, i.e. a wrecked fortune.
- kùe ou-chúi,
- to cross the black water, i.e. to go to foreign parts.
- chò-tōa-jī,
- making big characters, i.e. a drunken fellow staggering.
- khui tṳ-ne̍k-phòu,
- to open a pork shop, i.e. one who has no business and has to board himself.
- kap-pô soih chhn̂g-kha,
- bracing the legs of a frog, i.e. a boaster; futile endeavor.
- ngiáu-chhṳ́ kè cháu-kiáⁿ,
- rats marrying off their daughters, i.e. le whispering in an under tone.
- ùi lãu-phûa,
- afraid of the old woman, i.e. one who is afraid to act for himself.
- chi̍h-keⁿ,
- tongue weaving, i.e. teaching school.
- chèng-sêng-peh,
- planting banyans, i.e. letting the hair grow.
- tiū mién-chîⁿ-chhù,
- living in a free dwelling, i.e. in jail.
- bōi-húe-thúi,
- selling hams, i.e. truculent kneeling.
- mōⁿ-kûiⁿ,
- looking up, i.e. a man who has hung himself.
- chiáu-lâng,
- bird cages, i.e. trousers.
- chúi-koi-phûe,
- a frog skin, i.e. a jacket.
- lâu-chhiū-thâu,
- an old stump, i.e. an old man.
- phok-siau,
- saltpetre, i.e. a hot tempered man.
- pàng-húe-chìⁿ,
- shooting fire arrows, i.e. breeding discord.
- pê-mīn,
- scratch the face, i.e. give offense.
- chûa nih-ma̍k,
- a snake winking its eyes, i.e. a big story.
- kúi kùe-khoi,
- a devil crossing a river, i.e. a„ big„ story„
- saⁿ pau-húe,
- fire in the jacket, i.e. trouble.