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LESSON XXXVI (continued).
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- ìn-tap mêng-pe̍h,
- answer clearly.
- hó ìn-tap,
- a good reply.
- ìn-tap khùe-chãi,
- prompt at a reply.
- ìn-tap õi kùe-nâng,
- surpassing others in repartee.
- ìn-tap tùi-tùi,
- you have answered exactly.
- é-kháu bô-ngân,
- mouth stopped, not a word to say.
- hûe-thâu siẽⁿ-tńg,
- to reflect.
- pêⁿ-ke ũ chhêng-lí,
- reason on both sides.
- m̄-káⁿ-ìn,
- dare not reply.
- i bô-ìn,
- he made no answer.
- tha̍k-chṳ--húe,
- the literati.
- tōa ha̍k-bûn kâi-nâng,
- a man of great learning.
- pá-ha̍k,
- full of learning.
- m̄-tèng-ì,
- not applicable
- thong-ēng,
- of general use.
- chhūe-pāng chhūe-khiah,
- to hunt for a pretext.
- būan-put-khó ûi,
- never let it be.
- sat i-kâi-chhùi,
- stop his mouth.
- hiau-khui,
- to open a book.
- chí-kâi-sṳ̄ hó-pàng che̍k-pôiⁿ siap-sî,
- will lay this topic aside for a moment.
- bõi-khṳt nín nge̍k--tie̍h,
- you will not be allowed to oppose.
- iû chṳ chhui-lũn chhut-lâi,
- inferred from a book statement.
- m̄-chai siẽⁿ i-kâi-ì sĩ hó-ì, a-sĩ ak-ì,
- you do not consider whether his motive is a good one or a bad one.
- chí-chiẽⁿ só-tàⁿ che̍k-kù kâi ì-sṳ̀ sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
- the idea of the above sentence is this,
- bûn-sì,
- thread of a discourse.
- bûn-sì tàⁿ būe-uân seⁿ ũ chhut-lâi,
- before the thread of his discourse was finished, there issued, &c.
- lũn chí-kâi-sṳ̄ sĩ chûn chhiet-iàu a-sĩ nâng chhiet-iàu,
- as regards this matter, is the boat of more importance or is the man.
- taⁿ, chí-che̍k-ngân,
- now, this word (just quoted).
- taⁿ, chí-kâi khiam-sùn,
- now, this subject of humility.
- i ũ, chiang i kâi-ũ lâi-tàⁿ,
- if he has, then speak according to what he has.
- ũ bô, chiang i kâi-bô lâi-tàⁿ,
- if he has not then speak according to what he has not.
- chí-kâi-sṳ̄ kan-gāi--tie̍h,
- this matter interferes.
- chí sĩ chèng-nâng tàⁿ--kâi,
- this is what every body says.