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LESSON CXXVI.

bûe; a go-between. phêng; friend; consort. íu; companion. pôk; vassal; menial. ĭ; posterity. kùn; restrict; forbid.

sìn; guard house. tn̂g; post-station. kuaⁿ; staff; post. hoi; blinking. lâng; deaf. hui; negative.

1 tí mīa. tú i. 2 tú nâng mīa. 3 pɵ̀ èng. pɵ̀ tap. pɵ̀ ak. 4 mài cang ak pɵ̀ ak. pɵ̀ kíaⁿ. 5 pɵ̀ i cai. tit tîeh síeⁿ. 6 tîeh ŭ cêk kâi nâng khʉ̀ kāng i tàⁿ ūe; kāng i tàⁿ ūe kâi nâng kìe cɵ̀ bûe. phêng íu. 7 bûe phûa. 8 sīa bûe nâng. 9 kuaⁿ bûe; sĭ kuaⁿ siet kâi tī hng, hŭam hŭ jîn, hŭam tăng cŭe kâi, kuaⁿ cĭu kìm i tɵ̆ hʉ́ kɵ̀; jû eng kai lêng ūaⁿ kè kâi, cĭu sûi kuaⁿ bûe cú ì hwt kè. 10 chin phêng. saⁿ phêng sì íu. 11 hɵ̀ phêng. lău phêng íu. 12 íu ài. iah íu. 13 nô pôk. pĭ pôk. 14 ău ĭ. ĭ sun. îaⁿ sìn. 15 pôk pôk. sìn tĩ kuaⁿ. 16 câp lí cĭu ù kâi tn̆g. 17 îaⁿ, tn̆g, sìn, saⁿ kĭaⁿ. 18 ûi kuaⁿ; kî kuaⁿ. 19 ké cɵ̀ hĭⁿ lâng. 20 mài kio nâng sĭ hui.

1 Compensate for a life. Mulct him. 2 Make atonement for a life. 3 Requite. Reward. Revenge. 4 Requite not evil. Courier. 5 Inform him. Get a reward. 6 There must be some person to go and do the talking; the one who does the talking is called a go-between. Friend. 7 An old woman who settles matches. 8 Remunerate the go-between. 9 An official go-between: the magistrate appoints a place where undutiful wives may be shut up; and from there they are again married off according to the will of the go-between. 10 A relative. A coterie of friends. 11 Good friend. Old friend. 12 Fraternal. Helpful friend. 13 Man servant. Servants. 14 Posterity. Descendants. Guard-house. 15 Drudge. Station-master. 16 The stations are a league apart. 17 Three sorts of halting places. 18 A mast; a flag-staff. 19 Pretended to be deaf. 20 Do not contradict people.