# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lun
### lunlun

* 𥏘lun4451118
* Stumpy; short; curtailed.

#### i kâi ăm lun-lun nē;

    his neck is very short.

#### chíu tó̤-lun tó̤-lun;

    very short arms.
* 忍lún287613
* To restrain passion; to endure; to forbear.

#### lún chìe;

    keep one’s countenance.

#### lún chìe lún m̄ khṳ̀;

    tried to keep from laughing but could not.

#### lún khàu;

    repressed a tendency to weep.

#### khì kàu lún m̄ khṳ̀;

    could not restrain my anger.

#### i ŏi lún ŏi lieh;

    he is self-controlled.

#### ôi-tói-hṳ̂ lún kàu chùi chúa;

    the sole has suffered till its mouth is drawn out of shape.

#### lún khì seⁿ châi;

    the repression of anger begets wealth.

#### lún cêk tó;

    have forborne long enough.

#### ŏi lún li míen phùa cîⁿ;

    if you can stand it, then you need not spend your mouey.

#### i ŏi lún;

    he can stand it.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ hó̤ lún;

    this is unbearable.

#### lún thìaⁿ;

    endure pain.

#### thìaⁿ kàu m̄-hó̤ lún;

    aches so that I cannot endure it.

#### lú tîeh khak-khó lún;

    you must persistently endure.

#### cĭeⁿ kàu m̄ hó̤ lún;

    itches so I cannot stand it.
* 嫩lùn6423811
* Young; immature; delicate; tender.

#### cíⁿ-lùn cíⁿ-lùn nē;

    young and tender.

#### sang chíu chun chut lâi lùn-lùn;

    stretched out a pair of slender arms.

#### chîu mông tîeh nĕ lùn-lùn;

    her hands feel very soft.

#### cí ciah koi cū pûi-lùn;

    this fowl is fat and tender.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh lùn-kâi lùn-kâi;

    appears very small and immature.
* 輪lûn5661598
* A wheel; a disk; a revolution, a circuit, a turn; to rotate.

#### sie lûn;

    to take turns.

#### lûn tîeh i;

    it is his turn.

#### lûn-lîu thóiⁿ-síu;

    stand watch in rotation.

#### sie lûn táu thòi;

    take it in turn.

#### kíaⁿ-jît lûn tîeh úa, mùaⁿ-cá lûn tîeh lṳ́;

    to-day it is my turn, and to-morrow it will be yours.

#### húe-lûn-cûn;

    a side-wheel steam-boat.

#### húe-lûn-chia;

    steam-cars.

#### chia lûn;

    the wheel of a car or carriage.

#### hĭⁿ lûn;

    the rim of the ear.

#### chia-lûn kâi thek;

    the spokes in a wheel.

#### chia-lûn kâi sim;

    the axle.

#### chia-lûn kâi khuang;

    the felly.

#### lûn lín-kùe lâi;

    the wheel rotates.

#### tńg lûn;

    wheelabout.

#### lûn pang;

    the reliefs appointed to act in rotation.

#### sì-kòi sie lûn hûe;

    the wheel of fortune turns.
* 倫lûn56598
* Natural relationships; affinity of things by classes and orders.

#### kun chîn, pĕ kíaⁿ, hu-hŭ, hiaⁿ tĭ, phêng íu, kìe-cò̤ ngŏ lûn;

    the relation of monarch and subject, father and son, husband and wife, elder and younger brother, friend and friend, are called the five human relationships.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ ngêk lûn;

    he is in so doing going contrary to what is acknowledged among all men as necessary and proper.
* 淪lûn565858
* Lost in perdition; engulfed.

#### mín ēng tîm-lûn tŏ̤ tī-gêk;

    need not sink down into hell.

#### lûn-bûang;

    to perish.
* 論lŭn5661498
* To discourse upon; to discuss; to criticise; to find fault with; to reason upon; speaking of; by; according to.

#### bô̤ lŭn; put lŭn;

    it is immaterial; no matter; without discussing it.

#### bô̤ lŭn tī-tîang;

    be it whomsoever it may.

#### jîak lŭn cí kâi nâng li m̄-hó;

    if it is this person who is under consideration, he will not do.

#### lŭn-kîp i, cū sĭeⁿ tîeh i;

    in speaking of him, we thought of her.

#### lŭn kong, seng síeⁿ;

    debate his merits, and award a testimonial.

#### cía sĭ lŭn kṳn bói a sĭ lŭn chieh bói?

    Is this bought by the pound or by the stone?

#### lṳ́ úa lâi lŭn cē;

    let us talk it ​over.

#### lŭn lí li m̄-hó̤ cìeⁿ-se;

    judged by the standard of correct doctrine, it is not right to do thus.

#### lŭn nâng-chêng li hó̤;

    considering it in its humanitarian aspect only, it is right.

#### put lŭn tōa sòi;

    whether old or young.

#### màiⁿ lŭn;

    without debate.

#### hó̤ khiap màiⁿ lŭn;

    whether good or bad.

#### màiⁿ ngí-lŭn nâng;

    do not criticise people.

#### lŭn cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

    as concerning this affair.

#### lŭn chut lâi ŭ lí;

    reasoned out a correct principle of action.

#### lûn lâi lûn khṳ̀;

    discussing it pro and con.

#### pĭen-lŭn;

    to discuss.

#### lŭn lâi tîeh;

    it is well said.
* 論lūn5661498
* A treatise; works on metaphysics.

#### kháu hâng-lîm sĭ cò̤ lūn;

    at the examinations of the members of the Imperial Academy, they write treatises.

#### ngí-lūn;

    a train of reasoning upon a subject.

#### cò̤ kò̤ mêh-lūn;

    write a treatise on disease.

#### cīeⁿ lūn, ĕ lūn;

    the Confucian Analects.
* 蹂lūn2951579
* To trample.

#### lūn tâh;

    to trample upon.

#### màiⁿ pàng thô-ĕ kò̤ lūn-tâh;

    do not let it be trampled under foot.

#### lūn-tâh kàu chùi-chùi;

    trampled to pieces.

#### cèng nâng tó̤ lūn-tâh kâi tī-hng;

    a place every one tramps over.

#### màiⁿ lūn-tâh tīo bêh;

    do not trample down the wheat.

#### cí cang hue khṳt gû lūn-tâh tīo;

    this flower has been trampled down by the cattle.

#### kha màiⁿ khṳ̀ lūu tîeh;

    do not tread it down.