def METHOD_NAME(lexicon_file):
    lexicon_table = {}
    with open(lexicon_file, 'r', encoding='utf8') as fin:
        for line in fin:
            arr = line.strip().replace('\t', ' ').split()
            assert len(arr) >= 2
            lexicon_table[arr[0]] = arr[1:]
    fin.close()
    return lexicon_table