Rouzer ch21
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- 娶
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qu3
To marry [used of men].
This is the male equivalent of 嫁 (664). - 私室
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si1shi4
Bedroom. - 袒
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tan3
To lay bare, to strip [usually to the waist]; to be partially naked. - 夫子
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fu1zi3
Husband, lord, master.
Here, the wife uses it as a polite term for her husband; but it can also be a polite term of address to show respect (as it does in Lesson 25). - 勃
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bo2
Abrupt.
Note the typical adverb suffix 然 (231-3) attached here. - 召
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zhao4
To summon, to send for, to beckon. - 孰
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shu2
Who? Which? What? - å˜
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cun2
To be present, to exist, to survive; to preserve. - 敬
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jing4
To respect, to honor, to revere; respect, honor. - 聲
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sheng1
voice, sound. - æš
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yang2
To spread, to propagate, to raise. - 戒
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jie4
To warn, to admonish, to prohibit. - 責
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ze2
To blame, to take to task; blame, censure; responsibility, guilt. - ç•™
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liu2
To detain, to keep; to remain. - 姑
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gu1
Girl, maiden, maiden aunt; mother-in-law. - 姑æ¯
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gu1mu3
mother-in-law. - æ“
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yong3
To embrace, to hold, to possess, to press upon, to lean upon. - 楹
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ying2
Column, pillar. -
è‹Ÿ
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gou3
*1. Illicit, careless.
2. If, supposing. - è‹Ÿå¾—
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gou3de2
Illicit gain; to obtain by illicit means. - 賞
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shang3
Reward; to reward. - 祿
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lu4
Salary, monetary compensation. - é”
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da2
To reach, to get in contact with, to be successful. - 踐
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jian4
To tread upon; to frequent. - 精
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jing1
Essence; pure; to purify; to be skilled or well-versed in. - 五
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wu3
Five. - 飯
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fan4
Cooked rice; food; provisions. - 五飯
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wu3fan4
Cooking of the five edible grains.
The list varies, but usually: two different kinds of millet, wheat, barley, and rice. - 冪
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mi4
Strainer; to strain.
Here, the necessary straining of ale to remove sediment serves as a synecdoche for the brewing of ale in general. - 漿
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jiang1
Liquid, brew. - 舅
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jiu4
*1. Father-in-law.
2. Uncle. - 縫
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feng2
To sew, to stitch, to mend. - 裳
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chang2, shang2
Clothes, robes. - é–¨
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gui1
Women’s quarters. - 饋
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kui4
Provisions, food; to offer a present [often of food]. -
æ—
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wu2
*1. To not have; non-possession.
2. Non-existence, nothingness; to not exist.
3. “Don’t . . .†[negative imperative].
This character is used unterchangeably with ç„¡ (36). Early texts tend to show propensities for using one or the other – for example, 莊å (Lessons 33-40) tends to use æ— . - 攸
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you1
[Archaic version of 所]. - 儀
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yi2
Ornament, decoration; ceremony, ritual regalia. - 惟
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wei2
Only.
A substitute for the more proper 唯 (750). - 議
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yi4
To deliberate; deliberation, matter for deliberation, concern. - 制
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zhi4
To determine, to decide; to regulate, to govern. - æˆäºº
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cheng2ren2
Adult, grown-up. -
載
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zai4
*1. [Archaic particle, roughly equivalent to 則.]
2. To carry, to transport.
Meaning #2, though the most common meaning for this character, does not occur in our texts. - 匪
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fei3
[Archaic version of éž.] - 伊
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yi1
[Vague, archaic, third person pronoun.]
This is one of the exceptions to the general rule that literary Chinese avoids a subject third-person pronoun. - æ•™
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jiao4
To teach, to instruct; teachings, doctrine. - 擇
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ze2
To select, to pick. - 嬫
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lun2
Natural relationships, right principles. -
æ©Ÿ
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ji1
*1. Loom [for weaving].
2. Mechanism, device.
3. Crisis, turning point, significant moment. - 示
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shi4
To demonstrate, to show. - å†
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guan1
Hat, cap; chief, top, foremost.