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bao3Mathews: 4946
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 01.T
Tuan Zhuan★
security, safety, protection, insurance
大哉乾元，萬物資始，乃統天。雲行雨施，品物流形。大明終始，六位時成。時乘六龍以御天。乾道變化，各正性命，保合太和，乃利贞。首出庶物，萬國咸寧。
How great (is) creation’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided beginnings
Along with all of the sky
Clouds pass, rain falls
The varieties of beings flow into form
Great light completes (then) begins
The six positions (are) by season fulfilled
Seasons to mount the six dragons
(And) with these to master the skies
Creation’s way (is) emergence (and) transformation
Each being true to inner nature (and) higher law
Security (is) joining in the highest attunement
It is this that rewards persistence
(As) leaders emerge from the numberless beings
The myriad realms come together in peace
Stats: 9+7→ 19.X
Xiang Zhuan
(and) protect, safeguard, secure (s, ing)
澤上有地，臨。君子以教思無窮，容保民無疆。
Above the pool is earth
Taking charge
The noble young one, accordingly,
instructs and plans without exhaustion,
Accepts and secures the people without drawing boundaries
→ 53.3x
Xiao Xiang 3
security, guard(ianship); (by) protect (ing) v
夫征不復，離群醜也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用禦寇，順相保也。
53.3x The husband presses on instead of returning:
Abandoning flock (and) kindred
* The wife conceives but (can)not raise (her) young:
Losing her own way
→ 01.T
Homophones (bao)
包bao1(to) include, pack, wrap, envelop, surround, bundle, embrace, accept, cherish, undertake, safeguard, secure, warrant, guarantee, hold, contain, put up, cherish, protect (s, ed, ing); (a, the) cover, container, bag, bundle, creel, wrapping苞bao1( ^) (the) seedlings, saplings, sprigs, sprouts飽bao3(getting) fill (ed, ing) up; sated, satisfied豹bao4panther, leopard(-like)
Previous飽 bao3
Nextbao4 豹
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