辟
bi4Mathews: 5172
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 12.X
Xiang Zhuan★
(and, to) avoid, shun; withdraw (s) from
天地不交，否。君子以儉德辟難，不可榮以祿。
Heaven and earth do not interact
Separating
The noble young one, accordingly,
conserves virtue and avoids trouble
Not allowing himself luxury in the form of compensation
Stats: 160+6→ 30.1x
Xiao Xiang 1
to avoid, withdraw from, exclude, (prevent)
履錯之敬，以辟咎。
30.1x Taking steps in confusion (but) respecting this:
Thereby to avoid errors
→ 38.1x
Xiao Xiang 1
(to) avoid, exclude, shun, prevent (ing)
見惡人以辟咎。
38.1x Seeing the worst (in) others:
In order to avoid mistakes
→ 12.X
Homophones (bi)
鼻bi2(the) nose, snout匕bi3(the) ladle, spoon (full) (of)比bi3(to) accord, belong, combine, go together, join, affiliate, unite, associate (to, with); sort, compare, match, assemble, join, follow, (put, hold) together, draw an analogy (s, ed, ing); (to be) affiliated, paired (with), concordant, well- disposed; close, familiar; successive, comparable, analogous, similar; (a, the) union, belonging, affiliation, association, togetherness, congestion, commonality; on behalf of妣bi3grandmother; late, departed mother彼bi3that, those (targets, quarry); the ones賁bi4(to) adorn, dress (up), beautify, embellish, decorate, make graceful (s, ed, ing); (to be) elegant, brilliant, ornate, fancy, dressed up, sumptuous; superficial, nearsighted; (a, the) adornment, ornamentation; shell, treasure; model (s)閉bi4closed, shut, lo cked, barred, blocked (up)敝bi4(is) cracked, broken, worn out, damaged必bi4(these, they would) certain, sure (ly)
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