蔀
bu4Mathews: 8001
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 55.2
2nd Line★
(woven) screens, curtains, partitions "
豐其蔀，日中見斗，往得疑疾，有孚發若，吉。
So abundant are their partition screens
At midday one may see the bushel constellation*
Going ahead brings suspicion and anxiety
To be true and express this
Is timely
Stats: 140+11→ 55.4
4th Line
(woven) screens, curtains, partitions "
豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。
(Fan Yao* 36.4: enter left side, steal dark heart’s intentions)
So abundant are their screens
At midday one may see the bushel constellation
Or find their hidden leader*
Opportune
→ 55.6
6th Line
screen, curtain, partition (ing) (off, away)
豐其屋，蔀其家，闚其戶，闃其無人，三歲不覿，凶。
So rich are their dwellings
Screening away their own families
Peering through their doorways
Desolate in their want of others
Three years not seen face to face
Unfortunate
→ 55.2
Homophones (bu)
逋bu1takes refuge; to retreat, flee, hide, escape不bu4no, not, none, nothing, (very) little, the least (of); without, with no, not with; (is, are, was) no, not, nothing, (nothing) without; will not, will fail to; may not, need not; (it is) no, not; is to not, to not (be), will not be, not to (be), not being, to never be; being without, without being; outside of; away from, free (of/from); there (is, are, will be) no, not, none, nothing; there will not be; were there no; what is not; (but) no, not, nothing, without, with no; (do)(es) no, without; (has/have) no, not, yet to; (but) do not, does not, did not, will not, would not, would never (be); instead of, regardless of, rather than, in spite of, despite; not, never, no longer, rarely, seldom (to); hardly, (very) little, not much, not so, not very; (to be) nothing, without, wrong; (to) avoid, cease to, drop, escape, evade, lack, need, refrain from, want; fail to, make no, remain to be (s, ed, ing); not only not, not even, less (than); un-, ill-, in-, im-, de-, dis-, non-, mal-, mis-, off-; -less, -lessly, -out, - free; remain un-; if not, but not if; is this not ...?; not ... but; not only not; that/which cannot be; (a, the) doubt; absence, lack, need, void, want (of); failure to; freedom from
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