城
cheng2Mathews: 0380
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
6th Line★
(the) (city) wall(s), battlements, ramparts
城復于隍，勿用師，自邑告命，贞吝。
The city wall falls back into the moat
Do not advance the military
From within one’s own district, explain the orders
To persist is disgraceful
Stats: 32+6Hapax Legomenon
Xiao Xiang 6
(the) city wall
城復于隍，其命亂也。
11.6x The city wall falls back into the moat:
One’s own orders (are) confused
Homophones (cheng)
穪cheng1assessing, appraising, weighing, evaluating成cheng2(to) accomplish, achieve, actualize, arrive at, become, bring about, come to pass, complement, complete, determine, establish, finish, follow through, fulfill, make, perfect, realize, succeed, take place (s, ed, ing); (to be) accomplished, achieved, actualized, arrived at, complete, completed, done, entire, finished, fulfilled, full, mature, perfect, perfected, realized, whole; (fully) developed formed; (a, the) 418 accomplishment, achievement, complement, fulfillment, completion, end, follow through, outcome, realization (of); of completion; entirely, completely, perfectly懲cheng2corrects, curbs, rectifies, precludes, rules out承cheng2(to) receive, inherit, carry, bear, help, assist, serve, accept, enjoy, undergo, undertake, contract for, adopt, offer, present, continue, carry on, lift (up), uphold, hold up, support, acknowledge, recognize, honor, celebrate, meet (s, ed, ing); (a, the) help, service, support, assistance, acceptance, recognition, contract, assignment, undertaking (s)乘cheng2(to) avail (oneself) of, take advantage of, take, take control of, multiply, ascend on, be carried by, rely on, rely upon, supersede, mount, surmount, overcome, drive, ride, ascend, go upon, seize, bully, chance/opportunity (s, ed, ing); (to be) mounted, astride, on top of, above, upon, riding, in control, carried by; (a, the) team, ride, mount, four-team, team of four, chariot
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