羝
di1Mathews: 6195
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 34.3
3rd Line★
(a, the) billy; ^ 34.6
小人用壮，君子用罔。贞厲。羝羊触藩，羸其角。
Ordinary people apply force
The noble young one uses his wits*
Persistence is trouble
The billy goat* butts the hedge
Entangling his horns
Stats: 123+5→ 34.6
6th Line
(a, the) billy; ^ 34.3
羝羊触藩，不能退，不能遂。無攸利，艱則吉。
The billy goat butts the hedge
No power to pull back
No power to follow through
Not a direction with merit
But problems give rise to opportunities
→ 34.3
Homophones (di)
敵di2(the) rival(ry), counterpart, opponent(sition)覿di2seen (face to face); (a) visitor; encounter "地di4(a, the) basis, earth, field, ground, land, locality, location, place(ment), position, site, siting, situation, soil, space, territory, world, (to be) earthly, local, terrestrial, worldly; (the) earth’s, world’s, land’s. Used in Tian Di, heaven and earth, the universe or everything, including humanity and the myriad beings between heaven and earth.弟di4(the) younger, youngest, junior娣di4se cond, younger, junior, subordinate wife帝di4(a, the) Emperor, Lord; supreme ruler, sovereign; deified being, divine king, divinity, god, heaven; (to be) divine, royal, imperial, sacred, celestial; the divine; deity's; Lord ...; Di Yi, Late Shang Emperor
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