弟
di4Mathews: 6201
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 07.5
5th Line★
(the) younger, youngest, junior
田有禽，利執言，無咎。長子帥師，弟子輿尸，贞凶。
The hunt takes captives
Worthwhile to manage the talking
Avoid error
The elder son captains the militia
The younger son transports fatalities
Constancy is inauspicious
Stats: 57+4→ 37.T
Tuan Zhuan
(and) younger, junior (brother)
家人，女正位乎內，男正位乎外。男女正，天地之大義。家人有嚴君焉，父母之謂。父父，子子，兄兄，弟弟，夫夫，婦婦，而家道正。正家而天下定矣。
Family members
The woman’s true dignity lies within
The man’s true dignity lies without
The masculine (and) feminine principles
(Are) heaven’s (and) earth’s greater meanings
Family members have dignities (and) nobilities herein
Father (and) mother have their titles
(When) father (is) father (and) child (is) child
(When) elder brother (is) elder (and) younger (is) younger
(When) husband (is) husband (and) wife (is) wife
Then the family’s course (is) upheld
Uphold the family and all under heaven arranges itself
→ 37.T
(is) younger, junior (brother)
家人，女正位乎內，男正位乎外。男女正，天地之大義。家人有嚴君焉，父母之謂。父父，子子，兄兄，弟弟，夫夫，婦婦，而家道正。正家而天下定矣。
Family members
The woman’s true dignity lies within
The man’s true dignity lies without
The masculine (and) feminine principles
(Are) heaven’s (and) earth’s greater meanings
Family members have dignities (and) nobilities herein
Father (and) mother have their titles
(When) father (is) father (and) child (is) child
(When) elder brother (is) elder (and) younger (is) younger
(When) husband (is) husband (and) wife (is) wife
Then the family’s course (is) upheld
Uphold the family and all under heaven arranges itself
Xiao Xiang 5
(the) younger
長子帥師，以中行也。弟子輿屍，使不當也。
07.5x The elder son captains the militia:
According to tempered action
* The younger son transports fatalities:
A commission would not be appropriate
Homophones (di)
羝di1(a, the) billy; ^ 34.6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.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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