娣
di4Mathews: 6202
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 54.1
1st Line★
se cond, younger, junior, subordinate wife
歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
Little sister marries as second wife
The lame are still able to take steps
To press on is promising
Stats: 38+7→ 54.3
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歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
Little sister marries as second wife
The lame are still able to take steps
To press on is promising
3rd Line
se cond, younger, junior, subordinate wife
歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
Little sister marries as a bondmaid
Then comes back to marry as second wife
→ 54.5
5th Line
(brides)maid, attendant, junior wife
帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。
When Lord Yi gave his maiden daughter in marriage
This noble woman’s gown was not equal
to her bridesmaids’ gowns in fineness
The moon approaching fullness
Is hopeful
→ 54.1
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.弟di4(the) younger, youngest, junior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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