蕃
fan1Mathews: 1798
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Gua Ci★
(in, to) propagate, breed, multiply, increase (ing)
晋，康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
The prosperous lord* uses grants of horses
to breed a multitude
And by the light of a day three times grants audience
Stats: 140+12Hapax Legomenon
Tuan Zhuan
to breed
晋，進。明出地上，順而麗乎大明。柔進而上行，是以康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
Expansion
(Means) progress
The light rises over the earth
Compliance along with reliance upon great clarity
The flexible advances, but with superior conduct
And so it is that the prosperous lord uses grants (of) horses
To breed a multitude
(And) by the light of a day three times grants audience
Homophones (fan)
藩fan1(a, the) hedge(row), fence "凡fan2(such) general, universal, encompassing; all繁fan2complicated, intricate, prolific, troublesome, numerous反fan3(to) reverse, bring back, come back (to), come around (to), turn back, turn around, come/turn back around; retrace, revert (to), revise, return, repeat, retreat, turn, turn 180 degrees, flipflop, turn against, turn over, combat, oppose, avert, pervert, rebel, retort (s, ed, ing); (to be) turning, contrary, in the opposite direction, instead of, opposing, opposite, refractory, reversed, wild, counter-; (a, the) turnaround, reverse, revision, reversal, reversion to; on the other hand, on the contrary; the opposite of; back to; turns ... around犯fan4confronting; rushing, charging into
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