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gao1Mathews: 3290
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Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 13.3
3rd Line★
high(est), prominent, lofty; highest
伏戎于莽，升其高陵，三歲不興。
Caching weapons in the underbrush
Climbing one’s highest hill
Three years without rising up
Stats: 189+0→ 18.6
6th Line
(of) noble, lofty, high (er); exalted, superior
不事王侯，高尚其事。
Not serving sovereign or noble
Of higher worth is one’s service
→ 40.6
6th Line
(a, the) high, tall, lofty
公用射鶽于高壉之上，獲之，無不利。
The duke takes aim at the raptor atop the
high battlement’s peak
Success at this means nothing cannot be turned to advantage
→ 63.3
3rd Line
(the) exalted, illustrious, eminent
高宗伐鬼方，三年克之。小人勿用。
The illustrious ancestor subjugated barbarian country
It took three years to conquer them
Lesser people were not at all useful
→ 46.X
Xiang Zhuan
(the) high, eminent, prominent; noble(ity)
地中生木，升。君子以順德，積小以高大。
Within the earth wood grows
Advancement
The noble young one, accordingly, is accepting by nature
Collecting the small things as a way to the noble and great
→ 13.3
Homophones (gao)
膏gao1riches, favors, treasures; oils, fat, cream告gao4(to) announce, pronounce, proclaim, notify, declare, decree, depose, issue, publish, tell, address, advise, indict, report, explain, apply, inform, affirm, attest, charge (to) (s, ed, ing); (a, the) announcement, explanation, account, pronouncement, advice誥gao4(and) decrees, proclamations, edicts, titles
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