媾
gou4Mathews: 3426
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 03.2
2nd Line★
suitor, prospect, groom* "
屯如邅如，乘馬班如。匪寇，婚媾。女子贞不字，十年乃字。
It seems like needing assistance is the same as turning back
A team of four horses arrayed alike
Not an adversary but a marital suitor*
The woman, of tender years, is resolved: no babies
Ten years, then babies
Stats: 38+10→ 03.4
4th Line
suitor, prospect, groom
乘馬班如，求婚媾，往吉，無不利。
A team of four horses arrayed alike
The quest of a marital suitor
To advance is promising
Without doubt worthwhile
→ 22.4
4th Line
suitor, prospect, groom "
賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
So elegant looking, as if of pure white
A white steed, as if on wings
Not an adversary but a marital suitor
→ 38.6
6th Line
suitor, prospect, groom "
睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車。先張之弧，後説之弧。匪寇，婚媾。往遇雨，則吉。
Estranged and alone
Watching a hog, covered with muck
Once a wagon transporting demons
At first stringing that bow
But later unstringing the bow
It is not an adversary but a marital suitor
In going, greet the rain
After this, all is well
→ 51.6
6th Line
suitor, prospect, groom*
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
→ 03.2
suitor, prospect, groom*
震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，無咎。婚媾有言。
(Fan Yao* 21.6: wearing the cangue, hiding ears, unfortunate)
The shock startles and confuses
Searching in wild-eyed panic
To go boldly is ominous
The shock is not in one’s being
Merely in one’s neighborhood
Make no mistakes
Even the marital suitor* might have something to say
Xiao Xiang 4
suitor
六四當位，疑匪寇婚媾，終無尤也。
22.4x Six fourth (is) properly positioned
(But) doubted
* Not an adversary (but) a marital suitor:
In the end, no question
Homophones (gou)
狗gou3the bitch, a dog; term of contempt; to hound姤gou4(to) couple, pair, connect, mate, copulate, meet (with), pair (up) with, come in(to) contact with, come in(to) conflict with, encounter (s, ed, ing); (a, the) (chance) encounter, (temporary) affair, (ad hoc) coalition; temptation, seduction, dissipation 424
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