孤
gu1Mathews: 3470
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 38.4
4th Line★
(and) (all) alone, isolated, solitary, lonely
睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲，無咎。
Estranged and alone
Meeting someone unique
Exchanging confidences
The distress
Is no longer wrong
Stats: 39+5→ 38.6
6th Line
(and) (all) alone, isolated, solitary, lonely
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
→ 38.4
Homophones (gu)
股gu3thighs, loins, hips, haunches蠱gu3(a, the) corruption, decay, decadence, rot, putrefaction, toxicity, poison, worms (in food or belly), pestilence; bad medicine, bad magic, slow poison, venom; fixation (s), stagnation, deception, guile, delusion, insanity; (glossed in guwen as chong, 1519: worms, insects, reptiles); (a, the) renewal, healing, curing, purging, detoxifying (a Chinese Janus word); [neurosis, toxic ideas, a closed mind] ; (to be) fixated, degenerating, deteriorating, decaying鼔gu3drumming, beating, banging (on, upon)谷gu3valley, depression, rut, hollow; (the) valley v糓gu3grains, grasses, cereals固gu4certainly, firmly, surely, decidedly 42.3x故gu4(and) accordingly, according to, as, as such, because, consequently, for, given this/that, hence, just as, since, so, so that, that, then, therefore, thus, on purpose, such as, such is, such that; before, in the past; assuming that, for the time being, for this reason, in such a case, in this way; that then (it/this); that accordingly; so?; (a, the) antecedent, cause, given, phenomenon, fact, matter, precedent, pretext, prior condition, purpose, reason (being) (of/for/to); old; (to) asssume (that), cause, come before, confer, give, lead to, precede, (s, ed, ing); formerly; because of, due to梏gu4(and) (hand)cuffs, manacles, (restraints)牿gu4(a) pen, corral, stable, enclosure; confinement
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