鼔
gu3Mathews: 3479
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 30.3
3rd Line★
drumming, beating, banging (on, upon)
日昃之離，不鼔缻而謌，則大耋之嗟，凶。
The sun declines with its radiance
Not drumming on clay pots and singing
Leads to much of old age’s lament
Unfortunate
Stats: 207+0→ 61.3
3rd Line
(to) beat, bang (ing) on (a, the, one’s) drum
得敵，或鼓或罷，或泣或歌。
Finding one’s counterpart
Perhaps to beat the drum, or maybe to quit
Perhaps to weep, or maybe to sing
→ 30.3
Xiao Xiang 3
to beat (the) drum
或鼓或罷，位不當也。
61.3x Perhaps to beat the drum, (or) maybe to quit:
The position is not appropriate
Homophones (gu)
孤gu1(and) (all) alone, isolated, solitary, lonely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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