谷
gu3Mathews: 3483
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 47.1
1st Line★
valley, depression, rut, hollow; (the) valley v
臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。
With bottom belabored by a wooden cane
Going into the valley of gloom
For three years not seen face to face
Stats: 150+0→ 48.2
2nd Line
(is) empty, down low; impractical +
井谷射鮒，甕敝漏。
The well is down low: shoot at the fish
The bucket is damaged and leaking
→ 47.1
Xiao Xiang 1
(the) valley v
入于幽谷，幽不明也。
47.1x Going into the valley of gloom:
The gloom has no vision
Xiao Xiang 2
(is) down low:
井谷射鮒，無與也。
48.2x The well (is) down low: shoot at the fish:
Nothing to offer
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鼔gu3drumming, beating, banging (on, upon)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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