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jian1Mathews: 0834GSR: 480c
Dictionary Definition
(to be) difficult, troublesome, distressing, hard, laborious, tedious, wearisome, hard gotten, trying; (a, the) difficulty, distress, hardship, trouble, trial, problem (s); bad news
Radical: 138+10 | First occurrence: Hexagram 11.3
Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)
H11|3
3rd Line
(it is) difficult, hard; (a) problem, hardship
Ref: 14.1Stats: 138+10
H14|1
1st Line
(this) (is) difficult(y), (a) hard(ship); tedious
Ref: 21.4
H21|4
4th Line
difficult, hard, laborious, wearying, trying "
Ref: 26.3
H21|4x
Xiao Xiang 4
difficult
H26|3
3rd Line
difficult, hard, laborious, wearying "
Ref: 34.6
H34|6
6th Line
(but, yet) difficulty, problem, trouble, trial (s)
Ref: 36.0
H34|6x
Xiao Xiang 6
problems
H36|0
Gua Ci
difficult, hard, laborious, wearying "
Ref: 11.3
H36|T
Tuan Zhuan
difficult
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