酒
jiu3Mathews: 1208
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (8 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 05.5
5th Line★
wine, drink, spirits, refreshment
需于酒食，贞吉。
Waiting at wine and food
Persistence is promising
Stats: 164+3→ 29.4
4th Line
(of) wine, spirits, drink
罇酒簋貳，用缻，納約自牖，終無咎。
A jug of wine, a basket of rice or two, and utensils of clay
Handed expediently through the window
Ultimately not a mistake
→ 47.2
2nd Line
wine, drink, spirits, refreshment
困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用享祀。征凶，無咎。
Oppressed before wine and food
Scarlet-sashed nobles arrive with direction
Worthwhile and productive to offer up a sacrifice
Initiative seems foreboding
But this avoids mistakes
→ 64.6
6th Line
wine, spirits
有孚于飲酒，無咎。濡其首，有孚失是。
Being confident on top of drinking wine
Not wrong
But to soak one’s own head,
Even with truth, is truly to lose it
→ 05.5
Xiao Xiang 5
(at) wine
酒食贞吉，以中正也。
05.5x (At) wine (and) food, persistence (is) promising:
Making use of the mean(while) correctly
Xiao Xiang 4
(of) wine
罇酒簋貳，剛柔際。
29.4x A jug of wine (and) a basket of rice (or) two:
Firmness (and) flexibility meet here
Xiao Xiang 2
wine
困于酒食，中有慶也。
47.2x Oppressed before wine (and) food:
Balance will have (its) rewards
Xiao Xiang 6
wine
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
64.6x Drinking wine (and) soaking the head:
Truly without comprehending the limits
Homophones (jiu)
久jiu3(to) continue, endure, last, go on, last/take long, persevere, persist (in), survive, await (s, ed, ing); (to be) ancient, chronic, classic, continued, prolonged, protracted, sustained; long, long since, (long) continued, lasting, lived, sustained; enduring, surviving; (a, the) long time (ago), longevity; long since; as long as; (after, for) so long, a long time, so long a time, all this time; finally九jiu3(a, the) nine; nine times, ninefold, ninth疚jiu4suffering, distress, remorse咎jiu4(a, the) blame, reproach, guilt, fault (found), error, mistake, wrong, failure, harm (done), defect, flaw, misfortune, wickedness, calamity, guilt; (to) blame, find fault, censure, reproach, do harm (s, ed, ing); (to be) mistaken, blameworthy, bad, wrong, responsible, culpable, faulty, erroneous, unworthy, guilty, harmful, mistaken, inauspicious舊jiu4long-standing, conventional, familiar, classic就jiu4(has, have) gone, come around, circlulated v
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