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kui1Mathews: 3650
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 50.3
3rd Line★
(would) diminish, decrease, lessen (s)
鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食。方雨虧悔，終吉。
The cauldron’s ears have been altered
Its function is impaired
The pheasant’s rich meat is not eaten
A sudden rain would diminish regrets
In the end, an opportunity
Stats: 141+11→ 15.T
Tuan Zhuan
diminishes, decreases, reduces, lessens
谦亨，天道下濟而光明，地道卑而上行。天道虧盈而益谦，地道變盈而流谦，鬼神害盈而福谦，人道惡盈而好谦。谦尊而光，卑而不可逾，君子之終也。
Authenticity (means) fulfillment
The heavenly principle completes the lowly
With honor and clarity
The earthly principle (is) humble,
(Even) while moving upwards
The heavenly principle diminishes the superfluous
And adds to the modest
The earthly principle transforms the superfluous
And replenishes the modest
Ghosts (and) spirits (both) haunt the superfluous
And enrich the modest
The human principle resents the superfluous
And applauds the modest
Authenticity ennobles and exemplifies
(Being) lowly and yet not easy to exceed
The noble young one has results
→ 50.3
Homophones (kui)
刲kui1sacrifices, slaughters, stabs, cuts open闚kui1(a) pry, spy, peep (ing) (as thru door cracks)睽kui2(to be) estranged, separated, distant, weird, dissociated, divergent, separate(d), removed, polarized, contrary, unusual, strange, alien, foreign, opposed, in opposition, diametrically opposed; (a, the) disparity, estrangement, separation, polarity; eyes not aligned, moving separately饋kui4making, preparing food, meals; cooking
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