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lei2Mathews: 4240
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 34.3
3rd Line★
(and) entangles(ing); (is) caught; damages
小人用壮，君子用罔。贞厲。羝羊触藩，羸其角。
Ordinary people apply force
The noble young one uses his wits*
Persistence is trouble
The billy goat* butts the hedge
Entangling his horns
Stats: 123+13→ 34.4
4th Line
entanglement(s); getting caught; damage
贞吉，悔亡。藩決不羸，壮于大輿之輹。
Persistence is promising
While regrets pass
The hedge opens with no entanglement
The power in the great vehicle is in its axle’s mount
→ 44.1
1st Line
(a, the) tethered, tied up; poor (&) weak
繫于金柅，贞吉。有攸往，見凶。羸豕孚之躅。
Secured by a metal brake
Persistence is promising
Have somewhere to go
Look at the unfortunate
The weak swine is sure to dig in and struggle
→ 48.0
Gua Ci
(or) to break, damage, ruin; entangle, upset
改邑不改井，無丧無得，往來井井。汔至亦未繘井，羸其瓶，凶。
Rearranging the town does not change the well
Neither losing nor gaining,
Whether leaving or arriving, the well is the well
To nearly reach
But then to fall short with the well rope
Or to damage its bucket
Is disappointing
→ 34.3
Tuan Zhuan
to damage
巽乎水而上水，井。井養而不窮也。改邑不改井，乃以剛中也。汔至亦未繘井，未有功也。羸其瓶，是以凶也。
To penetrate beneath the water and so bring up the water
(Is) the well
The well provides, and yet will not be exhausted
Rearranging the town does not change the well:
Since this (is) using a constancy within
To nearly reach, but then to fall short (with) the well rope
(Is) to fall short of bringing up results
To damage its bucket:
This indeed leads to disappointment
Homophones (lei)
雷lei2(a, the) thunder, shock; (to be) thundering, terrible, terrifying, unnerving, shocking, reverberating藟lei3(and) vines, lianas類lei4(a, the) kindred (spirit, group), kind (of); like kind, type, class, category, sort, group, relation, species, peer (s); shared qualities; taxonomy; (to be) similar, like, alike, related, akin, kindred; (a) good ...; like, up to standard, 432 according to theme, typical, in character; (to) characterize, categorize, classify, sort (s, ed, ing)
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