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mian4Mathews: 4497
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
6th Line★
(leather) masks, faces, facades, personae
君子豹變，小人革面。征凶，居贞吉。
A noble young one’s leopard transformation
Ordinary people merely change masks
To expedite has pitfalls
To abide in persistence is promising
Stats: 176+0Hapax Legomenon
Xiao Xiang 6
masks
君子豹變，其文蔚也。小人革面，順以從君也。
49.6x The noble young one’s leopard transformation:
This one’s style (is rich in) subtlety
* Ordinary people (merely) change masks:
Submitting in order to follow a noble
Homophones (mian)
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