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rou4Mathews: 3153

Dictionary Definition

No detailed glossary definition available for this character.

Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 21.3

3rd Line★

meat, flesh

噬臘肉，遇毒，小吝，無咎。

Biting into preserved meat Encountering decay A little embarrassing But no blame

Stats: 130+0→ 21.5

5th Line

meat, flesh

噬乾肉，得黃金，贞厲，無咎。

Biting into dried meat Finding yellow metal Persistence is trouble Avoid mistakes

→ 21.3

Homophones (rou)

柔rou2(a, the) flexibility, gentleness, weakness, mildness, softness, passiveness, responsiveness [what is now known as the Yin]; (to be) accommodating, adaptable, gentle, flexible, mellow, mild, negative, neutral, passive, pliable, pliant, responsive, soft, submissive, supple, tender, tranquil, weak, yielding; (to) acquiesce, accommodate, respond, submit, mollify, tranquilize, yield (s, ed, ing); (a, the) flexible’s, weak’s, yielding’s

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