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sheng1Mathews: 5739
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
Gua Ci★
sacrifices(ificial) beasts, animals (livestock)
萃，亨。王假有廟，利見大人，亨，利贞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
Fulfillment
The sovereign approaches his temple
Rewarding to encounter a mature human being
Making an offering
Worthwhile to be dedicated
To offer great sacrifices is promising
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
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Tuan Zhuan
sacrifices
萃，聚也。順以説，剛中而應，故聚也。王假有廟，致孝享也。利見大人亨，聚以正也。用大牲吉，利有攸往，順天命也。觀其所聚，而天地萬物之情可見矣。
Collectedness
(Means) to congregate
Acceptance behind satisfaction
The firm (is) central (and) resonant
Hence, congregation
The sovereign approaches his temple:
To convey the filial offering
Rewarding to encounter a mature human being making an offering:
Concentrating with integrity
To offer great sacrifices (is) promising,
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Agreeing with heaven’s higher order
Study the reason to congregate
Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings
Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly
Homophones (sheng)
生sheng1(to) exist, live, fluorish, thrive; arise, be born, develop, grow, originate, rise (from); (be)come alive; bring/come/spring forth; bear, beget, breed, create (life), give birth, produce, quicken, send (up, out, forth) (s, ed, ing); (to be) alive, fertile, fresh, green, new, novel, raw, unrefined, unripe, vital; raised, reared, bred; (a, the) activity, being, birth, creation, development, existence, growth, (new) life, lives, living, lifetime, livelihood, origin(s), means of living, vitality; of birth, of life升sheng1(to) advance (on, upon), promote, ascend, climb, arise, rise up, rise above, move upward, go up, step up, improve, mount, lift up, accumulate, save; issue forth (s, ed, ing); (a, the) advance, advancement, promotion, improvement, ascent, climb, step, increment (s); a measure of capacity; [to invest in potential energy]眚sheng3(a, the) distress, suffering, calamity, injury, harm, fault, error, mishap, grave error, blunder, blindness, evil consequence, blight; film over the eye, disease of the eye; (to) dismiss, restrict, reduce; suffer (s, ed, ing); (to be) injured, harmed盛sheng4abundance, flourishing, plenty, prosperity, amplitude聖sheng4(to be) consecrated, divine, holy, intuitive, perceptive, reverent, sacred, sagacious, sagely, saintly, wise; (a, the) holiness, piety, reverence, sacredness, sagacity, wisdom; piousness, sanctimony; sage; wisdom’s; [combining spiritual, moral and intellectual virtues]勝sheng4success in; succeed in; can; (is, are) able to "
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