罔
wang3Mathews: 7045
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 34.3
3rd Line★
nets, webs, snares, traps; (his) wits, subtlety
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: 122+3→ 35.1
1st Line
use wits; net, snare, trap, steal [by any means get]
晋如摧如，贞吉。罔孚，裕無咎。
So far along to be so frustrated
But persistence is promising
Use wits for confidence
And be tolerant
Not a mistake
→ 34.3
Xiao Xiang 3
(a) trap
小人用壮，君子罔。
34.3x Ordinary people apply force:
(To) the noble young one, a snare*
Xiao Xiang 5
(simply) to go 38.5x
失德勿恤，罔有慶。
35.5x Loss (and) gain (are) not to be taken to heart:
(Simply) to go will be rewarding
Homophones (wang)
亡wang2(to) pass (on, away), go away, run away, disappear, vanish, move on, escape, flee, perish, die, cease, stop, dissolve, decay, have no, evaporate, quit, lose, lose interest, forget, be destroyed (s, ed, ing); (to be) no more, fleeting, fugitive, passing, impermanent, spent, lost, forgotten, absent, gone, vanished, extinct, dead, extinguished, conquered, subjugated, destroyed; (a, the) loss, deprivation, forfeiture, exile忘wang2forget, ignore (s); (is, are) not, un- mindful of王wang2(a, the) king, lord, leader, prince, sovereign, ruler; founder, authority (s); rule(ership), royalty, sovereignty; epitome; command, dominion; (to) be king over, govern, rule (s, ed, ing); (to be) grand, great, kingly, princely, regal, royal, sovereign,; (the) sovereign’s, king’s, ruler’s往wang3(to go) forward, on, to, towards, onwards, ahead, that way, forth; (to) proceed, advance, progress, travel, pass, make progress, continue (on, thus, this), move (on, towards), start, depart, leave (s, ed, ing); (to be) former, bygone, past, previous, prior; done with, forgotten, left behind, beyond; (a, the) past; departure, (forward) progress, adventure, goings; movement toward a goal; forward, onward, ahead, top, towards; henceforth; in going, in passing, en route; formerly, before妄wang4(a, the) presumption, pretense, expectation, falseness, duplicity, pretext, guile, deceit, folly, error, disorder, disarray, distraction, extravagance, distortion; (to be) irregular, incoherent, presumptuous, pretentious, full of oneself, false, erroneous, vain, futile, ignorant, fanciful, duplicitous, wild, empty, void, reckless, entangled, idle, incorrigible, absurd, stupid, wanton, foolish, disorderly, untrue, embroiled, entangled; falsely, wrongly, foolishly, wantonly; (to) look toward, expect, hope; assume, presume, pretend (s, ed, ing)朢wang4full; fullness "
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