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wei4Mathews: 7079

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Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 62.6
6th Line
(a) sign(alling, ifying); meaning; indication
弗遇過之。飛鳥離之,凶,是災眚。
With no acknowledgement in passing others by The flying birds get distance from this one Bad omen Surely a sign of calamity and suffering
Stats: 149+919.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(a, the) style, meaning, distinction, signature
大君之宜,行中之也。
19.5x A great noble has this necessity: Action in the center has this distinction
37.T
Tuan Zhuan
dis tinction, designation, title, style (s)
家人,女正位乎內,男正位乎外。男女正,天地之大義。家人有嚴君焉,父母之。父父,子子,兄兄,弟弟,夫夫,婦婦,而家道正。正家而天下定矣。
Family members The woman’s true dignity lies within The man’s true dignity lies without The masculine (and) feminine principles (Are) heaven’s (and) earth’s greater meanings Family members have dignities (and) nobilities herein Father (and) mother have their titles (When) father (is) father (and) child (is) child (When) elder brother (is) elder (and) younger (is) younger (When) husband (is) husband (and) wife (is) wife Then the family’s course (is) upheld Uphold the family and all under heaven arranges itself
37.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
meaning, significance, style, attributes
威如之吉,反身之
37.6x Rather than being impressive, keep the promise Coming back to one’s own individual style
62.6

Homophones (wei)

wei1^ dignity; ^ dignified, majestic, noblewei2(a) crisis, peril, danger, exposure; precipicewei2(to) accomplish, act (as, as if, as though, like, for, out), achieve, adopt (as), assume (to be), attend, augment, behave (as), be as, become (as), bring about, cause, conduct, consider (as, to be), constrain, construct, construe (as, to be), create, develop, do, effect, elaborate (up)on, form, function (as), handle, help, improve, make, manage, manifest, perform, play the part/role (of), practice, presume, presuppose, produce, reconstruct, regulate, regard (as), remake, reproduce, restore, serve (as), set up, (under)take (as, to be), take action, work (as), work at; interfere, meddle (with) (s, ed, ing); (to be) like, (as)(if, though); as if/though it/they was/were; productive (of); created, developed, formed, made, produced, shaped, turned (as, to be, into); for the sake of, on behalf of; were, became; as being, as it were, is in being; (a, the) accomplishment, achievement, action, activity, active part, assumption, behavior, doings, management, practice, performance, posture, production, pursuit (of), workings; artifice, agenda; interference, meddling; in the role of; on ... account; take ... action; in order to, on account of, for the sake 445 of, because of; whereby, wherefore, wherewith; about, as, by, for, of, to (being). To assume a pre-existing form through which one behaves, to per-form.wei2truly, indeed; but, only; in response, replywei2(all) alone, by oneself; thinking about; simplywei2holding ^ fast, restrained; tight, secure(ly)wei2(is) contradiction, opposition; contradictorywei3(a, the) tail, end, loose ends; remainder, balance, details, [trail]; (to be) last, extreme, outstanding, unfinishedwei4heed, respect, revere; attend, pay heed to, fearwei4(a nd, of) defense, protection, martial artswei4(is) (rich in) subtle(ty), intricate, elegant, deep, richwei4(to be, is, are, has, have) not yet, less than, still not, yet to (be), as yet (no, not, nothing), short/shy of, still (have) (no, not, short of); not now, now not, (even) before, prior to, without, lacking, incomplete; not (yet) ready (to); never (a), will never be; do/did/has/have not; (to) lack, come up/fall short (in, with, of); still not be, remain less than (s, ed, ing); if not yet; negation; no ... yet, has no ... yet, not ... yet, has not ... yet; still / as yet un-; in-, un-; incompletelywei4(a, the) place, placement, position, situation, context, location, condition, circumstance, arrangement, seat, status, degree, rank, stature, standing, dignity, station, throne, post, attitude, posture, disposition, high position, high place (s); place of rank, position as ruler; place to, place for; in a(n) ... place; (to) stand, take a position (s, ed, ing); (to be) placed, positioned, situated, poised, seated, stationed, occupied, dignified;
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