係
xi4Mathews: 2424
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (9 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 17.2
2nd Line★
attached, bound, tied, belonging to
係小子，失丈夫。
Bound to the little child
Giving up one of maturity
Stats: 9+7→ 17.3
3rd Line
attached, bound, tied, belonging to
係丈夫，失小子。隨有求得，利居贞。
Bound to one of maturity
Giving up the little child
Following comes to be seeking of gain
Worthwhile to abide in persistence
→ 17.6
6th Line
(and) bind, restrain, tie; tie ^ up
拘係之，乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
Seize and bind them
Then follow, holding them fast
The Sovereign* will offer a sacrifice at the Western Mountain
→ 29.6
6th Line
bound, tied up; restrained, held fast
係用徽纆，置于叢棘，三歲不得，凶。
Bound up with braided rope and stranded cord
Put away inside a thicket of thorny brambles
Three years without gains
Unfortunate
→ 33.3
3rd Line
(en)tangled (up); complicated, involved
係遁，有疾厲。畜臣妾吉。
Entangled retreat
There will be anxiety and distress
To manage one’s servants and concubines would have been timely.
→ 17.2
Xiao Xiang 2
bound to
係小子，弗兼與也。
17.2x Bound to the little child:
As opposed to joining (their) company
Xiao Xiang 3
bound to
係丈夫，志舍下也。
17.3x Bound to one of maturity:
Intending to give up the lowly
Xiao Xiang 6
(and) bind
拘係之，上窮也。
17.6x Seize (and) bind them:
At the top (is) extremity
Xiao Xiang 3
entangled
係遁之利，有疾厲。畜臣妾疾，不可大事。
33.3x Entangled retreat has distress,
There will be anxiety (and) exhaustion
* Managing (one’s) servants (and) concubines
(would have been) timely:
But not suited to crucial concerns
Homophones (xi)
嘻xi1(are) smirking, snickering, tittering西xi1(from) west "晳xi1plainly, distinctly, (resolution of starlight)息xi1(a, the) breath, sigh; laxity, pause, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, suspension; extinction, extinguishing; (new) growth, proliferation, waxing; (to be) at rest; (to) appease, cancel, cease, desist, extinguish, finish, go out, nullify, pause, put a stop to, quit, relax, rest, stop, subdue, suspend, wrap up; grow, proliferate, wax (s, ed, ing) ap xi2錫xi1awards, confers, grants; ^awarded, granted臘xi1pr eserved, dried & salted, seasoned, jerked習xi2(a, the) habit, custom, duplication, exercise, experience, familiarity, practice, rehearsal, repetition; duplicity; (to) do repeatedly, familiarize (with), keep on, learn, practice, rehearse, repeat, train, work at; (to be) double, familiar, multiple, practiced, repeated; twice; having to work at something喜xi3(a, the) happiness, joy, rejoicing, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, gratitude, delight, elation, well-being, good news, happy event; (to) enjoy, rejoice, exult, delight (in) (s, ed, ing); (to be) happy, joyous, glad, joyful, gratified, grateful, cheerful, pleased, elated (in, of, with)繫xi4(to) tie (up), bind, gird, attach to, fasten, affix, tether, restrain, suspend, remember, keep in mind (s, ed, ing); (to be) attached, appended, related, connected, bound虩xi4fear, fright, terror, dread, alarm, anxiety "夕xi4( at, by) night(fall), dark, twilight, evening
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