孝
xiao4Mathews: 2601
Dictionary Definition
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Concordance & Context (1 occurrences)
Tuan Zhuan★
(the) filial (to honor one’s parents)
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
Stats: 39+4Hapax Legomenon
Homophones (xiao)
消xiao1...小xiao3(to be) average, common, diminished, homogeneous, humble, insignificant, lesser, light, little, low(ly, er, est), mean, mediocre, minor, minute, modest, ordinary, slight, small(er, est), petty, tiny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, young(er, est), minimal; (a, the) commonness, homogeneity, littleness, meanness, mediocrity, pettiness, smallness; commonly, ordinarily; in detail; some small, of little, a little; for a short (time, while); (to) diminish, minimize, shrink, belittle; does not imply bad or wrong, but sometimes inferiority. 448 xiao1 2607a 1149j 85+7 11.T (to) decay, melt, thaw, dissolve, disappear, deteriorate, wane, diminish, shrink, lessen, disperse, dissipate, ebb, pass away, vanish, expend, cancel, annul, dispel, extinguish, eliminate, remove, reduce, exhaust, use up, annihilate (s, ed, ing); (to be) eliminated, dissolved, consumed, reduced, diminished, small, used up, spent, depleted, exhausted; (a, the) reduction, diminution, deterioration, diminishment, dissolution, dissipation, waning, lessening, elimination校xiao4fettered, imprisoned, shackled (in stocks)笑xiao4laughter, good humor, mirth, merriment
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