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xiong1Mathews: 2807

Dictionary Definition

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Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 37.T

H37|T

Tuan Zhuan★

(if, when, where) elder, senior brother

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，父母之謂。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

Stats: 10+3→ 37.T

H37|T

Tuan Zhuan

(is) elder, senior (brother)

Homophones (xiong)

凶xiong1(to be) unfortunate, ill-omened, inauspicious, bitter, unlucky, unlikely, untimely, disappointing, foreboding, ominous, unhappy, sad, miserable, disastrous, adverse, stuck, bad, baleful, brutal, fierce, ferocious, cruel, intractable, malevolent, fearsome, fearful, tragic; caught, trapped; (a, the) (has, have, having) trouble, pitfall, misfortune, failure, disappointment, accident, adversity, woe, bad (luck, omen, sign), unhappiness, misery, suffering; the worst; (to) fail; fear (s, ed, ing); bodes ill (for); (in) trouble(s), (has/holds) pitfall(s)

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