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xu1Mathews: 2844GSR: 134a
Dictionary Definition
(to be) essential, needful, necessary, insufficient, tantalized, suspended; (a, the) anticipation, suspense, expectation, desire, demand, need, duty, obligation, necessity, requirement, prerequisite; (to) wait, await, abide, bide time, postpone, tarry, stop, defer, do without, watch for, look out for, need, require (s, ed, ing); Shuowen has stopped by rain, waiting it out instead of not waiting for rain; [deferred gratification]
Radical: 173+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 05.0
Concordance & Context (13 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 05.0
Gua Ci★
a nticipation, (a)waiting, biding time
需：有孚，光亨，贞吉。利涉大川。
Be true
Honor fulfillment
Persistence is timely
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
Stats: 173+6→ 05.1
1st Line
waiting, biding time, suspended
需于郊，利用恆，無咎。
Waiting on the outskirts
Worthwhile to use what endures
No blame
→ 05.2
2nd Line
waiting, biding time, suspended
需于沙，小有言，終吉。
Waiting on the sand
The small will talk
In the end promising
→ 05.3
3rd Line
waiting, biding time, suspended
需于泥，致寇至。
Waiting in mud
Inviting predators to approach
→ 05.4
4th Line
waiting, biding time, suspended
需于血，出自穴。
Waiting in blood
Get out of the pit
→ 05.5
5th Line
waiting, biding time, suspended
需于酒食，贞吉。
Waiting at wine and food
Persistence is promising
→ 05.0
Xiao Xiang 1
waiting
需於郊，不犯難行也。利用恆，無咎，未失常也。
05.1x Waiting on the outskirts:
Not rushing into difficult action
* Worthwhile to use what endures (and) avoid error:
Before losing the principle
Xiao Xiang 2
waiting
需於沙，衍在中也。雖小有言，以吉終也。
05.2x Waiting on the sand:
Abundance lies in the middle
* Even though the small will talk
Consider the promising outcome
Xiao Xiang 3
waiting
需於泥，災在外也。自我致寇，敬慎不敗也。
05.3x Waiting in mud:
Misfortune waits beyond
* Of our own accord to invite predators:
Attention (and) mindfulness avoid ruin
Xiao Xiang 4
waiting
需於血，順以聽也。
05.4x Waiting in blood:
Comply on the way to comprehending
Tuan Zhuan
anticipation (is, means)
需，須也。險在前也，剛健而不陷，其義不困窮矣。需有孚，光亨，贞吉，位乎天位，以正中也。利涉大川，往有功也。
Anticipation
(Means) necessity
Hazards lie ahead
(Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications
This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely
Anticipation
Be true
Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely:
(Be) poised, with celestial dignity,
(And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
To make progress will be an accomplishment
anticipation
需，須也。險在前也，剛健而不陷，其義不困窮矣。需有孚，光亨，贞吉，位乎天位，以正中也。利涉大川，往有功也。
Anticipation
(Means) necessity
Hazards lie ahead
(Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications
This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely
Anticipation
Be true
Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely:
(Be) poised, with celestial dignity,
(And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
To make progress will be an accomplishment
Xiang Zhuan
anticipation
雲上於天，需。君子以飲食宴樂。
The clouds rise into the sky
Anticipation
The noble young one, accordingly,
Takes refreshment and sustenance
With peace of mind and cheer
→ 05.0
Homophones (xu)
盱xu1wide-eyed, amazed, astonished, [bug-eyed]虛xu1(to be) empty, open, wanting, unoccupied, vacant, hollow, emptied (out), false, futile, (in) vain, unreal, insubstantial, void, deceptive, untrue, vacuous, abstract, imaginary, fallacious, specious, worthless, useless, null, ruined, 449 idle; nominal, figurative, theoretical; unprejudiced, humble, modest, clear, pure, (not full of self); (to) vacate, empty (out), open (up), drain, want (s, ed, ing); (a, the) ruin, mound; void, emptiness, futility, vanity, lack, want, vacancy, stillness, hollowness; openness繻xu1(the) silk jacket; fine clothing, glossed as ru2須xu1necessity, patience, waiting; essential徐xu2slowly; haltingly, hesitantly, carefully序xu4(to be) sequential, successive, ordered, ranked, orderly, arranged; (a, the) order, rank, sequence, succession, arrangement, precedence; preface, forward, introduction; (to) order, arrange in order; each in its place恤xu4(to) worry, take to heart, fret, fear, grieve, pity, suffer, care, sympathize, take care, care about (s, ed, ing); (to give) relief, alms, care, sympathy, compassion, consolation, succor; (to be) worried, concerned (with), anxious; zealous; taken to heart; (a, the) worry, anxiety, concern, care, pity, sorrow, suffering, anguish, sympathy, solicitude (s)續xu4(to) continue, connect; go (ing) on, through
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