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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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偲
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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13839
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Phonetic
component
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囟
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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思
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Old
Chinese
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/*snɯ/
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Verb
偲偲
- (literary) to encourage each other; to urge on
子路問曰：「何如斯可謂之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可謂士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子路问曰：「何如斯可谓之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可谓士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ Lù wèn yuē: “Hérú sī kě wèi zhī shì yǐ?” Zǐ yuē: “Qièqiè, sīsī, yíyí rú yě, kě wèi shì yǐ. Péngyǒu qièqiè, sīsī, xiōngdì yíyí.”
- Zi Lu asked, saying, “What qualities must a man possess to entitle him to be called a scholar?”
The Master said, “He must be thus: earnest, urgent, and bland ― among his friends, earnest and urgent; among his brethren, bland.”
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