Volume 1

A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts / By the Rev. Robert Morrison.

  • Robert Morrison
Date:
1815-1823
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Credit: A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts / By the Rev. Robert Morrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J Choo show. a To stop the hand,'* i.e. to cease from working, or doing any thing. Hwdh jen choo leaou k'how, <l Suddenly stopped the mouth i.e.ceased to speak. 飢丨氣息可有甚麽法子遮 J Na k'he seih k'ho yew shin mo fa tsze chaj yea tih choo mo. u Is there any means of warding off, and stopping (or warding oflF effectually) that effluvia ?n 柢敵不卜 teih puh choo. <4 Unable to with- stand an enemy/' ^ yjR | Jin piih choo. «Unable to endure.” 你在那裡丨 Ne tsae na le choo. u Where do you live ?,# or which expresses the same, /J^ J 那裡& di。。k 我係在省 j Wo she tsae sang ching keu choo. u I reside at the chief city of the Province.” 令隹 | TsS, choo. Various ranks or tribes of persons living in the same place.” —婁交 Shoo, Numbers, | Pih choo. “Hundreds.” 佐 TSO.+ |^S. C. it R. H. From Hand and Work. To assist on the left. Man was added in later times. (Shw^-'wan.) To assist； a second to； an assistant. An assistant officer in the government, whether high or low. A minister of state, second to the Emperor. ~F /台邦國 E ts。wang die pang kwS. “ To assist in ruling the country.” 二卜 | 之1 Yen-tsze wang tso che tsae. u Yen-tsze has talents which fit him for a king’s minister•” VOL. I. Luh tso. c c “ Six ministers,” or assistants in the time of FUh-he. 壬串 Tso le. To assist in the direction or management cf affairs, as secretaries in public offices, &:c. , *35^ j T'heen che woo tso. u Heaven's five assistants,are said to the five planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn. /|^YE’W,orYSw.;j;司 S.C.枕 R.H. From Mouth and Hand。When language fails, to use the hand to assist. Man was added in after times. (Shwfi-wSin.) To aid ; to help; to protect. 民罪人熱伏天命弗僭賁若 7|又 匕 ^匕歹直 Shang t’hSen foo yew hea min； tsuyjin ch*huh fuh; fheen ming fiih tseen, pe j5 tsaou muh chaou min yun chih. “Heaven above faithfully pro- tects mankind; the wicked are driven away and subjected. There is no error in the decree of heaven ； (thus) the plants and the trees look gay ； the myriads of men enjoying confi- dence and repose, increase.,> (Shoo-king.) All nature rejoices in the righteous judgments of God. The above is the sense given by Choo-foo-tsze, other Commentators differ much amongst themselves, in their interpretations of some parts of the sentence. Syn. with Jjj右 Yew, ‘‘ Divine assistance•” JJj時} J Shin paou yew ne. “ God protect you.” 神庇I Ke Shiu pe yew. Pray to God for protec- tion and support.** The sentence “ If God be for us，who can be against us!” is, in the MS. Dictionaries of the Romish Missionaries, rendered thus, 二jlT、广丨卜 j ;隹 肓 g T'heen choo j5 yew wo, shwuy nang hac