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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    wo. u If the Lord of heaven protect me, (or us) who can hurt me!” 伕 YANG. According to Kang-he, others read it Yang and Yang. The body unextended.]區丫央 Yen yang. “ Lying on the back.” Some express it by j県丫印 Yen yang. 休 PUN, or Te. Used erroneously for ^^Pun, and still more erroneously for 骨豊 Te. (E-wan-pe-lan.) 体夫―A driver of a hearse•” (Kang-he.) TEEN, or Chen. 佔但 Teen tow. “ To treat lightly，or with con- tempt.” Chew, To see； to look at. 今之敎者呻 I -^5- Kin che keaou chay, sbin ke chen peih. “ Teachers, now-a-dajs，(merely) recite Tfhattliej see in books，” without understanding it themselves, or teaching it to their pupils. (Le-king.) Occurs m the sense of Chen. 何 HO. § ]]bj s. a R. H. Which ? who ? what ? how ? Read Ho. To bear ； to carry. 如何 Joo ho, or reversed, Ho joo, 44 How ? in what manner?，， J Ho sze. “ What affair.” Ho jin lae. ‘‘Who comes?” J Ho c^°°* “ Which place•” I Ho wiih. “ Which thing.” pj 夕卩 j Puh k'ho che ke shwuy ho. “ Cannot tell who.” J Shwuy ho. u Who ! what!0 and 資口 j M<5 kan joo ho. u Not dare any how,M are the language of defiance; as u Let him do as he likes; he dares not to do any thing.” 謀至此而不成更有丨謀 Mow che tsze urh piih ching, kSng yew ho mow. “Having planned thus far and not succeeded, what further plan is there ?'* j 故 Hok。。；因丨 Yinh。;爲丨 Wei ho, each expresses “ Wherefore ? why ? on what account V* The first expression denotes somewhat of surprise, as u What occasion for!’’ 無 j Wooho.無^!^ j Wooke ho. “ For no great length of time.” ^fF|T | Woo nae ho; and /feT. pj j Woo k'ho nae ho, express that which is unavoidable, as <4there is no resource ； nothing can be •”無奈得我j Woo nae tih wo ho. “ It is nothing to me; he can do nothing to me.，， J Ho peih. “ What necessity J TF Ho peih tingyaou joo tsze, 4< What neces- sity to insist on having it thus.’’ 丨至如此 Ho che joo tsze. “ Why carry it to this extent.’’ 如丨 今寻 Joo ho she tKh. “ How will it answer!” or “ what method will succeed ?’， 子曰不曰如之丨如之I 者吾莫如之I也巳矣TsZ6yue， puh yu^, joo che ho, joo che ho chay, woo m5 joo che ho yay ； c e. u Confucius said, For him who will not (deliberate and) say, What is to be done ? what is to be done? I do not know what is to be done. It is all oyer V9 (Lun-yu.)