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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    fun ； piih ts5 fei wei. il Do not desire what is improper for your station; do not do that which is improper to be done.” 爲 TsS wei, ‘‘Actions ; conduct.” 卜 Wei fe ts5 tae. “Perpetrating every species of crime.” J Ta tsb. u Great actions; to act vigo- roiwly.” 大有 1 爲Ta yew ts8 wei. “0ne who has performed great actions, and has excellent conduct.” |\ Hea ts8. “Low, immoral conduct.” 個家 She ko ts6 kea. “ Is a maker，or inventor denotes one who i« particularly skilled in any one department. j 才&南申 Chow kung ts» che nan chay. “ Chow-kung invented the compass.，• He，as brother to the Emperor Woo, and lived about 1100 years B. C.倉|j j .Chwang ts8, and 希|j j Che ts5, ex- press “ To make first; to invent.” 丨文 Ts<5 wan. ‘‘ To write; tp compose.’， 厂 Ts5 kung foo. 4‘ To work ; to labour-’， 事 Ts5 sze. ‘‘ To transact business.，’ ，卜 | ts3. “ Sitting，rising.’， 將丨 Tseang ts5. ‘‘A tain official situation.” | —Foo ts5 tsze shiih. “ The father commenced，and the son continued.” Occurs in the sense of g、lj Se3, “ To scrape off;’’ and of I^Tseu，“To vilify.” Also read, Tso； and to rhyme, Tso cer- read Tsoo and Tseih. 狗 HOW) or Kow. Extremely ijwrt and ugly. Used also in the sense of Keu. Which see. >^^N1NG. ]]^S. C. ^R. H. Derived from Sin，‘‘ Truth，” abbreviated，and Neu, u A woman because the belief of women is easily ob* tained by artful and specious language. (Shw5-wan.) Ta- lents; insinuating address. Smart in reply; ready in verbal disputation. Artful in language; flattering. )人 曰 Ko° tsze ching puh tsac, yu^ puh ning. u Formerly to say one had no talents, was expressed by Piih ning.” 矛丨j 口 yj* 二 f Le k^ow tsae yu^ ning, 44 Being expert in ihe mouth talent is called Ning,?, i. e. talkative; ready in reply, r ort or debate. 或曰雍也4二而不1 Hw”吨Yuns yay,jinurh piih ning. “One said, as to Yung, he * a good man, but not ready and smart in reply.'* |~^ 用丨禦A以口給屢僧於人 不知其仁焉用I Ts“ —，yen yun : ning, yu jin e k'how keih, luy tsang yu jin, piih che k'he jin» yen yung ning. 44 Confucius said, What occasion for smartness ia reply; to oppose people in conversation, often causes re- sentments among men; whether (Yung) be a good man or not, I do not know； but loquacity is not necessary to his being so.” (Lun，yu.> 不丨未便是匆•於才pah—，we peen she twan yu tsae. “ From slowness of speech, it does not follow of course, that there is a defect of talent.*1 (Lun-ju.) 夫子不斥其非而特惡其 J Foo tsze piih ch'hih k^e fe, urh tih woo k'ke ning. u Coufucius did not expose his erroueous reasouing, but oulj