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zhī ㄓ (1): 往，到......去。 Towards; go to.
| 《·》: | 孔丘之齐见景公，景公说，欲封之以尼溪，以告晏子。 | | Kong Qiu visited the state of Qi and saw Lord Jing. Lord Jing was pleased and was going to assign Ni Xi to him. He told Yanzi about it. | | 《·》: | 滕文公为世子，将之楚，过宋而见孟子。 | | When the prince, afterwards duke Wen of Teng, had to go to Chu, he went by way of Song, and visited Mencius. | | 《·》: | 匠石之齐，至乎曲辕，见栎社树。 | | A (master) mechanic, called Shi, on his way to Qi, came to Qu-yuan, where he saw an oak-tree, which was used as the altar for the spirits of the land. | | 《·》: | 孔子之卫，遇旧馆人之丧，入而哭之哀。 | | When Confucius went to Wei, he found the mourning rites going on for a man with whom he had formerly lodged. Entering the house, he wailed for him bitterly. | | 《》: | 郑人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之，已得履，乃曰：“吾忘持度。” | | 《·》: | 高祖之东垣，过柏人，赵相贯高等谋弑高祖，高祖心动，因不留。 |
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zhī ㄓ (2): 指示代词：这。 Demonstrative pronoun: this, these.
| 《·》: | 之马之目盼则为之马盼。 | | This horse's eyes are blind means that this horse is blind. | | 《·》: | 子闻之，曰：“再，斯可矣。” | | When the Master was informed of it, he said, "Twice may do." | | 《·》: | 吾闻之也：君子不以其所以养人者害人。 | | I have heard this - that a ruler does not injure his people with that wherewith he nourishes them. | | 《·》: | 之二虫又何知！ | | What should these two small creatures know about the matter? | | 《·》: | 三，孔子泫然流涕曰：“吾闻之：古不修墓。” | | They told him this thrice without his giving them any answer. He then wept freely, and said, 'I have heard that the ancients did not need to repair their graves.' | | 《·》: | 之子于归、宜其室家。 | | This young lady is going to her future home, And will order well her chamber and house. |
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zhī ㄓ (3): 第三人称代词：他、她、它。 Third person pronoun: him, her, it.
| 《·》: | 故：小故，有之不必然，无之必不然。 | | 'Minor reason': having this, it will not necessarily be so; lacking this, necessarily it will not be so. | | 《·》: | 子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？” | | The Master said, "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?" | | 《·》: | 是何异于刺人而杀之，曰：‘非我也，兵也。’ | | In what does this differ from stabbing a man and killing him, and then saying - "It was not I; it was the weapon?" | | 《·》: | 而宋荣子犹然笑之。 | | And yet Rongzi of Song would have smiled and laughed at them. | | 《·》: | 鲁人有朝祥而莫歌者，子路笑之。 | | There was a man of Lu, who, after performing in the morning the ceremony which introduced the 25th month of his mourning, began to sing in the evening. Zi-lu laughed at him. | | 《·》: | 参差荇菜、左右流之 | | Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current. |
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zhī ㄓ (4.1): 助词：相当于“的”。 Auxiliary word: of.
| 《·》: | 体：若二之一，尺之端也 | | For example, one of two, or the starting-point of a measured length. | | 《·》: | 孝弟也者，其为仁之本与！ | | Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions? | | 《·》: | 万乘之国弑其君者，必千乘之家。 | | In the kingdom of ten thousand chariots, the murderer of his sovereign shall be the chief of a family of a thousand chariots. | | 《·》: | 子之先生死矣，弗活矣，不以旬数矣！ | | Your master is a dead man. He will not live; -- not for ten days more! | | 《·》: | 黄帝者，少典之子，姓公孙，名曰轩辕。 | | Huangdi (Yellow emperor) was the son of Shaodian. His surname was Gongsun, and his prename Xuanyuan. | | 《·》: | 凡为人子之礼：冬温而夏凊，昏定而晨省，在丑夷不争。 | | For all sons it is the rule: In winter, to warm (the bed for their parents), and to cool it in summer; in the evening, to adjust everything (for their repose), and to inquire (about their health) in the morning; and, when with their companions, not to quarrel. |
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zhī ㄓ (4.2): 助词：用于主语和谓语之间，取消句子的独立性。 Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause.
| 《·》: | 大故，有之必然，1无之必不2然，若见之成见也。 | | It is a part, like having a starting point. 'Major reason': having this, it will necessarily [be so]; lacking [this, necessarily it will not] be so. Like the appearing bringing about the seeing. | | 《·》: | 子曰：“不患人之不己知，患不知人也。” | | The Master said, "I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men." | | 《·》: | 故王之不王，不为也，非不能也。 | | Therefore your Majesty's not exercising the royal sway, is because you do not do it, not because you are not able to do it. | | 《》: | 天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已 | | All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is. | | 《·》: | 且白马非马，乃仲尼之所取。 | | 《·》: | 北山愚公长息曰：“汝心之固，固不可彻，曾不若孀妻弱子。” |
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zhī ㄓ (4.3): 助词：在句中只起调节音节的作用，无实义。 Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.
| 《·》: | 填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 | | The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run. | | 《·》: | 凡说之难：非吾知之，有以说之之难也 |
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