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Ancient Classics -> Book of Poetry -> Minor odes of the kingdom -> Decade Of Xiao Min -> Da Dong -> 5.1

或以其酒、	If we present them with spirits,
不以其漿。	They do not look on them as liquor.
鞙鞙佩璲、	If we give them long girdle-pendants with their stones,
不以其長。	They do not think them long enough.
維天有漢、	There is the milky way in heaven,
監亦有光。	Which looks down on us in light;
跂彼織女、	And the three stars together are the Weaving Sisters,
終日七襄。	Passing in a day through seven stages [of the sky].

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
或	戈+4	𢈿	huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ	Pronoun: some, someone, something. / Have. / Sometimes. / Again. / Either, perhaps. / Expressive particle. / Confuse, be at a loss.	v2,p1402#08	p.412#18	p.552r5c01
以	人+3	㠯	yǐ ㄧˇ	Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as 「已(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「已(7.2)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely.	v1,p0105#07	p.94#01	p.87r6c01
其	八+6	丌亓	qí ㄑㄧˊ	Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo.	v1,p0245#01	p.127#18	p.162r5c01
			jì ㄐㄧˋ	Particle used after bi and he.
			jī ㄐㄧ	Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year.
酒	酉+3		jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ	wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage	v6,p3574#02	p.1281#03	p.1349r6c03
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as 「否(1.2)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「否(1.3)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as 「丕(1)」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
漿	水+11	𤕯浆	jiāng jiàng ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄧㄤˋ	any thick fluid; starch; broth	v3,p1712#05	p.648#07	p.829r4c03
鞙	革+7	琄	xuàn juān ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄢ	scabbard; traces, reins	v7,p4336#10	p.1388#13	p.1467r4c05
佩	人+6		pèi ㄆㄟˋ	belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect	v1,p0150#07	p.100#04	p.100r3c03
璲	玉+13	隧	suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ	pendant girdle ornament	v2,p1138#07	p.743#20	p.901r2c01
長	長+0	镸𨱗𠤐𠑷𠔊𠑻𠑿𡕣长	cháng zhǎng zhàng ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ	long; length; excel in; leader	v6,p4050#01	p.1328#07	p.1399r3c04
維	糸+8	维	wéi yí ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˊ	maintain, preserve, safeguard	v5,p3415#05	p.927#15	p.1049r4c05
天	大+1	𠀡𠀘𦴞兲靝𠕹	tiān ㄊㄧㄢ	sky, heaven; god, celestial	v1,p0522#01	p.248#04	p.358r4c01
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as 「又(3)」 yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
漢	水+11	㵄𣶔汉	hàn tān ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄢ	the Chinese people, Chinese language	v3,p1713#09	p.646#17	p.826r5c01
監	皿+9	𧨭𧩾譼监	jiān jiàn kàn ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄢˋ	supervise, control, direct	v4,p2566#03	p.796#02	p.940r5c01
亦	亠+4	𠅃	yì ㄧˋ	Original character for 腋. / Also. / Just, merely. / Again. / Modal particle at the beginning or middle of a sentence. / Accumulate.	v1,p0281#03	p.88#09	p.78r2c02
光	儿+4	灮炗𤎫𠈑𤉭	guāng ㄍㄨㄤ	light, brilliant, shine; only	v1,p0266#07	p.124#06	p.135r4c01
跂	足+4		qí qǐ qì ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧˋ	creeping, crawling	v6,p3689#06	p.1222#25	p.1288r3c05
彼	彳+5		bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	That. / There. / He. / Others, the other. / Not, no.	v2,p0817#10	p.365#25	p.509r6c02
織	糸+12	𥿮綕𦁓𦁋织	zhī zhì ㄓㄓˋ	weave, knit; organize, unite	v5,p3453#17	p.938#29	p.1059r4c06
女	女+0	女𠨰	nǚ ㄋㄩˇ	Woman, female. / Unmarried woman. / Weak and small.	v2,p1023#23	p.254#22	p.376r1c02
			nǜ ㄋㄩˋ	Marry off.
			rǔ ㄖㄨˇ	Same as 「汝(2)」 rǔ ㄖㄨˇ: Second person pronoun: you.
終	糸+5	𣊂𤽘𣧩𠔾𡦿𢍐𣈩𤽬夊终	zhōng ㄓㄨㄥ	end; finally, in the end	v5,p3384#05	p.921#01	p.1039r4c06
日	日+0	𡆸	rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ	sun; day; daytime	v2,p1482#01	p.489#01	p.627r1c01
七	一+1	柒	qī ㄑㄧ	seven	v1,p0003#03	p.75#07	p.7r4c02
襄	衣+11	㐮𡣿𠆝𧞜	xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	aid, help, assist; undress	v5,p3109#12	p.1123#31	p.1219r6c01

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