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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (1.1): 形体。 Body, thing with form.
| 《》: | 大象无形。 | | A semblance great, the shadow of a shade. |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (1.2): 特指身体。 Human body.
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (2.1): 形状，形象。 Form, appearance.
| 《·》: | 故兵无常势，水无常形。 | | Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. | | 《·》: | 符拔形似麟而无角。 |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (2.2): 特指地形。 Lay of the land.
| 《·》: | 孙子曰：地形有通者，有挂者，有支者，有隘者，有险者，有远者。 | | Sunzi said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy. |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (2.3): 情形，情况。 Circumstances.
| 《·》: | 今太子闻光壮盛之时，不知吾形已不逮也，幸而教之曰‘燕秦不两立，愿先生留意也’ | | 《·》: | 今圣王没，名守慢，奇辞起，名实乱，是非之形不明，则虽守法之吏，诵数之儒，亦皆乱也。 |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (3): 形势。 Condition, situation.
| 《·》: | 夫秦、韩不得无同忧，其形可见。 | | 《·》: | 强弱，形也。 |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (4): 形成。 Form, create.
| 《·》: | 故欲成方圆而随其规矩，则万事之功形矣。 | | 《·》: | 然则天地初形，人物既著，则算数之事生矣。 |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (5): 表现，显露。 Exhibit, show.
| 《·》: | 有诸内必形诸外。 | | When there is the gift within, it manifests itself without. |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (6): 对照，比较。 Compare.
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (7): 通〝型〞：模子。 Mould, die.
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (8): 通“” xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: 刑法，法度。 Law, rules of punishment.
| 《·》: | 治复一，修之吉，君子执之心如结，众人贰之，谗夫弃之，形是诘。 |
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xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ (9): 通“” xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: 盛羹的瓦器。 Porcelain soup bowl.
| 《·》: | 逮至其厚爱，黍稷不二，羹胾不重，饭于土塯，啜于土形，斗以酌。 | | Yet, even when he was served with what he much liked, he did not take a double cereal or both soup and meat. He ate out of an earthen liu and drank out of an earthen xing, and took wine out of a spoon. |
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