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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (1): 奴隸主家中總管，卿大夫家臣。 Minister of a high noble or great officer.
| 《·》: | 伊尹自以為宰干湯，百里奚自以為虜干穆公，虜所辱也，宰所羞也，蒙羞辱而接君上，賢者之憂世急也。 | | 《·》: | 使仲由為季氏宰，將墮三都。 | | 《》: | 仲由為季氏宰。 |
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (2): 采邑的長官。 Governor, senior official of a municipality.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「求也，千室之邑，百乘之家，可使為之宰也，不知其仁也。」 | | The Master replied, "Qiu, in a city of a thousand families, or a clan of a hundred chariots, might be employed as governor, but I do not know whether he is perfectly virtuous." |
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (3): 泛指地方官吏。 Local officials in general.
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (4): 宰相。 Prime minister.
| 《·》: | 桓公自莒反於齊，使鮑叔牙為宰，鮑叔辭曰：「臣，君之庸臣也，君有加惠於其臣，使臣不凍飢，則是君之賜也，若必治國家，則非臣之所能也，其唯管夷吾乎！」 |
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (5): 主宰。 Dominate, rule.
| 《·》: | 忘其肝膽，遺其耳目，芒然彷徨乎塵垢之外，逍遙乎無事之業，是謂『為而不恃，長而不宰』 | | He forgets that he has a liver and gall. He takes no thought of his ears and eyes. He seems lost and aimless beyond the dust and dirt of the world, and enjoys himself at ease in occupations untroubled by the affairs of business. He may be described as acting and yet not relying on what he does, as being superior and yet not using his superiority to exercise any control. | | 《·》: | 德也者，萬民之宰也 |
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (6.1): 宰殺畜牲。 Slaughter livestock.
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (6.2): 屠夫。 Butcher.
| 《·》: | 有一牛羊不能殺也，必藉良宰。 | | When they cannot have an ox or a sheep killed they will employ able butchers. |
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (7): 主持分割祭肉的人。 Person in charge of cutting sacrifical meat.
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zǎi ㄗㄞˇ (8): 墳墓。 Grave, tomb.
| 《》: | 秦伯怒曰：「若爾之年者，宰上之木拱矣，爾曷知！」 |
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zǎi xiàng ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ (1): 泛指高級執政者。 High official.
| 《·》: | 故明主之吏，宰相必起於州部，猛將必發於卒伍。 |
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zǎi xiàng ㄗㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ (2): 特指輔佐皇帝執政的最高行政長官。 Prime minister.
| 《·》: | 仲尼、墨翟，窮為匹夫，今謂宰相曰『子行如仲尼、墨翟』 | | Zhongni and Mo Di (on the other hand) were poor, and common men; but if you say to a Prime Minister that his conduct is like that of Zhongni or Mo Di. |
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zǎi rén ㄗㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ : 掌膳食的人。 Cook, person in charge of meals.
| 《·》: | 王乃牽而上殿，宰人上食，王三環之 | | On this the king drew Zhuangzi with him, and went up to the top of the hall, where the cook set forth a meal, which the king walked round three times (unable to sit down to it). | | 《·》: | 昭僖侯之時，宰人上食而羹中有生肝焉 |
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