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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (1.1): 音樂。 Music.
| 《·》: | 曰：「不圖為樂之至於斯也！」 | | He said, "I did not think that music could have been made so excellent as this." | | 《·》: | 曰：「王之好樂甚，則齊其庶幾乎！」 | | Mencius said, 'If your Majesty's love of music were very great, Qi would be near to a state of good government!' | | 《·》: | 昏禮不用樂，幽陰之義也。 | | At the marriage ceremony, they did not employ music, having reference to the feeling of solitariness and darkness (natural to the separation from parents). | | 《·》: | 先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。 | | 《》: | 將說楚王路過洛陽，父母聞之，清宮除道，張樂設飲，郊迎三十里。 |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (1.2): 奏樂。 Perform, play music.
| 《·》: | 曰：「獨樂樂，與人樂樂，孰樂？」 | | Mencius asked, 'Which is the more pleasant - to enjoy music by yourself alone, or to enjoy it with others?' | | 《·》: | 大夫不食粱，士飲酒不樂。 | | Great officers will not eat the large grained millet; and (other) officers will not have music (even) at their drinking. |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (2): 樂器。 Musical instrument.
| 《·》: | 樂具入奏、以綏後祿。 | | The musicians all go in to perform, And give their soothing aid at the second blessing. |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (3): 樂經。 The (now lost) classic of music.
| 《·》: | 孔子謂老聃曰：「丘治《》、《》、《禮》、《樂》、《》、《春秋》六經，自以為久矣，孰知其故矣，以奸者七十二君，論先王之道而明周、召之跡，一君無所鉤用。」 | | Confucius said to Lao Dan, 'I have occupied myself with the Shi, the Shu, the Li, the Yue, the Yi, and the Chun Qiu, those six Books, for what I myself consider a long time, and am thoroughly acquainted with their contents. With seventy-two rulers, all offenders against the right, I have discoursed about the ways of the former kings, and set forth the examples (of the dukes of Zhou and Shao); and not one of them has adopted (my views) and put them in practice:' |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (4): 樂工。 Musician.
| 《·》: | 齊人歸女樂，季桓子受之。 | | The people of Qi sent to Lu a present of female musicians, which Ji Huan received. | | 《·》: | 竽也者，五聲之長者也，故竽先則鍾瑟皆隨，竽唱則諸樂皆和。 |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (5): 姓。 Yue, a surname.
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (6.1): 喜悅，愉快。 Happiness.
| 《·》: | 有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？ | | Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? | | 《·》: | 曰：「獨樂樂，與人樂樂，孰樂？」 | | Mencius asked, 'Which is the more pleasant - to enjoy music by yourself alone, or to enjoy it with others?' | | 《·》: | 莊子曰：「儵魚出遊從容，是魚樂也。」 | | When the former said, 'These thryssas come out, and play about at their ease - that is the enjoyment of fishes.' | | 《·》: | 洧之外、洵訏且樂。 | | Beyond the Wei, The ground is large and fit for pleasure. ' | | 《·》: | 怡，懌，悅，欣，衎，喜，愉，豫，愷，康，妉，般，樂也。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (6.2): 使高興，使歡樂。 Make happy.
| 《·》: | 窈窕淑女、鍾鼓樂之。 | | The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: With bells and drums let us show our delight in her. |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (7): 喜愛，喜歡。 Fondness for, liking of.
| 《·》: | 孟子見梁惠王，王立於沼上，顧鴻鴈麋鹿，曰：「賢者亦樂此乎？」 | | Mencius, another day, saw King Hui of Liang. The king went and stood with him by a pond, and, looking round at the large geese and deer, said, 'Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?' | | 《·》: | 樂彼之園、爰有樹檀、其下維蘀。 | | Pleasant is that garden, In which are the sandal trees; But beneath them are only withered leaves. |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (8): 樂於，樂意。 Happy to, willing to.
| 《·》: | 天子為其絕遠，非人所樂往，聽其言，予節，募吏民毋問所從來，為具備人眾遣之，以廣其道。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (9): 安樂。 Tranquil, contented.
| 《·》: | 內思畢心曰知中，中以應實曰知恕，內恕外度曰知外，外內參意曰知德，德以柔政曰知政，正義辨方曰知官，官治物則曰知事，事戒不虞曰知備，毋患曰樂，樂義曰終。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (10): 泛指聲色。 Music and debauchery.
| 《·》: | 又一年，王召范蠡而問焉，曰：「吾與子謀吳，子曰『未可也』，今吳王因于樂而忘其百姓，亂民功，逆天時。」 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (11): 姓。 Le, a surname.
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