A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1912
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    璣1 789 R•微 ^幾 Even Upper. m 79° R.微 See幾 Even Upper. 蟣3 79i R.微尾 See 幾 Even and Rising Upper. 織1 m 792 R•微 See Even Upper. armour 793 R.微 See幾 Even Upper. Stones or ledges in a. stream [=水中磧也， 830.] A pier or jetty. An eddy. An obstruction. To rub. 璣頭 a breakwater; a jetty. 機IT古東的joking or bumping about. An omen, of good or evil. Opportune. Read chi\ To drink wine after taking a bath,一to restore any lost vitality. 進 to send in the bath-cup. A louse ； an apm^. The 131,712,000th part of a yodjana or day’s march. Sanskrit likcha. 蛾 g lice- 甲胄生嵝風thek breeds lice,—so long have they had it on. Read ch>i%. A synonym of 棋 a leech. To slander ； to rail、at To mock at; to jeer. To blame. To examine, as at a Custom-house ； see 6368. 好^^以詩詞譏切時 事》to be fond of railing at the age in verse. 譏諷大臣 to satirize high officials. 譏笑。r譏誚。r譏刺t。 ridicule. 譏發 to exasperate. 議察 to inspect inspector whose duty it is to be on the look-out for traitors at Court. A barb on a hook ； a fluke.* Used for 機787. 無鐵之鈎 a hook without a barb,―catches no fish. 鑲發。r連鐵 a catch; a spring, as in machinery ； the motive power. 韈1 794 R.微 See Even Upper. The bit on a bridle: check a horse. to 795 R.▲支 F. v. kwi See Even Upper. 796 R. vulgar. C. kei Even Upper. 竒 797 奇 798 是猶以_而御騨突 like using a bit to hold a bolting horse,一impossible. [Only the snaffle is known to the Chinese. Dearth ； famine ； hunger. 饑荒。r饑饉 famine See 5098. 打饑荒 to be in distress; to borrow money. Also, to pretend to be in want, so as to get money. Also, to settle up accounts. To pick up a scanty living. I t0 run int0 debt. 找饑荒 to make trouble; to pick a quarrel. 周饑荒 to quarrel, as about accounts. 肚儀。r饑餓hungry. 饑色 a starved, hungry look. 饑不擇食。r眞饑者 無擇也 hungry people are not particular. 鑛死 to die of starvation. r 广 i 如儀得食 like a hungry man who has got food,一overjoyed. 賙霉路之饑琴aid thase starving by ^the roadside. 梂野菜茸饑to piek — plants to satisfy hunger. 饑渴之際 in the midst ofj hunger and thirst,—at the last extremity. A demon which bewilders people. Devilish. W 799 r•支紙 C. J^ei H.skH F. iki W. // F.cchil M. uhH K. kii J. ki A.i* Even and Rising Irregular. 800 R•支 C. ik'ei'kei F. ki W.Sc/ji N. ci P. chi Y. ichH K. kii Even Upper and Lower. A crooked burin or chisel, called 剞劂， used in wood carving. 剞劂氏 the wood-carving trade. 付之剞劂 to hand over (MS) to the printer. A Same as 991. See 9QI. 觭1 8oi 支 幾崎 P. (coll.)c^/ Even Upper. R. 騎 802 寄4 8。3 R•寘 F. kie S-記 Sinking Upper, Surplus, waste land.l Refuse ； leavings. W田 odd bits of land. 崎零odds and ends; refuse. 崎籍 a list of wandering people! of the gipsy class. 左畸 the left wing of an army. I 夕^方畸人啡3^，eccentric j people. Used of Taoist magi-| cians, etc. u 畸人者•，畸於人而浑 ^ extraordinary men are I extraordinary to men, but ordi-| nary to God. 畸輕畸重 to be prejudiced j against; to favour one side or| the other. One horn turning up ahd| the other down. Not a pair. To obtain. 綺角 uneven; irregular; three-1 cornered. 角奢偶odd and even. 觭輪無反 not a single wheel j returned,—an utter defeat. See 1001 • To lodge at. To deliver I over to. To send. A letter. The east. See 1164, 6908. 寄居。r寄寓a寄身to| lodge at; to stop at a place. 寄宿 to pass the night 寄客 a visitor; a sojourner.
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