A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles.

Herbert Giles

Date:: 1912

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$tr 878 or once 卽刻。r立卽。r卽時卽日 immediately. The last two also mean “at • .the same time” and “on the same day,” respectively. 卽速 quickly; speedily. ^ ^|J urgently; with the utmost expedition. 遐未卽飲 Hsia did not pro¬ ceed to drink,一when the wine went round. 未卽見之did not at see him,—when he called. 不卽不離 neither near nor far,一the happy medium; neither one thing nor the other, though partaking of both; without haste and without delay. 卽卽回來 make haste back. 卽今 at once. 卽然 even if it were,一which it is not 卽或。r卽令supposing that,一as an alternative. 卽或不然 even if it were not so,一which it is. 大鼻卽李三也 Big-nose, alias Li San. 吾卽子期，子期卽吾也 I and Tzil Ch{i are one rnd the same person. 卽午 near noon. 如此 Just this; only this; thus. 非此卽彼 if nc)t this，then that. 非大卽小，總不合式 if not too big, then too small; never exactly right. 卽時事 seasonable matters. 卽卽i實 crammed full. 卽如惡六 he is like a vici¬ ous dog, which, etc. 卽事賦詩 poems suitable to the occasion; topical verses. 卽畢。r卽係 that is to say; if it is； it is so; the same as. 卽使0r卽舍間supposing that; even if； or supposing. 卽使一人去 even if a man is sent. 旣已違約，卽非緊要大事，總當 since there has w 878 been a breach of Treaty, even though not an important one； still it will be necessary. 黎明卽起 at dawn, he got up. 卽此足矣this be enough. 卽此可以類椎as may be inferred from this; take this to draw an analogy from. 未郯卽此事否 I know not whether it is this matter or not/—to which you allude. 吾卽爲子曹之1 wiu explain it to you. 卽有高于此者⑽ there are any higher than this. 彼卽不言，吾亦知之 though he does not speak,.] know, all the same, 一1 卽 polished him off in a single fight； or, conquering whenever they fought. 卽問福安不另1 there fore wish you health and pros¬ perity, not on a separate sheet. A formal phrase at the end of letters = I have the honour to remain, etc. 卽曰 if it be said. 卽上怪公來遲if the Emperor is angry at your coming late. 舭如我 as for instance my¬ self. 卽願 is prepared; is willing. 卽可 may thereupon. 卽將 immediately to. 將卽 very shortly. ‘ 卽經ot卽’便forthwith. The latter also means even if, notwithstanding. 卽由 whereupon it will be the duty. 卽行 thereupon. 卽補。r卽用。r卽選 expectant officers, after public examination, through the provin¬ cial authorities, and the Board of Civil O伍ce, respectively. 定卽 without fail. 不特.卽 not only.but also. 卽千 an elephant. From the Sanskrit Gaja elephant. 啷 879 R•質職 See積 P. K. chil、ch'ik Entering Upper. 塱 88o R•質職 See積 Entering Upper. 榔 881 R•屑 See櫛 (These two were originally R.質） See A. tik (sic) Entering Upper. 882 R•職 See卽 P. Schi Entering Upper. OJEXX The hum of insects. The noise of a crowd. To whisper. 哨1 _徐禾the……(of the cicada) begins to make itself heard. ' p秋啷甚久 groaning a long; time. 啷p卽復啷啷，木蘭當戶織 with a chi chi across and a chi chi back, Mu-lan sat weaving at the door,—alluding to the noise of the shuttle. 啷p農 a low sound,一as of people talking. 啷叮 a squeaking sound,—as of ungreased wheels. _ Pill 狐 _ quick gabble,—of people talking fast. 啷叮咕p冬 of noise, jabber, clatter, etc., etc. 啷啦P查啦的。r哨)時呱魄。r啷呀呱呀 chattering. To brick a grave. The snuff of a candle. To hate. To snuff out. 左手秉燭，右手析M hold the candle in the left hand and snuff it with the right. 朕塱讒說殄行WEhate evil speaking and malicious actions. Name of a tree allied to the ash, and called ‘榔栗• 榔人 a man who makes arrows. I 病憐榔栗隨身馉& weak old man feels kindly towards his staff which he is accustomed always to have with him. A centipede. 由卽且（OT 姐）the centipede,— said to eat snakes. See 10,554. 螂蝸 a kind of worm. 滄虫卽a kind of beetle.$

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