A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1912
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Credit: A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert Allen Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CH‘I [^28 ] 起3 1070 f胃 to state the lowest price. 起竭幾個錢what is the lowest you will take ? 起兵 to raise troops. 那邊起火■了there is a fire over there. 起了火《 he got angry. 起先。1起初。1•起頭OT 起首。r起前OT起初 at first; in the beginning. 從這邊起 begin from here, —in writing, building, sweeping, measuring, etc., etc. 起動。I•起造 to begin doing anything. 殼利起心 t。be tempted by the prospect of gain. 走?念^ to think a thought. See 8303. 途g 意 to conceive the idea of anything. 0 t0 give a name to. 起他一個混名give him a nickname. 陡起風波t0 stir UP wind and wave,—cause an excitement, as by false rumours. 貨 to land cargo; to take delivery of goods. 起貨單* a permit to land. 起岸 to land goods; to be landed. 起下來 t0' bring off—as baggage from a ship. 淸七0 completely discharge, —cargo. 起卸貨物 t。discharge cargo. ^ an improvement,—as in one’s prospects; in trade, etc. 起 to reckon; to begin reckoning from. 見 motive; object in view. 爲你起見 in y。111 behalf； in your interests. • _爲保護起見theorigi- nal object (of.above-mentioned action) was protection. 將絕齒迸起knocked the teeth out.of the rake,—by strik¬ ing against a stone. 越 1070 ^ to cause strife。 起予者商也he who can bring out my meaning is Shang. 倒one end up and the other down,—of things in unstable equilibrium. 起典 to prosper. 起發 to make one’s way; to get rich. 元首 哉 let the prince be zealous in his duties. 百餘字中，有起承轉 ^b. ^ in the compass of about a hundred words we have opening, elucidation, re-state¬ ment or embellishment, and conclusion,—a perfect essay. See 7 61. 一* 遍的人 al1 the party. 他是我一起的、heis one of my party. 一■走§ 來看' come in all at once and see. 不下數十起之多^ less than several tens. 我想不起 I cannot remem¬ ber. 怒起來t。㈣助町- 大聲笑起來to burst into a roar of laughter. 趣？來 begins to get painful. 不敢題起 I don’t venture to allude to it. 不 (in history) he would not take up his post. 累徵不起he was often appointed but would not take up 'his posts. 我實在當不起I really am not equal to the honour; you do me too much honour, etc. Ir I can’t afford to engage,—a teacher. 起故官 he resumed his old post. to begin the service for the dead. ^6鼓 t0 begin beating the drum, when the funeral guests arrive at the mortuary chamber. 至 thence; as far as. to erect. 起回 to bring back. 起3 1070 屺3 1071 R•紙 C. kci F. ki w.i N. 1 ^ ■•卜 Sz.) K. kii J. hi A. kH Rising Upper, 噶3 1072 R紙 See祀 Rising Upper. BK3 1073 位鲁 See枝 Rising Lower. 起事 to cause trouble. 起根originally. 建^誓1 to take an oath. 毛 to have a rough or hairy surface. 起粉 to become powdery. 起息 to bear interest. ^ to open and close; to begin and end. 起那兒過to Pass b.y that way; which is the way? 的 a diviner; a calcula¬ tor of destinies. _卜 to cast a horoscope. 起程01■起行 to start; to begin a journey. 旱 to start on a journey by land. 建to start.一of high officials. 案 to be put in, or be pro¬ duced to a court,*—as (c.g.) weapons used in a case of murder. 出 to give up, as plunder； to produce; to discharge cargo, f田 to let on lease: to begin tilling land. | A hill without trees or grass. See 4968. 艘彼 |I|己兮* I ascend that bare hill,一and think of my mother. Hence,— 涉山己 to have a longing for one’s mother. 空陟屺其何望IUK>kfOT my mother but cannot see her, 一she is dead. A plant with, a. bitter taste, good for gunshot wounds and cuts. | An old name for 宜城 縣 in the northern part of Hupeh.
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