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| Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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| restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties/(any number of possible translations) |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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克
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to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares | |
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克
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ke (c. 2000 bc), seventh of the legendary flame emperors, 炎帝[yan2 di4] descended from shennong 神農|神农[shen2 nong2] farmer god / variant of 克[ke4] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain | |
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己
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self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa | |
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复
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to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out | |
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复
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to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate | |
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礼
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abbr. for 禮記|礼记[li3 ji4], classic of rites / gift / rite / ceremony / propriety / etiquette / courtesy / surname li |
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