伺 sì
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sì
verb
to examine; to spy on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 暗中侦察; as in 伺探 (Guoyu '伺' sì; Unihan '伺') -
cì
verb
to serve; to wait upon; to attend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 伺候 (Guoyu '伺' cì; Unihan '伺')
Contained in
- 伺机(伺機) to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance
- 观衅伺隙(觀釁伺隙) to look for holes, and observe gaps; to search out one's opponent's weak points
- 难伺候(難伺候) hard to please; high-maintenance
- 守株伺兔 to guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits
- 窥伺(窺伺) to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
- 伺隙 to wait for the opportunity
- 伺候 to serve; to act as a valet ; to observe
- 伺探 to spy on
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- 卷八十一 列傳第五十一 王遜 蔡豹 羊鑒 劉胤 桓宣 朱伺 毛寶 劉遐 鄧嶽 朱序 Volume 81 Biographies 51: Wang Xun; Cai Bao; Yang Jian; Liu Yin; Huan Xuan; Zhu Si; Mao Bao; Liu Xia; Deng Yue; Zhu Xu Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 45
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 卷六十六 列傳第三十六 劉弘 陶侃 Volume 66 Biographies 36: Liu Hong; Tao Kan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
- 卷91 術藝:晁崇 張淵 殷紹 王早 耿玄 劉靈助 江式等 Volume 91: The Arts - Chao Chong, Zhang Yuan, Yin Shao, Wang Zao, Geng Xuan, Liu Lingzhu, Jiang Shi, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 6
- 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 99 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 卷二百五十七 列傳第十六 吳廷祚 李崇矩 王仁贍 楚昭輔 李處耘 Volume 257 Biographies 16: Wu Tingzuo, Li Chongju, Wang Renshan, Chu Zhaofu, Li Chuyun History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷二十八 韓三 Chapter 28: Han III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
- 卷一百八十四 列傳第一百三十四: 宦官 Volume 184 Biographies 134: Imperial Officials Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
Collocations
- 候伺 (候伺) 盧綰與數千騎居塞下候伺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 14
- 伺察 (伺察) 綜伺察 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 7
- 微伺 (微伺) 且臣使人微伺之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 6
- 硃伺 (硃伺) 侃使部將硃伺救之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十六 列傳第三十六 劉弘 陶侃 Volume 66 Biographies 36: Liu Hong; Tao Kan — count: 6
- 伺閒 (伺閒) 伺閒不為狙詐 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang — count: 3
- 伺等 (伺等) 侃使硃伺等逆擊 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十六 列傳第三十六 劉弘 陶侃 Volume 66 Biographies 36: Liu Hong; Tao Kan — count: 3
- 伺国 (伺國) 伺國盛衰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十五 吳書二十 王樓賀韋華傳 Volume 65: Book of Wu 20 - Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua — count: 3
- 侯伺 (侯伺) 侯伺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓信盧綰列傳》Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan — count: 2
- 后伺 (後伺) 則後伺之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十八 志第八 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three — count: 2
- 主伺 (主伺) 主伺陰陽也 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 2