罔 wǎng
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wǎng
noun
a net
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Variant of simplified 网, traditional 網 (Unihan '罔') -
wǎng
verb
to deceive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '罔') -
wǎng
adjective
puzzling; disappointed; frustrated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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wǎng
verb
not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 罔 is sometimes used as a negating word in the sense of 無 in preclassical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 109; Unihan '罔') -
wǎng
verb
to slander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '罔') -
wǎng
adjective
dishonest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 罔 is synonymous with 不正直 in this sense. -
wǎng
adjective
ignorant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 罔 is synonymous with 无知 in this sense. -
wǎng
verb
to catch in a net
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 罔 is synonymous with 结网 in this sense.
Contained in
- 欺罔 to deceive
- 榆罔 Yuwang
- 置若罔闻(置若罔聞) to hear but forget to listen; to neglect
- 学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆(學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆) To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
- 欺君罔上 to dupe one's sovereign
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷四十八 Scroll 48 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 13
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 11
- 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
- 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 10
- 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 9
- 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 9
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
Collocations
- 罔攸 (罔攸) 嘉言罔攸伏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 6
- 罔敢 (罔敢) 罔敢知吉 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 西伯戡黎 Shang Shu - Chief of the west's Conquest of Li — count: 6
- 民罔 (民罔) 民罔常懷 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲下 Shang Shu - Tai Jia III — count: 6
- 罔显 (罔顯) 暨厥終罔顯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 4
- 德罔 (德罔) 朕德罔克 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 4
- 罔后 (罔後) 今其有今罔後 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚中 Shang Shu - Pan Geng II — count: 3
- 罔克 (罔剋) 朕德罔克 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
- 罔不在 (罔不在) 罔不在初 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 3
- 罔念 (罔念) 王惟庸罔念聞 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 3
- 罔曰 (罔曰) 罔曰弗克 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 2