如 rú

1. rú verb such as; for example; for instance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '如' v 5; Kroll 2015 '如' 3, p. 390)
2. rú conjunction if
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 如 is used as a subordinate conjunction in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '如' conjunction 1; Kroll 2015 '如' 4, p. 390; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 150; GHC '如' 7; Ci Yuan '如' 6). For example, 王如善之，則何為不行？'Since your Majesty deems them excellent, why do you not practise them?' (Mengzi: 2.5/10/3, translation by Legge)
3. rú verb in accordance with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 按照 in this sense (Ci Yuan '如' 1; GHC '如' 1; Guoyu '如' v 1; Kroll 2015 '如' 1, p. 390)
4. rú verb to be appropriate; should; with regard to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 应当 (Kroll 2015 '如' 5, p. 390; GHC '如' 5; Ci Yuan '如' 4)
5. rú pronoun this
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A demonstrative pronoun (Kroll 2015 '如' 3b, p. 390)
6. rú verb it is so; it is thus; can be compared with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
7. rú preposition to go to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 往 ... 到 (Guoyu '如' v 3; Kroll 2015 '如' 2, p. 390; GHC '如' 2; Ci Yuan '如' 7)
8. rú verb to meet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
9. rú verb to appear; to seem; to be like
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 好像 or 相同(GHC '如' 3; Guoyu '如' v 2; Ci Yuan '如' 1; Ci Yuan '如' 1)
10. rú verb at least as good as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 比得上 (Guoyu '如' v 4)
11. rú conjunction and
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A coordinating conjunction, synonymous with 与 or 和 (GHC '如' 9)
12. rú conjunction or
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A coordinating conjunction, synonymous with 或 (GHC '如' 10; Guoyu '如' conjunction 2)
13. rú conjunction but
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A subordinating conjunction, synonymous with 而 (GHC '如' 8)
14. rú conjunction then
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A subordinating conjunction, synonymous with 则
15. rú particle naturally
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A particle used after a phrase like 然 (GHC '如' 11; Guoyu '如' particle)
16. rú particle expresses a question or doubt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A particle used after a phrase like 乎 (Kroll 2015 '如' 3a)
17. rú pronoun you
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Second person pronoun (Kroll 2015 '如' 6, p. 390)
18. rú noun the second lunar month
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '如' 7)
19. rú preposition in; at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '如' preposition)
20. rú proper noun Ru
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '如' n)

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• 话虽如此(話雖如此) be that as it may
• 今不如昔 things are not as good as they used to be
• 艳如桃李(艷如桃李) beautiful as peach and prune; radiant beauty
• 人算不如天算 God's plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
• 杀人如芥(殺人如芥) to kill people like cutting grass
• 危如累卵 precarious as pile of eggs; ready to fall and break at any moment; in a dangerous state
• 如次 like so; thus
• 侵掠如火 invade and plunder like fire
• 因如此 because of this
• 自愧不如 ashamed of being inferior; to feel inferior to others
• 岁月如梭(歲月如梭) time flies
• 不绝如缕(不絕如縷) hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
• 好死不如赖活着(好死不如賴活著) better a bad life than a good death
• 大雨如注 pouring with rain; rain bucketing down
• 一钱如命(一錢如命) stingy; penny-pinching
• 自愧弗如 to feel ashamed at being inferior
• 风雨如晦(風雨如晦) wind and rain darken the sky; the situation looks grim
• 如故 like an old friend ; as before
• 依然如故 back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
• 如胶投漆(如膠投漆) like glue sticking to lacquer; joined at the hip
• 事到如今 as matters stand; things having reached this stage
• 如同 to be like
• 动如雷震(動如雷震) move like lightning
• 易如反掌 as easy as turning over your palms
• 长痛不如短痛(長痛不如短痛) better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
• 安如泰山 as secure as Mount Taishan
• 如意套 condom
• 一如既往 just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
• 和好如初 to bury the hatchet; to become reconciled
• 如鲠在喉(如鯁在喉) as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat; very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
• 甘之如饴(甘之如飴) as sweet as syrup; to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment
• 烂醉如泥(爛醉如泥) lit. as drunk as mud; completely drunk
• 众心如城(眾心如城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
• 药师如来(藥師如來) Medicine Buddha
• 动如脱兔(動如脫兔) to move as fast as a rabbit
• 表里如一(表裡如一) external appearance and inner thoughts coincide; to say what one means; to think and act as one
• 如蛆附骨 like maggots feeding on a corpse; fixed on something; to cling on without letting go
• 健步如飞(健步如飛) running as fast as flying
• 如意郎君 ideal husband; Mr. Right
• 称心如意(稱心如意) to be satisfied with the state of things
• 还不如(還不如) to be better off; might as well
• 了如指掌 to know something like the back of one's hand ; to understand as [clearly as] pointing to the palm of the hand
• 伴君如伴虎 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger
• 如履薄冰 as if walking on thin ice; to be extremely cautious; to be skating on thin ice
• 如何 how; what way; what
• 如初 as before; as ever
• 如虎添翼 like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power
• 如法炮制(如法炮製) to follow the recipe; to follow a set pattern
• 如草 grassy
• 尽付阙如(盡付闕如) totally lacking

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