若 ruò

1. ruò verb to seem / to be like / as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: nyak; 若 was used as a verb in this sense, as well as other senses, in literary Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 v; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90; Kroll 2015 '若' 1; GHC '若' 5).
2. ruò adverb seemingly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'ruò' 若 adv)
3. ruò conjunction if
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 若 is used as a subordinating conjunction in this sense in Literary Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 conj; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90, 150; Kroll 2015 '若' 2; GHC '若' 9).
4. ruò pronoun you
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 若 was also used as a singular second person pronoun in Classical Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 pronoun; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77; Kroll 2015 '若' 6; GHC '若' 7).
5. ruò pronoun this / that
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 4; GHC '若' 8)
6. ruò conjunction and / or
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 8; GHC '若' 10, 11, 12, 13)
7. ruò conjunction as for / pertaining to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 5)
8. rě phonetic re
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Used in transliteration of Indian terms, such as 般若波羅蜜 Bōrěbōluómì 'Prajñāpāramitā' (Kroll 2015 '若' rě 1).
9. rě noun pomegranite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Fruit 水果
   Notes: As in 若榴 rěliu (Kroll 2015 '若' rě 2)
10. ruò verb to choose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 选择 (GHC '若' 1)
11. ruò verb to agree / to accord with / to conform to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 若 was used sometimes in this sense in preclassical Chinese. This sense is similar in meaning to 顺从 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90; Kroll 2015 '若' 2; GHC '若' 2).
12. ruò adverb thus
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 若 was used sometimes as an adverb in this sense in preclassical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90).
13. ruò noun pollia
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Herb 香草
    Notes: The name of the herb 杜若 (Kroll 2015 '若' 9; GHC '若' 3)
14. ruò noun Ruo
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Deity 神
    Notes: The name of the sea god (GHC '若' 4)
15. ruò adverb only then
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 才(GHC '若' 14)

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• 不若 not as good as ; not good
• 判若两人(判若兩人) to be a different person / not to be one's usual self
• 敬若神明 to hold somebody in the same regard as one would a god
• 若然 if / if so
• 大勇若怯 a great hero may appear timid / the really brave person remains level-headed
• 设若(設若) if
• 怅然若失(悵然若失) perplexed / frustrated
• 洞若观火(洞若觀火) clear as a flame / to see things absolutely clearly
• 言行若一 one's actions are in keeping with what one says
• 倘若 if / provided that / supposing that
• 若非 were it not for / if not for
• 若即若离(若即若離) seeming neither close nor distant / to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague
• 终始若一(終始若一) unchanging from start to finish
• 固若金汤(固若金湯) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water / well fortified
• 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到(善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到) Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time
• 大智若愚 great understanding may appear to be like stupidity
• 了若指掌(瞭若指掌) to understand as [clearly as] pointing to the palm of the hand
• 若榴 pomegranite
• 呆若木鸡(呆若木雞) dumb as a wooden chicken / dumbstruck
• 料敌若神(料敵若神) to measure the enemy like a god / to assess a situation very well
• 泰然自若 calm and composed
• 深藏若虚(深藏若虛) to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it / modest about one's talents
• 冷若冰霜 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid
• 危若朝露 precarious as morning dew / unlikely to last out the day

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