辞 (辭) cí
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cí
noun
words; speech; expression; phrase; dialog
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '辭' n 2; Unihan '辭') -
cí
verb
to resign
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '辞' 2, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 2, p. 107) -
cí
verb
to dismiss; to fire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 解雇 (Guoyu '辞' v 5; NCCED '辞' 3, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 3, p. 107) -
cí
noun
rhetoric
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Elegant language used in debate (Guoyu '辞' n 1; XHZD '辞' 4, p. 107) -
cí
verb
to say goodbye; to take leave
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The same as 辞别 or 告别 in this sense; as in 告辞 (Guoyu '辞' v 3; NCCED '辞' 1, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 1, p. 107) -
cí
noun
ci genre poetry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 辞赋 (Guoyu '辭' n 4; XHZD '辞' 5, p. 107) -
cí
verb
to avoid; to decline
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 推辞 (Guoyu '辞' v 1NCCED '辞' 4, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 2, p. 107) -
cí
noun
cause for gossip; reason for condemnation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 话柄 (Guoyu '辞' n 3) -
cí
verb
to tell; to inform
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 告知 (Guoyu '辞' v 1) -
cí
verb
to blame; to criticize
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 责备 (Guoyu '辞' v 4)
Contained in
- 正式辞职(正式辭職) to official resign
- 辞赋(辭賦) ci genre poetry
- 文辞(文辭) language; words
- 微辞(微辭) subtle words
- 赞辞(贊辭) praise
- 言辞(言辭) what one says; words; a remark; an utterance
- 告辞(告辭) to take leave
- 辞源(辭源) Ci Yuan
- 隐约其辞(隱約其辭) equivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language
- 不辞劳苦(不辭勞苦) to spare no effort
- 托辞(託辭) to make an excuse
- 袖珍辞典(袖珍辭典) pocket dictionary
- 奉辞(奉辭) denunciation
- 不辞辛苦(不辭辛苦) to make nothing of hardships
- 不辞辛勞(不辭辛勞) to not be afraid of laborious effort
- 承颜接辞(承顏接辭) to meet for a discussion
- 敬辞(敬辭) a term of respect; an honorific title
- 辞章(辭章) poetry and prose; rhetoric
- 哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
- 辞呈(辭呈) (written) resignation
- 辞格(辭格) figure of speech
- 驳辞(駁辭) refutation; incoherent speech
- 难辞其咎(難辭其咎) cannot escape censure for that error
- 同义词辞典(同義詞辭典) thesaurus
- 各有辞(各有辭) each has its own designation
- 昌辞(昌辭) eloquent writing
- 一辞莫赞(一辭莫贊) left speechless
- 修辞格(修辭格) figure of speech
- 辞让(辭讓) to comply; to politely yield
- 卑辞厚礼(卑辭厚禮) humble expression for generous gift
- 致辞(致辭) to express in words or writing; to make a speech
- 万死不辞(萬死不辭) ten thousand deaths will not prevent me; ready to risk life and limb to help out
- 辞去(辭去) to resign; to quit
- 辞世(辭世) to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世
- 发语辞(發語辭) literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
- 辞行(辭行) to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells
- 彖辞(彖辭) to interpret the divinatory trigrams
- 含糊其辞(含糊其辭) indistinct speech
- 慎辞(慎辭) cautious with words
- 辩辞(辯辭) an excuse
- 谀辞(諛辭) flattering words
- 说辞(說辭) excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
- 大放厥辞(大放厥辭) great release of talk; to spout nonsense
- 辞汇(辭彙) vocabulary
Also contained in
辞书学 、 楚辞章句 、 欲加之罪,何患无辞 、 归去来兮辞 、 归去来辞 、 修辞 、 卜辞
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- 卷十一 志第三 樂 Volume 11 Treatises 3: Music Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 116
- 卷14 志第9 音樂中 Volume 14 Treatises 9: Music 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 87
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 71
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 60
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 51
- 卷四百十四 列傳第一百七十三 史弥远 鄭清之 史嵩之 董槐 葉夢鼎 馬廷鸞 Volume 414 Biographies 173: Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi, Shi Songzhi, Dong Huai, Ye Mengding, Ma Tingluan History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 34
- 卷四百二十五 列傳第一百八十四 劉應龍 潘牥 洪芹 趙景緯 馮去非 徐霖 徐宗仁 危昭德 陳塏 楊文仲 謝枋得 Volume 425 Biographies 184: Liu Yinglong, Pan 牥, Hong Qin, Zhao Jingwei, Feng Qufei, Xu Lin, Xu Zongren, Wei Zhaode, Chen Kai, Yang Wenzhong, Xie Fangde History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
- 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 28
- 卷一百十九 志第七十二 禮二十二 Volume 119 Treatises 72: Rites 22 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
Collocations
- 辞曰 (辭曰) 辭曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 45
- 子辞 (子辭) 楚子辭焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
- 公辞 (公辭) 公辭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 敢辞 (敢辭) 陪臣敢辭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 固辞 (固辭) 固辭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
- 伯辞 (伯辭) 鄭伯辭以難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 辞玉 (辭玉) 襄仲辭玉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 人辞 (人辭) 邾人辭曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 侯辞 (侯辭) 齊侯辭焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 辞邑 (辭邑) 子產辭邑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2