绪 (緒) xù

  1. xù noun end of a thread; a thread
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Figuratively, the beginning of something (CCD '绪' 1; Guoyu '緒' n 1; Unihan '緒'; XHZD '绪' 1)
  2. xù noun remnant; vestige
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '绪' 2; XHZD '绪' 4)
  3. xù noun mood; mental state; emotional state
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 心念 or 心境 (CCD '绪' 3; Guoyu '緒' n 4; XHZD '绪' 3)
  4. xù noun cause; undertaking; task
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 事业 (CCD '绪' 4; Guoyu '緒' n 5; XHZD '绪' 2)
  5. xù noun the start of something
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '緒' n 3)
  6. xù noun sequence; order
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 次序 (Guoyu '緒' n 2)
  7. xù proper noun Xu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '绪' 5)

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武挺绪 、 头绪 、 耶律隆绪 、 光绪 、 光绪帝 、 执行绪 、 殷弘绪

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