于 (於) yú

1. yú preposition in / at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 於. For example, 天生德於予 'Heaven produced the virtue that is in me.' (Lunyu 7:22) In is sense, 于 is most often placed between a verb and an object or acts like the verb 在. In its basic form it represents physical location but the meaning can also be more abstract, like the English preposition 'in'. (Guoyu '於' p. 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 9)
2. yú particle in / at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 於; acts as a locative particle (Guoyu '於' particle)
3. yú preposition in / at / to / from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 向 (Guoyu '於' p 3)
4. yú verb to go / to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 于 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 53).
5. yú verb to rely on / to depend on
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Relationship
   Notes: Traditional: 於; synonymous with 依靠 (Guoyu '於' v).
6. yú preposition to go to / to arrive at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 到 or 至 (Guoyu '於' p 5)
7. yú preposition from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 从 or 由 (Guoyu '於' p 6)
8. yú preposition give
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 给 (Guoyu '於' p 2)
9. yú preposition oppposing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Traditional: 於. In the sense of 对 (Guoyu '於' p 4)
10. yú preposition and
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 和 or 与 (Guoyu '於' p. 10)
11. yú preposition compared to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; used for comparison, in the sense of 比 (Guoyu '於' p 9)
12. yú preposition by
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; a passive construction, synonymous with 被 (Guoyu '於' p 7)
13. yú conjunction and / as well as
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; synonymous with 而 (Guoyu '於' conj)
14. yú preposition for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 於; in the sense of 为 (Guoyu '於' p 8)
15. yú proper noun Yu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 於 (Guoyu '於' n)
16. wū noun a crow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於; the original form of 烏鴉 (Guoyu '於' wū n)
17. wū interjection whew / wow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 於 (Guoyu '於' wū interjection)

Contained in

• 小于(小於) to be less than
• 贬多于褒(貶多於褒) to get more criticism than praise
• 鸿雁于征(鴻雁於征) wild geese journey far
• 耿耿于怀(耿耿於懷) to take troubles to heart / brooding
• 迁怒于人(遷怒於人) to vent one's anger on an innocent party
• 涂油于(塗油於) anoint
• 同归于尽(同歸於盡) to die in such a way that somebody else also perishes / to end in mutual destruction
• 羞于启齿(羞於啟齒) to be too shy to speak one's mind
• 属于(屬於) be classified as / to belong to / to be part of
• 相当于(相當於) equivalent to
• 植根于(植根於) to be rooted to / to take root in
• 置于(置於) to place / to put / to be located
• 仅次于(僅次于) second only to... / (in second place) preceded only by...
• 疏于(疏於) to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
• 有助于(有助於) to contribute to / to promote
• 公诸于世(公諸於世) to announce to the world / to make public / to let everyone know
• 出于(出於) to be due to / to arise from / to stem from
• 合于利而动(合於利而動) If it is to your advantage, make a forward move
• 积于忽微(積於忽微) to accumulate tiny quantities
• 决之于王(決之於王) decision by the king
• 称于世(稱于世) praised throughout the land
• 臻于郅治(臻於郅治) to attain a state of perfect governance
• 疏于防范(疏於防範) to neglect to take precautions / relaxed vigilance
• 莫过于(莫過於) nothing can surpass
• 利于(利於) be beneficial / be good for
• 限于(限於) to restrict / to be restricted
• 低于 to be lower than
• 易于反掌(易於反掌) as easy as turning over your palms
• 来源于(來源於) to originate in
• 鉴于(鑒於) in light of / in view of / whereas
• 公之于众(公之於眾) to make known to the masses / to publicize widely / to let the world know
• 至于(至於) as for / as to say / speaking of ; to reach ; go so far as to
• 几于(幾於) nearly at the point of
• 身教胜于言教(身教勝於言教) teaching by example beats explaining in words / action speaks louder than words
• 于飞(于飛) [birds] in flight
• 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴(千里之堤，潰於蟻穴) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike
• 难于登天(難於登天) harder than climbing to heaven
• 次于(次於) second after / second only to
• 取信于人(取信於人) to gain someone's trust
• 濒于(瀕於) near to / approaching (collapse)
• 无敌于天下(無敵於天下) unrivaled in the land
• 怒形于色(怒形於色) to betray anger / fury written across one's face
• 陷于(陷於) caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc)
• 忙于(忙於) busy with
• 趋于(趨於) to tend towards

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