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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• 如堕五里雾中(如墮五里霧中) as if lost in a thick fog; in a fog; muddled; completely unfamiliar with sth
• 如夫人 concubine
• 赤贫如洗(赤貧如洗) without two nickels to rub together; impoverished
• 诺如病毒(諾如病毒) norovirus
• 势如彍弩(勢如彍弩) energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow
• 自愧不如 ashamed of being inferior; to feel inferior to others
• 文如其人 the writing style mirrors the writer
• 急如星火 as hurried as a shooting star; requiring immediate action; extremely urgent
• 俨如白昼(儼如白晝) as bright as daylight
• 磕头如捣蒜(磕頭如搗蒜) to kowtow like grinding garlic; to pound the ground with one's head
• 烂醉如泥(爛醉如泥) lit. as drunk as mud; completely drunk
• 健步如飞(健步如飛) running as fast as flying
• 空空如也 as empty as anything; completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
• 何如 what; how ; not as good as ; why
• 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
• 假如 if ; even if ; for example
• 如此这般(如此這般) thus and so; such and such
• 大雨如注 pouring with rain; rain bucketing down
• 如日方升 like the sun beginning to rise; conditions are improving
• 相待如宾(相待如賓) to treat each other like honored guests
• 如假包换(如假包換) replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic
• 人生如梦(人生如夢) life is like a dream
• 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝(金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩) there's no place like home
• 心口如一 to say what you think
• 如意算盘(如意算盤) counting one's chickens before they are hatched
• 晏如 peaceful; tranquil ; leisurely; carefree
• 即如 even if; such as
• 惜墨如金 to treasure writing like gold
• 危如朝露 precarious as the morning dew; ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
• 骨瘦如柴 as thin as a match; emaciated
• 一如所料 as expected
• 如约而至(如約而至) to arrive as planned; right on schedule
• 视如寇仇(視如寇仇) to regard as an enemy
• 动如雷震(動如雷震) move like lightning
• 从善如登，从恶如崩(從善如登，從惡如崩) doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall
• 如法炮制(如法炮製) to follow the recipe; to follow a set pattern
• 嗜酒如命 to love wine as one's life; fond of the bottle
• 如切如磋 as cut, then file
• 诚如(誠如) it is exactly as
• 如愿以偿(如願以償) to have one's wishes fulfilled
• 不绝如缕(不絕如縷) hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
• 游人如织(遊人如織) crowded with visitors; packed with tourists
• 岁月如梭(歲月如梭) time flies
• 如次 like so; thus
• 突如其来(突如其來) to arise abruptly
• 应对如流(應對如流) to respond fluently; to answer smartly
• 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
• 江山如画(江山如畫) scenery like a painting
• 如堕烟雾(如墮煙霧) as if degenerating into smoke; ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
• 杀人如麻(殺人如麻) to kill people like scything flax; to kill people like flies

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• 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 354
• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 340
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 203
• 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 192
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 191
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 189
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 166
• 卷二十七 志第三 天文三 Volume 27 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 161
• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 159
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 149