砥 dǐ
dǐ
noun
baffle (pier); whetstone
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 中流砥柱 mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
- 砥砺(砥礪) whetstone; (fig.) to hone; to temper; to encourage
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Truncated for common words
- 卷一百五十 列傳第三十八 郁新 趙羾 金忠 李慶 師逵 古朴 陳壽 劉季箎 劉辰 楊砥 虞謙 呂升 湯宗 Volume 150 Biographies 38: Yu Xin, Zhao Gong, Jin Zhong, Li Qing, Shi Kui, Gu Pu, Chen Shou, Liu Jichi, Liu Chen, Yang Di, Yu Qian, Lu Sheng, Tang Zong History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
- 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷二百八十五 列傳第一百七十三 文苑一 Volume 285 Biographies 173: Literature 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 成相篇第二十五 Chapter 25: Working Songs Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
- 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 4
- 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 4
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷二百四十七 列傳第六 宗室四 Volume 247 Biographies 6: Imperial Clan 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 3
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
Collocations
- 砥柱 (砥柱) 飲砥柱之湍瀨 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 33
- 砥节 (砥節) 砥節首公 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十六 趙尹韓張兩王傳 Volume 76: Zhao, Yin, Han, Zhang and two Wangs — count: 13
- 砥行 (砥行) 欲砥行立名者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《列傳‧伯夷列傳》 Biographies - Biography of Bo Yi — count: 13
- 砥厉 (砥厲) 近文章砥厲廉隅 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar — count: 9
- 砥石 (砥石) 遼出砥石 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 8
- 砥平 (砥平) 或砥平繩直 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua — count: 7
- 杨砥 (楊砥) 以行人司副楊砥言 — History of Ming 明史, 卷五十 志第二十六 禮四 Volume 50 Treatises 26: Rites 4 — count: 7
- 经砥 (經砥) 經砥柱之險 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四五 列傳第三七 文苑 Volume 45 Biographies 37: Men of Letters — count: 6
- 砥言 (砥言) 子砥言 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百四十七 列傳第六 宗室四 Volume 247 Biographies 6: Imperial Clan 4 — count: 5
- 周砥 (周砥) 周砥等為之 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷一百五十九 列傳第四十六: 宋子貞 商挺 趙良弼 趙璧 Volume 159 Biographies 46: Song Zizhen, Shang Ting, Zhao Liangbi, Zhao Bi — count: 4