足下 gé xià
gé xià
phrase
you
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Literally, beneath the feet, this expression was used to a superior or between persons of the same generation (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 78).
Contained in
- 千里之行，始于足下(千里之行，始於足下) a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十五 列傳第六 垣崇祖 張敬兒 Volume 25 Biographies 6: Yuan Chongzu, Zhang Jing Er Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 28
- 卷二十九 燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 26
- 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 25
- 卷三十八 蜀書八 許麋孫簡伊秦傳 Volume 38: Book of Shu 8 - Biographies of Xu, Mi, Sun, Jian, Yi, and Qin Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 24
- 卷四十三 Scroll 43 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
- 《酈生陸賈列傳》 Biographies of Li Yiji and Lu Gu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 21
- 卷四十五 蒯伍江息夫傳 Volume 45: Kuai , Wu, Jiang and Xifu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 19
- 卷一百六十六 列傳第一百十六: 元稹 白居易 Volume 166 Biographies 116: Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 16
- 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 16
- 卷一百二十三 列傳第十一 陳友諒 張士誠 方國珍 明玉珍 Volume 123 Biographies 11: Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Ming Yuzhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
Collocations
- 今足下 (今足下) 今足下雖強 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難三第三十八 Chapter 38: Difficulties III — count: 25
- 愿足下 (願足下) 願足下過太子於宮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《刺客列傳》 Biographies of Assassins — count: 16
- 足下欲 (足下欲) 今足下欲行忠信以交於漢王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 8
- 足下计 (足下計) 為足下計 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 4
- 足下悲 (足下悲) 臣何獨能令足下悲哉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 4
- 足下深 (足下深) 足下深溝高壘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 4
- 说足下 (說足下) 季將軍不說足下 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《季布欒布列傳》 Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu — count: 3
- 足下中国人 (足下中國人) 足下中國人 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 3
- 令足下 (令足下) 臣何獨能令足下悲哉 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 3
- 足下急 (足下急) 願足下急過太子 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《刺客列傳》 Biographies of Assassins — count: 3