缴 (繳) jiǎo

  1. jiǎo verb to pay; to hand in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 交纳 (GHC '缴' 3 jiǎo; Kroll 2015 '繳' jiǎo 2, p. 626; Mathews 1931 '繳', p. 93; NCCED '缴' 1)
  2. jiǎo verb to surrender; to capture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '繳', p. 93; NCCED '缴' 2)
  3. zhuó noun a cord attached to an arrow to retrieve it
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially for hunting birds (GHC '缴' 1; Kroll 2015 '繳' 1, p. 625; Mathews 1931 '繳', p. 93)
  4. jiǎo verb to wind around; to bind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '缴' 2 jiǎo; Kroll 2015 '繳' jiǎo 1, p. 626; Mathews 1931 '繳', p. 93) For example, 外重纆繳 'outwardly fast bound with cords' (Zhuangzi, Heaven and Earth 莊子·天地, trans. by Legge 1891)
  5. jiǎo verb to involve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '繳', p. 93)

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