绳 (繩) shéng

1. shéng noun rope; string; cord
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 麻绳 'hemp rope' (Guoyu '繩' n 1; Kroll 2015 '繩' 1; NCCED '绳' 1; Unihan '繩')
2. shéng verb to measure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衡量 (Guoyu '繩' v 3; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2b; Unihan '繩')
3. shéng verb to restrain; to confine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 约束; for example, the idiom 绳之以法 'restrain according to the law' (Guoyu '繩' v 1; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2c; NCCED '绳' 4; Unihan '繩')
4. shéng noun a carpenter's line marker
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 绳墨 (Guoyu '繩' n 2; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2; NCCED '绳' 2)
5. shéng noun a gauge; a criterion; a rule; a standard
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 规矩 or 准则; as in 准绳 (Guoyu '繩' n 3; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2a; NCCED '绳' 3)
6. shéng verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Guoyu '繩' v 4; Kroll 2015 '繩' 4; NCCED '绳' 4; Unihan '繩')
7. shéng verb to commend; to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繩' 3)
8. shéng proper noun Sheng
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '繩' n 4)
9. shéng verb to correct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 纠正 (Guoyu '繩' v 2)

Contained in

• 吊绳(吊繩) sling
• 头绳(頭繩) string to tie hair
• 晒衣绳(曬衣繩) clothesline
• 规矩绳墨(規矩繩墨) compasses, set square and straight line marker; established standard; norms; criteria
• 绳结(繩結) knot
• 拧成一股绳(擰成一股繩) to twist together to form a rope; to unite; to work together
• 绳索套(繩索套) a noose
• 棕绳(棕繩) rope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 细绳(細繩) string; twine; cord
• 晾衣绳(晾衣繩) clothesline
• 钢丝绳(鋼絲繩) hawser; steel rope
• 线绳(線繩) string; cotton rope
• 缆绳(纜繩) cable; hawser; mooring rope
• 规矩准绳(規矩準繩) compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline; established standard; norms; criteria
• 进退中绳(進退中繩) to advance or retreat, each has its rules; many translations are possible
• 结绳(結繩) to tie a knot in a rope ; a knotted cord
• 绳梯(繩梯) a rope ladder
• 绳之以法(繩之以法) to restrain according to the law
• 走绳(走繩) tightrope walking
• 绳墨(繩墨) carpenter's straight line marker
• 套绳(套繩) a lasso
• 花绳(花繩) a garland
• 绳索(繩索) rope ; rope
• 腘绳肌(膕繩肌) hamstring
• 缰皮绳(韁皮繩) reins
• 绳子(繩子) a cord; a string; a rope
• 牵绳(牽繩) tow rope
• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳(一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩) once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy
• 结绳记事(結繩記事) knots in a cord used to record events
• 缰绳(韁繩) reins
• 麻绳(麻繩) hemp rope
• 瓦灶绳床(瓦灶繩床) a bed of string and a stove of brick
• 绳套(繩套) noose; harness
• 准绳(準繩) yardstick; fig. criterion; ground rule
• 一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳(一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩) bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years; once bitten twice shy
• 跳绳(跳繩) to jump rope; jump rope
• 一条绳上的蚂蚱(一條繩上的螞蚱) grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string; people who are in it together for better or worse; people who will sink or swim together

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冲绳 、 绳纹时代 、 绳文 、 冲绳县 、 冲绳群岛 、 冲绳岛

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• 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 21
• 卷一百〇四 志第五十七 禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 17
• 卷二百〇九 列傳第九十七 楊最 馮恩 楊爵 周怡 劉魁 沈束 沈鍊 楊繼盛 楊允繩 Volume 209 Biographies 97: Yang Zui, Feng En, Yang Jue, Zhou Yi, Liu Kui, Shen Shu, Shen Lian, Yang Jicheng, Yang Yunsheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 卷二十三 志第三: 禮儀三 Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
• 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 10
• 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He Guanzi 管子 — count: 10
• 卷十四　　　　　志第四　　　　禮樂四 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rites and Music 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 10
• 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8

Collocations

• 绳绳 (繩繩) 繩繩兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧螽斯 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Zhong Si — count: 12
• 中绳 (中繩) 日冬至則斗北中繩 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 7
• 绳之外 (繩之外) 繩之外也 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 7
• 法绳 (法繩) 動而法繩 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 6
• 引绳 (引繩) 不引繩之外 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 大體第二十九 Chapter 29: Cardinal Principles — count: 6
• 绳屦 (繩屨) 繩屨無絇 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 5
• 钩绳 (鉤繩) 皆中規矩鉤繩 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 5
• 负绳 (負繩) 負繩及踝以應直 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《深衣》 The Long Dress in One Piece — count: 4
• 绳枢 (繩樞) 甕牖繩樞之子 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 夫绳 (夫繩) 若夫繩之引軲也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說下 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon II — count: 3