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槁
gǎo
1. 枯干。
[En.] Withered.
2. 同“藁”,草。
[En.] Same as "藁," meaning grass.
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槁
gǎo
1. 枯干:~木。枯~。~悴。~木死灰(喻心情冷漠,对一切事情无动于衷)。
[En.] Withered: withered wood, withered... to be dead inside (metaphor for being indifferent and unresponsive to everything).
2. 同“藁”,草。
[En.] Same as "藁," meaning grass.
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槁
gǎo
〈形〉
【本义】: 草木枯干
[Original meaning]: Withered plants and trees.
【造字法】: 形声。从木,高声。
[Character formation]: Pictophonetic; composed of "wood" and a high tone.
1. 同本义 ([En.] withered)
2. 羸瘦;憔悴 ([En.] dry)
引
1 《说文》:槀,木枯也。
[En.] "Shuowen": "槁" means withered wood.
2 《易·说卦传》:离为科上槁。
[En.] "I Ching": The image of dryness comes from the trigram Li.
3 《庄子·齐物论》:形固可使如槁木。
[En.] "Zhuangzi": The form can be as withered as wood.
4 《荀子·劝学》:虽有槁暴。
[En.] "Xunzi": Even if there is withering exposure.
5 《楚辞·九叹·远逝》:草木摇落,时槁悴兮。
[En.] "Chuci": As the grass and trees fall, they wither and decay.
6 《孟子·梁惠王上》:则苗槁矣。
[En.] "Mencius": Then the seedlings have withered.
7 《荀子·王霸》:及以燕赵起而攻之,若振槁然。
[En.] "Xunzi": When Yan and Zhao rise to attack, it will be like shaking the withered.
8 《孟子·公孙丑上》:其子趋而往视之,苗则槁矣。
[En.] "Mencius": When he hurried over to check, the seedlings had withered.
9 《史记·礼书》:举若振槁。 索隐:“干叶也。”
[En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": Mentioning like shaking the withered leaves.
例
又如: 槁干(枯干。引申为贫穷); 槁腐(枯朽); 槁败(干枯衰败); 槁落(枯落); 败槁布地; 槁箨(干枯的笋壳); 槁枲(干枯的麻秆)
[En.] For example: 槁干 (withered; extended to mean poverty); 槁腐 (rotten); 槁败 (withered and decayed); 槁落 (falling and withering); 槁箨 (dry bamboo shoots); 槁枲 (dry hemp stalks).
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槁
gǎo
〈动〉
1. 死亡 ([En.] die)
引
1 明· 高攀龙《三时记》:文山负其马,立槁,至今马冢尚在。
[En.] Ming Dynasty, Gao Panlong: Wenshan bore his horse, stood withered, and to this day the horse tomb remains.
例
又如: 槁死(枯死;困死); 槁丧(灭亡)
[En.] For example: 槁死 (to die; to perish); 槁丧 (to be destroyed).
2. 通“考”(kǎo)。击 ([En.] hit; strike; beat)
引
1 潘岳《河阳县诗》:颎如槁石火。
[En.] Pan Yue's poem: "As bright as a stone ignited by a fire."
3. 通“犒”(kào)。以酒肉等饮食慰劳 ([En.] express regards to)
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槁
gǎo
〈名〉
通“篙”(gāo)。撑船的竿 (【英】:punt-pole)
[En.] Same as "篙," meaning a pole for punting a boat.
引
1 左思《吴都赋》:槁工楫师,选自闽禺。
[En.] "Zuo Si's Fu on Wu": The pole workers and boatmen are selected from Min and Yu.