矰 [zēng]
【名】
【本义】: 古代射鸟用的拴着丝绳的箭
1. Arrow for shooting birds: a short arrow used in ancient times that is tied with a silk cord to shoot birds.
2. Short arrow: a general term for short arrows.
【引】
1. Shuo Wen: 矰, 矰射矢也. (Zeng refers to arrows used for shooting.)
2. Guang Ya: 矰, 箭也. (Zeng means arrow.)
3. Zhou Li·Si Gong Yi: 矰矢矰矢用诸矰射. (Zeng arrows are used for shooting.)
4. Lü Shi Chun Qiu·Zhi Jian: 宛路之矰. (The Zeng of the curved path.)
5. Shi Ji: 走者可以为罔,游者可以为纶,飞者可以为矰. (Those who run can be nets, those who swim can be lines, and those who fly can be Zeng.)
【例】
又如: 矰矢 (the name of an arrow, one of the eight arrows used to shoot flying birds); 矰矰 (a tool for shooting birds with a stone-tipped arrowhead tied with silk strings).
2. Short arrow: a general term for short arrows.
引:
1. Guo Yu: 万人以为方阵,皆白裳、白矰、素甲、白羽之矰,望之如荼. (Thousands gathered in formation, all in white garments, wielding white Zeng, plain armor, and white-feathered arrows, looking like a field of white grass.)
例:
又如: 矰弋 (Zeng Zeng, a short arrow attached with silk strings used to shoot flying birds, a metaphor for covertly harming someone.)