緒餘
Chinese
beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread |
remainder | ||
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trad. (緒餘) | 緒 | 餘 | |
simp. (绪余) | 绪 | 余 | |
anagram | 餘緒/余绪 |
Pronunciation
Noun
緒餘
- (literary) residues; remnants; remainder; surplus
- 道之真以治身,其緒餘以為國家,其土苴以治天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dào zhī zhēn yǐ zhìshēn, qí xùyú yǐ wéi guójiā, qí chǎzhǎ yǐ zhì tiānxià. [Pinyin]
- The true object of the Dao is the regulation of the person. Quite subordinate to this is its use in the management of the state and the clan; while the government of the kingdom is but the dust and refuse of it.
道之真以治身,其绪余以为国家,其土苴以治天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) descendant; offspring; progeny
Synonyms
- 下輩/下辈 (xiàbèi)
- 仔孫/仔孙 (zai2 syun1) (Cantonese)
- 兒孫/儿孙 (érsūn)
- 囝孫/囝孙 (Min)
- 子孫/子孙 (zǐsūn)
- 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
- 孫子/孙子 (literary)
- 後人/后人 (hòurén)
- 後代/后代 (hòudài)
- 後嗣/后嗣 (hòusì)
- 後生/后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
- 後裔/后裔 (hòuyì)
- 根 (gēn) (figurative)
- 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 遺裔/遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
- 餘緒/余绪 (yúxù) (literary)
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