繾綣
Chinese
attached to; loving | bound in a league | ||
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trad. (繾綣) | 繾 | 綣 | |
simp. (缱绻) | 缱 | 绻 |
Etymology
Related to 緊絭.
Pronunciation
Adjective
繾綣
- (literary) entangled; tangled up; attached
- 無縱詭隨,以謹繾綣。式遏寇虐,無俾正反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wú zòng guǐsuí, yǐ jǐn qiǎnquǎn. Shì è kòunüè, wúbǐ zhèngfǎn. [Pinyin]
- Let us give no indulgence to the wily and obsequious,
In order to make the parasites careful,
And to repress robbers and oppressors,
So that the right shall not be reversed.
无纵诡随,以谨缱绻。式遏寇虐,无俾正反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) in love and inseparable; tenderly attached (to each other)
Derived terms
- 繾綣司/缱绻司
- 繾綣難捨/缱绻难舍
- 纏綿繾綣/缠绵缱绻
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