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xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ (1): 互相，交互。 Mutual.
| 《·》: | 同長，以正1相盡也。 | | Tong chang (of the same length) is each when laid straight exhausting the other. | | 《·》: | 子曰：「道不同，不相為謀。」 | | The Master said, "Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another." | | 《·》: | 布帛長短同，則賈相若。 | | Linen and silk of the same length would be of the same price. | | 《·》: | 端正而不知以為義，相愛而不知以為仁。 | | They were upright and correct, without knowing that to be so was Righteousness; they loved one another, without knowing that to do so was Benevolence. | | 《·》: | 諸侯相侵伐，暴虐百姓，而神農氏弗能征。 | | The princes made raids on each other and harassed the people, but Shennong could not chastise them. | | 《·》: | 男女非有行媒，不相知名。 | | Male and female, without the intervention of the matchmaker, do not know each other's name. |
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xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ (2): 先後，遞相。 In succession.
| 《》: | 竇嬰引卮酒進上，曰：「天下者，高祖天下，父子相傳，此漢之約也，上何以得擅傳梁王！」 |
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xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ (3): 共同，一起。 Together.
| 《·》: | 與其妾訕其良人，而相泣於中庭。 | | On this, along with the concubine she reviled their husband, and they wept together in the middle hall. |
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (4): 觀察，看。 Watch.
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (5): 相貌。 Appearance.
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (6): 看相，通過察看人的相貌推測其命運。 Fortune-telling by appearance.
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (7): 幫助，輔佐。 Help, assist.
| 《·》: | 今由與求也，相夫子，遠人不服而不能來也。 | | Now, here are you, You and Qiu, assisting your chief. Remoter people are not submissive, and, with your help, he cannot attract them to him. |
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (8): 盲人的向導。 Guide for the blind.
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (9): 宰相，丞相。 Prime minister, most senior minister.
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xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ (10): 贊禮官，司儀。 Ceremonial officer.
| 《·》: | 雖至士之為將相者，皆有法，雖至百工從事者，亦皆有法。 | | The gentlemen fulfilling their duties as generals and councillors have their standards. Even the artisans performing their tasks also have their standards. | | 《·》: | 宗廟之事，如會同，端章甫，願為小相焉。 | | At the services of the ancestral temple, and at the audiences of the princes with the sovereign, I should like, dressed in the dark square-made robe and the black linen cap, to act as a small assistant. |
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