Chinese Common Classical Chinese Dictionary

Author: Chen Yanjia
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Publication Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This small dictionary provides explanations for entries in five aspects: (1) Explaining the meaning of the word; (2) Indicating the part of speech; (3) Providing example sentences with modern Chinese translations; (4) Differentiating between synonyms; (5) Differentiating between homophones with the same form in ancient and modern times. Entries are arranged in the order of Chinese Pinyin letters, and a stroke index is provided for lookup.
The explanations for word meanings generally start with the original meaning, followed by extended meanings, and then borrowed meanings. Borrowed meanings are usually not specially indicated. The original meaning of a word is explained through character analysis. Due to layout considerations, characters such as oracle bone script, gold script, and small seal script are concentrated at the end of the book. When reading questions related to character analysis, you can refer to the Ancient and Modern Character Table. One example sentence is generally used for one meaning, and one or two additional example sentences are added for more difficult-to-understand meanings. The translation is primarily literal, and the words highlighted in black in the example sentences and translations correspond to each other.
"" explains relevant issues about example sentences; "" explains relevant issues about word meanings; "" differentiates between synonyms. "×" refers to phonetic loan characters, while "×" refers to ancient and modern characters. Phrases like "verb used as a noun" or "noun used as a verb" do not refer to part-of-speech conversion but to semantic extension. Shuowen is an abbreviation for Shuowen Jiezi, and "Duan Zhu" refers to Duan Yucai's annotations on Shuowen Jiezi.