Tomsima Posted October 8, 2024 at 01:21 PM Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2024 at 01:21 PM 韙（韪） wei3 means 是 in its 对 sense. Appeared in the phrase 冒天下之大不韪（全然不顾公众的反对，公然去做天下人认为是最大的错事）Interestingly, it appears to pretty much only be used with 不 in modern Mandarin（常跟否定词”不“连用）, my guess being because it is used that way in the 左傳, and everyone loves quoting from that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted October 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM 酊 ding3 / ding1 turned up in 酩酊大醉, where 酩酊 is just a sound that describes drunkenness. Here it is pronounced with a 3rd tone, while on its own it is pronounced with a 1st tone and is used as a transliteration of 'tincture'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 1, 2024 at 03:06 PM Report Share Posted November 1, 2024 at 03:06 PM 跸〔蹕〕bì to clear the road so the emperor can pass; came across it in a compound 驻跸 which meant a monarch lodging while on tour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted November 6, 2024 at 09:28 PM Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2024 at 09:28 PM 疈 pi4 Cangjie 一田戈中田 (mwilw) 'to split' Caught my eye in a linguistics book comparing Old Chinese with Limbu (van Driem 2001), as the character was twice the width of all the others! This was a Brill publication who are always very tight with their typesetting, so unusual to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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