參差
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ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform |
differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake | ||
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trad. (參差) | 參 | 差 | |
simp. (参差) | 参 | 差 | |
alternative forms | 嵾嵳/㟥嵳 嵾嵯/㟥嵯 |
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參差
- (ideophonic) irregular; uneven; jagged
- 參差荇菜,左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī [Pinyin]
- Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.
参差荇菜,左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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參差
- (literary) approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
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參差
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Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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參 | 差 |
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