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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (1.1): 音乐。 Music.
| 《·》: | 曰：“不图为乐之至于斯也！” | | He said, "I did not think that music could have been made so excellent as this." | | 《·》: | 庄暴见孟子，曰：“暴见于王，王语暴以好乐，暴未有以对也。” | | Zhuang Bao, seeing Mencius, said to him, 'I had an interview with the king. His Majesty told me that he loved music, and I was not prepared with anything to reply to him.' | | 《·》: | 昏礼不用乐，幽阴之义也。 | | At the marriage ceremony, they did not employ music, having reference to the feeling of solitariness and darkness (natural to the separation from parents). | | 《·》: | 先王以作乐崇德，殷荐之上帝，以配祖考。 | | 《》: | 将说楚王路过洛阳，父母闻之，清宫除道，张乐设饮，郊迎三十里。 |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (1.2): 奏乐。 Perform, play music.
| 《·》: | 曰：“独乐乐，与人乐乐，孰乐？” | | Mencius asked, 'Which is the more pleasant - to enjoy music by yourself alone, or to enjoy it with others?' | | 《·》: | 大夫不食粱，士饮酒不乐。 | | Great officers will not eat the large grained millet; and (other) officers will not have music (even) at their drinking. |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (2): 乐器。 Musical instrument.
| 《·》: | 乐具入奏、以绥后禄。 | | The musicians all go in to perform, And give their soothing aid at the second blessing. |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (3): 乐经。 The (now lost) classic of music.
| 《·》: | 孔子谓老聃曰：“丘治《》、《》、《礼》、《乐》、《》、《春秋》六经，自以为久矣，孰知其故矣，以奸者七十二君，论先王之道而明周、召之迹，一君无所钩用。” | | Confucius said to Lao Dan, 'I have occupied myself with the Shi, the Shu, the Li, the Yue, the Yi, and the Chun Qiu, those six Books, for what I myself consider a long time, and am thoroughly acquainted with their contents. With seventy-two rulers, all offenders against the right, I have discoursed about the ways of the former kings, and set forth the examples (of the dukes of Zhou and Shao); and not one of them has adopted (my views) and put them in practice:' |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (4): 乐工。 Musician.
| 《·》: | 齐人归女乐，季桓子受之。 | | The people of Qi sent to Lu a present of female musicians, which Ji Huan received. | | 《·》: | 竽也者，五声之长者也，故竽先则锺瑟皆随，竽唱则诸乐皆和。 |
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yuè ㄩㄝˋ (5): 姓。 Yue, a surname.
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (6.1): 喜悦，愉快。 Happiness.
| 《·》: | 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ | | Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? | | 《·》: | 曰：“独乐乐，与人乐乐，孰乐？” | | Mencius asked, 'Which is the more pleasant - to enjoy music by yourself alone, or to enjoy it with others?' | | 《·》: | 庄子曰：“儵鱼出游从容，是鱼乐也。” | | When the former said, 'These thryssas come out, and play about at their ease - that is the enjoyment of fishes.' | | 《·》: | 洧之外、洵吁且乐。 | | Beyond the Wei, The ground is large and fit for pleasure. ' | | 《·》: | 怡，怿，悦，欣，衎，喜，愉，豫，恺，康，妉，般，乐也。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (6.2): 使高兴，使欢乐。 Make happy.
| 《·》: | 窈窕淑女、锺鼓乐之。 | | The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: With bells and drums let us show our delight in her. |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (7): 喜爱，喜欢。 Fondness for, liking of.
| 《·》: | 孟子见梁惠王，王立于沼上，顾鸿雁麋鹿，曰：“贤者亦乐此乎？” | | Mencius, another day, saw King Hui of Liang. The king went and stood with him by a pond, and, looking round at the large geese and deer, said, 'Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?' | | 《·》: | 乐彼之园、爰有树檀、其下维蘀。 | | Pleasant is that garden, In which are the sandal trees; But beneath them are only withered leaves. |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (8): 乐于，乐意。 Happy to, willing to.
| 《·》: | 天子为其绝远，非人所乐往，听其言，予节，募吏民毋问所从来，为具备人众遣之，以广其道。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (9): 安乐。 Tranquil, contented.
| 《·》: | 内思毕心曰知中，中以应实曰知恕，内恕外度曰知外，外内参意曰知德，德以柔政曰知政，正义辨方曰知官，官治物则曰知事，事戒不虞曰知备，毋患曰乐，乐义曰终。 |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (10): 泛指声色。 Music and debauchery.
| 《·》: | 又一年，王召范蠡而问焉，曰：“吾与子谋吴，子曰‘未可也’，今吴王因于乐而忘其百姓，乱民功，逆天时。” |
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lè ㄌㄜˋ (11): 姓。 Le, a surname.
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