Follow us on Facebook to receive important updates Follow us on Twitter to receive important updates Follow us on sina.com's microblogging site to receive important updates Follow us on Douban to receive important updates
Chinese Text Project

CTP Dictionary


先生
xiān shēng ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ (4): 婦女對丈夫的稱呼。 Title used by a wife to refer to her husband.
《莊子·讓王》:君過而遺先生食，先生不受，豈不命邪！
The ruler has seen his error, and sent you a present of food, but you would not receive it - is it appointed (for us to suffer thus)?
《呂氏春秋·觀世》:今妻子有饑色矣，君過而遺先生食，先生又弗受也，豈非命也哉！
《列子·說符》:子列子入，其妻望之而拊心曰：「妾聞為有道者之妻子，皆得佚樂，今有饑色，君遇而遺先生食。」
《新序·節士》:使者去，子列子入，其妻望而拊心曰：「聞為有道者，妻子皆佚樂，今妻皆有饑色矣，君過而遺先生食，先生又辭，豈非命也哉！」
Enjoy this site? Please help.Site design and content copyright 2006-2024. When quoting or citing information from this site, please link to the corresponding page or to https://ctext.org. Please note that the use of automatic download software on this site is strictly prohibited, and that users of such software are automatically banned without warning to save bandwidth. 沪ICP备09015720号-3Comments? Suggestions? Please raise them here.