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shǐ ㄕˇ (1): 命令，派遣。 Order, send (on a mission).
| 《·》: | 子墨子使管黔敖游高石子於衛，衛君致祿甚厚，設之於卿。 | | Mozi sent Guan Qin Ao to recommend Gao Shizi to Wei. The lord of Wei gave him heavy emoluments and ranked him among the ministers. | | 《·》: | 宣公使仆人以書命季文子曰：「夫莒太子不憚以吾故殺其君，而以其寶來，其愛我甚矣。」 |
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shǐ ㄕˇ (2): 致使，讓。 Cause, make.
| 《·》: | 使，謂、故。 | | Shi (to commission/to cause). To tell. The cause. | | 《·》: | 子使漆雕開仕。 | | The Master was wishing Qi Diao Kai to enter an official employment. | | 《·》: | 穀與魚鼈不可勝食，材木不可勝用，是使民養生喪死無憾也。 | | When the grain and fish and turtles are more than can be eaten, and there is more wood than can be used, this enables the people to nourish their living and mourn for their dead, without any feeling against any. | | 《·》: | 維子之故、使我不能餐兮。 | | But for the sake of you, Sir, Shall I make myself unable to eat? |
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shǐ ㄕˇ (3): 支配，使用。 Allocate, use.
| 《》: | 心使氣曰強。 | | Where the mind makes the vital breath to burn, (False) is the strength, (and o'er it we should mourn.) | | 《·》: | 故老子曰：「知和曰常，知常曰明，益生曰祥，心使氣曰強。」 | | 《·》: | 故曰：知和曰常，知常曰明，益生曰祥，心使氣曰強，是謂玄同，用其光，復歸其明。 |
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shǐ ㄕˇ (4): 放任，縱使。見「使酒」、「使氣」。 Indulge in..
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shǐ ㄕˇ (5.1): 出使。 Send as an envoy.
| 《·》: | 子華使於齊，冉子為其母請粟。 | | Zi Hua being employed on a mission to Qi, the disciple Ran requested grain for his mother. | | 《·》: | 葉公子高將使於齊，問於仲尼曰：「王使諸梁也甚重，齊之待使者，蓋將甚敬而不急。」 | | Zi Gao, duke of She, being about to proceed on a mission to Qi, asked Zhongni, saying, The king is sending me, Zhu Liang, on a mission which is very important. Qi will probably treat me as his commissioner with great respect, but it will not be in a hurry (to attend to the business). | | 《·》: | 適四方使，則從士大夫。 | | 《·》: | 孔子曰：「使於四方，不辱君命，可謂士矣。」 |
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shǐ ㄕˇ (5.2): 使者。 Envoy, messenger.
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shǐ ㄕˇ (6): 連詞：假使，假如。 Connective: if, supposing.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「如有周公之才之美，使驕且吝，其餘不足觀也已。」 | | The Master said, "Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the duke of Zhou, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not worth being looked at." |
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