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rú ㄖㄨˊ (1): 往，到。 Go to.
| 《·》: | 二十三年，莊公如齊觀社。 | | 《》: | 夏，楚子使屈完如師。 | | 《·》: | 莊公如齊觀社。 | | 《·》: | 如，適，之，嫁，徂，逝，往也。 | | 《》: | 季孫意如如晉。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (2): 按照，依從。 According to, in accordance with.
| 《·》: | 大將軍不聽，令長史封書與廣之莫府，曰：「急詣部，如書。」 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (3): 好像，好似。 Like, similar to.
| 《·》: | 其直如矢，其平如砥，不足以覆萬物，是故谿陝者速涸，逝淺者速竭，墝埆者其地不育。 | | As to the chieftain of only a thousand people, he is straight like an arrow and smooth like a whetstone, unable to tolerate the manifold ways. For narrow gorges clog up rapidly, shallow streams are soon exhausted, and the barren land does not bear fruits. | | 《·》: | 子曰：「吾與回言終日，不違如愚。」 | | The Master said, "I have talked with Hui for a whole day, and he has not made any objection to anything I said - as if he were stupid." | | 《·》: | 一日不見、如三秋兮。 | | A day without seeing him, Is like three seasons! | | 《》: | 乘國者，其如乘航乎？ | | Ruling a kingdom is like sailing a boat! | | 《·》: | 是故，仁人之事親也如事天，事天如事親，是故孝子成身。 | | 《·》: | 故善出奇者，無窮如天地，不竭如江河，終而復始，日月是也。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (4): 趕上，比得上。 As good as, comparable to.
| 《·》: | 主忠信，無友不如己者，過則勿憚改。 | | Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. | | 《·》: | 察鄰國之政，無如寡人之用心者。 | | On examining the government of the neighboring kingdoms, I do not find that there is any prince who exerts his mind as I do. | | 《》: | 與李斯俱事荀卿，斯自以為不如非。 | | 《》: | 孰視之，自以為不如。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (5): 宜，應該。 Should.
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (6): 或，或者。 Or, alternatively.
| 《·》: | 對曰：「方六七十，如五六十，求也為之，比及三年，可使足民。」 | | 'Qiu replied, "Suppose a state of sixty or seventy li square, or one of fifty or sixty, and let me have the government of it - in three years' time, I could make plenty to abound among the people." |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (7): 假如，如果。 If, should it be the case.
| 《·》: | 如有復我者，則吾必在汶上矣。 | | If any one come again to me with a second invitation, I shall be obliged to go and live on the banks of the Wen. | | 《·》: | 如令子當高帝時，萬戶侯豈足道哉！ |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (8): 至於。 As for, as regards.
| 《·》: | 如其禮樂，以俟君子。 | | As to teaching them the principles of propriety, and music, I must wait for the rise of a superior man to do that. |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (9): 形容詞後綴。 Adjectival suffix.
| 《·》: | 子之燕居，申申如也，夭夭如也 | | When the Master was unoccupied with business, his manner was easy, and he looked pleased. |
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