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dāng ㄉㄤ (1.1): 適應，與之相稱。 Suit, match.
| 《·》: | 若夫譎德而定次，量能而授官，使賢不肖皆得其位，能不能皆得其官，萬物得其宜，事變得其應，慎墨不得進其談，惠施、鄧析不敢竄其察，言必當理，事必當務，是然後君子之所長也。 |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (1.2): 順應。 Comply, conform to.
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dāng ㄉㄤ (2.1): 掌管，擔當。 Administer, be in charge of.
| 《·》: | 三年，伊尹攝行政當國，以朝諸侯。 | | For three years Yiyin administered the government, and as ruler of the State gave audience to the nobles. | | 《·》: | 當室者死，三年釋其政。 |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (2.2): 承擔。 Take charge of.
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dāng ㄉㄤ (3): 抵擋，擋住。 Resist, oppose.
| 《·》: | 夫撫劍疾視曰，『彼惡敢當我哉』 | | If a man brandishes his sword, looks fiercely, and says, "How dare he withstand me?" |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (4): 相抵，相當。 Equal to, equivalent.
| 《·》: | 次國之上卿，位當大國之中，中當其下，下當其上大夫 | | The highest minister, in a state of the second class, ranked with the one of the middle grade in a great state; the second, with the one of the lowest grade; and the lowest, with a Great officer of the highest grade. | | 《》: | 對曰，次國之上卿，當大國之中，中當其下，下當其上大夫，小國之上卿，當大國之下卿，中當其上大夫，下當其下大夫，上下如是，古之制也。 |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (5): 面對，向。 Face towards.
| 《》: | 逢滑當公而進。 | | 《·》: | 逄滑當公而進曰：「吳未有福，荊未有禍。」 | | 《·》: | 當阿，東面致命。 |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (6): 應該。 Should, must.
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dāng ㄉㄤ (7): 在（某處、某時）。 At, of (some place or time).
| 《·》: | 當今之主，其為宮室則與此異矣。 | | When the present rulers build their residences, they are quite different from this. | | 《·》: | 當是時也，內無怨女，外無曠夫。 | | At that time, in the seclusion of the house, there were no dissatisfied women, and abroad, there were no unmarried men. | | 《·》: | 當是時也，山無蹊隧，澤無舟梁。 | | At that time, on the hills there were no foot-paths, nor excavated passages; on the lakes there were no boats nor dams. | | 《·》: | 當是時，夏桀為虐政淫荒，而諸侯昆吾氏為亂。 | | At this time Jie of Xia was oppressive, and his rule dissipated, and one of the princes Kunwu rebelled. | | 《》: | 三十輻，共一轂，當其無，有車之用。 | | The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. | | 《·》: | 當是時也，趙氏上下不相親也，貴賤不相信也。 |
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dāng ㄉㄤ (8): 判罪。 Cast sentence.
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dāng ㄉㄤ (9): 將。 Will.
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dàng ㄉㄤˋ (10): 適合、恰當。 Suitable, appropriate.
| 《·》: | 此四王者所染當，故王天下，立為天子，功名蔽天地。 | | Now these four kings had been under good influences. Therefore they came to possess the empire and were commissioned Sons of Heaven (Emperors). Their achievements and great fame extended from Heaven to earth. | | 《·》: | 上曰：「朕聞法正則民愨，罪當則民從。」 | | 《·》: | 故非我而當者，吾師也。 |
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dàng ㄉㄤˋ (11): 當作。 As, for the purpose of, in the capacity of.
| 《》: | 斶願得歸，晚食以當肉，安步以當車，無罪以當貴，清靜貞正以自虞。 |
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dàng ㄉㄤˋ (12): 抵押。 Give as security.
| 《》: | 吳人許之，以王子姑曹當之，而後止，吳人盟而還。 |
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dàng ㄉㄤˋ (13): 底。 Bottom, base.
| 《》: | 堂谿公謂昭侯曰：「今有千金之玉卮，通而無當，可以盛水乎？」 |
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tǎng ㄊㄤˇ (14): 通「倘」：如果。 If, supposing.
| 《·》: | 先祖當賢，後子孫必顯，行雖如桀紂，列從必尊，此以世舉賢也。 |
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cháng ㄔㄤˊ (15): 通「嘗」：曾經。 Once, previously.
| 《·》: | 戎寇當至，幽王擊鼓，諸侯之兵皆至，褒姒大說，喜之。 |
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