向使
Chinese edit
direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to |
to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | ||
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| simp. and trad. (向使) |
向 | 使 | |
| alternative forms | 鄉使／乡使 嚮使／向使 | ||
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
向使
- (Classical) if
- 向使四君卻客而不內，疏士而不用，是使國無富利之實而秦無彊大之名也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Xiàngshǐ sì jūn què kè ér bù nà, shū shì ér bú yòng, shì shǐ guó wú fùlì zhī shí ér qín wú qiáng dà zhī míng yě. [Pinyin]
- If the four monarchs had rejected the guests and did not accept them, and alienated and did not appoint the virtuous and able men, this would have resulted in a lack of wealth in Qin, and Qin would have lacked the reputation of being powerful.
向使四君却客而不内，疏士而不用，是使国无富利之实而秦无强大之名也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 鄉使聽客之言，不費牛酒，終亡火患。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xiàngshǐ tīng kè zhī yán, bù fèi niú jiǔ, zhōng wú huǒhuàn. [Pinyin]
- If you had listened to him, you would not be spending money setting up a feast with beef and wine, and there would not have been a fire.
乡使听客之言，不费牛酒，终亡火患。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]