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Trad. 辭
- to resign
- to dismiss
- to decline
- (literary) to take leave
- (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- variant of 詞|词[ci2]
Trad. 辭海
- Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
Trad. 卜辭
- oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
Trad. 致辭
- to express in words or writing
- to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
- to address (an audience)
- same as 致詞|致词
Trad. 楚辭
- Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
Trad. 發語辭
- literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
Trad. 義不容辭
- not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
- incumbent
- bounden (duty)
Trad. 引咎辭職
- to admit responsibility and resign
Trad. 義正辭嚴
- (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
Trad. 不辭而別
- to leave without saying good-bye
Trad. 振振有辭
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- also written 振振有詞|振振有词
Trad. 在所不辭
- not to refuse to (idiom)
- not to hesitate to
Trad. 隱約其辭
- equivocal speech
- to use vague or ambiguous language
Trad. 一辭莫贊
- left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
Trad. 卑辭厚幣
- humble expression for generous donation
Trad. 卑辭厚禮
- humble expression for generous gift
Trad. 萬死不辭
- ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
Trad. 與世長辭
- to die
- to depart from the world forever
Trad. 難辭其咎
- cannot escape censure (idiom)
- has to bear the blame
Trad. 不以辭害志
- don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
Trad. 欲加之罪，何患無辭
- If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
- Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.