列 子

Liè zǐdictionary entry

Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhàn guó] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wèi Jìn] (3rd century AD)

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Original source entry:

列子 列子 [Lie4 zi3] /Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2]/Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)/

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列
liè
to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row
子
zǐ
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-
zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

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