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匡扶社稷

kuāng fú shè jìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ce75093a0a17ea40. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

匡扶社稷 匡扶社稷 [kuang1 fu2 she4 ji4] /(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 匡
    kuāng

    (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate

    Kuāng

    surname Kuang

  • 扶
    fú

    to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

  • 社
    shè

    (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land

  • 稷
    jì

    millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture

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