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Meaning of 胥

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Pinyin:
English Definition: all; assist; to store; surname Xu
Chinese Definition:
①古代的小官:胥吏。钞胥。
②全,都:万事胥备。民胥然矣。
③蟹酱:蟹胥。
④姓氏。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Ideographic:A body wrapped in cloth
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] roll, bolt of cloth; foot
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
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Example Words
胥吏 low-level government official (in former times)
伍子胥 Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu; famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吴市吹箫
赫胥黎 Huxley (name); Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin; Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist
吏胥 minor official
阿道司·赫胥黎 ā dào · Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美丽新世界
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Example Sentences
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Crossing the channel to nineteenth-century Paris, Shteir tracks the rise of the department store and the pathologizing of shoplifting as kleptomania.
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A formidable lineup ofexperts holds to the low-fat approach, none more tenaciously than Dr. Dean Ornish, whose regimen prescribes no more than 10% of dailycalories from fat.
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With the latest resurgence of the Atkins program, the clash of the two theories is sharper than ever--low fat vs. lowcarbs, Ornish vs. Atkins.
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A history of shoplifting, revealing the roots of our modern dilemma. Rachel Shteir's The Steal is the first serious study of shoplifting, tracking the fascinating history of this ancient crime.