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充 chong (V) to fill; (SV) to be full

陳 zhèn *(N) a line of people, a battle array

下陳 xìazhèn: lower ranks of people, attendants (here, female consorts)

奈 nài (V) to deal with something (奈 most often occurs in the set phrase
奈之何, equivalent to 如之何: “how can this be handled?”)

區 qu (V) a region, a division, a district

區區 ququ: (Adj/SV) small, as in a tiny division; tiny

拊 fǔ (V) to stroke, give comfort to; (Adv) comfortingly

子 zì *(V) to treat as one’s child [cognate with (N) zǐ]

賈 gǔ (V) to buy; (N) a merchant; (Adv) [to V] like a merchant

利 lì *(V) to treat as (for) profit

休 xiu (V) to rest, to cease

朞 ji (N) a full period, a full year [also written 期; but distinguish from
qí: (N) a period of time; (V) to plan, set a time, hope for]

朞年 ji nían: (N) the period of a full year

Note: The context for the events narrated here is that the king of Qí
who had made Lord Mèngcháng his Prime Minister had died, and a
new king, unfriendly to Lord Mèngcháng, had succeeded to the throne.

就國 jìugúo: (V-O) to go to one’s fief, to retire to one’s estate

扶 fú (V) to support (a person to stand or rise), to assist

攜 xi (V) to hold or lead by the hand (語音 [non-literary pronunciation]: xié)

幼 yòu (Adj/SV) young; (N) a youth, one’s childhood

迎 yíng (V) to meet, to receive, to welcome

乃 năi *(Conj) equivalent to zé 則, in the sense of, “well . . .”