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弗 fú (Adverb) negative adverb preceding transitive verb: “not.” Fú is actually a
“fusion” of two characters, bù 不 (not) and zhi 之 (as the direct obj.: “it”).
Thus fú-Verb is often rendered by “not Verb it.” [1]

由 yóu (V) to proceed from/through/along [1]; (V) to emit [archaic] [4]

他 tuo (N) an other; (Adj) other [1]

必 bì (Adv) certainly, necessarily, must [2]; (SV) to be necessary [4]

以 yǐ (CV) in order to, on account of, by means of; (V) to take [2]

用 yòng (V) to employ, use; (CV) functionally equivalent to yǐ 以 [2]; (Adv)
thereby [5]; (N) expenses, expenditures [10]

古 gǔ (N) antiquity; (Adv) of old; (Adj/SV) ancient [2]

出 chu (V) to go out, to emerge, to appear (publicly [often, in order to act]) [3];
(V) to take out, to bring out [12]

召 zhào (V) to summon (especially as in a ruler summoning a subject) [3]

乎 hu (Particle) interrogative particle [4]; (Prep) with regard to (hu seems to be a
“dialect” variant of yú 於, and can perform similarly plastic functions with
varied English equivalents) [8]

正 zhèng (V) to rectify, to set straight [4]

可 kĕ (AV) to be able to, to be permissible to [4]; (SV) to be permissible; (CV)
to be able to . . . [6]

生 sheng (V) to give birth, to be born; (Adj) living; (SV) alive [4]

未 wèi (Adv) not yet, never yet [4g];(N.B.: 未嘗 wèicháng: never in the past) [10]

尼 ní (N) name of a mountain is the state of Lǔ (Níqiu 尼丘), where Confucius
(孔子; 仲尼) was born [5]

丘 qiu (N) a flat topped hill [5]

民 mín (N) people, the people [of a state], the mass of commoners [5]