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355.

Oh, be on your guard,
Chieh4 chih1 tsai1

Guard it oh

Chieh is composed of 廾 kung two hands grasping 戈 ko a spear, as if in readiness to meet an attack. The former was its old radical, but it was classed by the editors of K'ang Hsi's standard dictionary under ko.

Chih see line 1.

Tsai is composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with a common phonetic (line 151). It is a particle of exclamatory value, sometimes interrogative.

356.

and put forth your strength.
I2 mien3 li4

Ought effort strength

I see line 22.

Mien see line 278.

Li is supposed to be the picture of a muscle.

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