| 博 | 156C10 10S.00-1 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄅㄛˊ [bo2] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To gamble: 賭博 ditto. (2) Win with good luck (popularity, reputation) honestly or by artifice: 博得美名 win a good name; 博得一官半職 obtain with luck some post with the government. (3) Broaden: (AC) 博我以文 broadens me with literature; 博文約禮 (motto of the Chinese University of Hong Kong) broad learning and proper conduct. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | Broad, learned, well-read, esp. 廣博 broad in learning, knowledge or territory; 淵博 broad and deep (in learning, philosophy); 博大 [bo2da4]↓; 博施濟眾 phr., interested in charities; 博洽多聞 phr., knowledgeable, well-informed, conversant; 博覽群書 be well read, has read many books; 博古通今 conversant with ancient and modern learning. | |||||
| Words | 1. 博愛 [bo2ai4], n. & adj., love, love for all. 2. 博大 [bo2da4], adj., great (of scholarship, personality). 3. 博達 [bo2da2], adj., ditto; showing deep mastery. 4. 博徒 [bo2du2], n., gambler. 5. 博局 [bo2jU2], n., gambling party. 6. 博覽會 [bo2lan3hui4], n., (international) exposition; (art) exhibition. 7. 博浪鼓 [bo2lang1gu3], n., ＝波浪鼓 63A.82. 8. 博士 [bo2shi4], n., doctor of philosophy, medicine, law, etc.; n., one of several academic honors from Hahn to Sueir Dyns., as 五經博士，太常博士; n., 博士買驢 a Ph. D. buying a donkey, i.e., a lot of academic jargon; n., 茶博士 tea connoisseur. 9. 博學 [bo2xUe2], adj., learned; 博學鴻儒 a rank for great scholars in Chienlung's time. 10. 博物 [bo2wu4], n., nature studies; 博物館 [bo2wu4guan3], museum. 11. 博奕 [bo2yi4], n., (AC) gambling and chess. | |||||