| 束 | 8C05 10.01 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄕㄨˋ [shu4] | ||
| N. | (1) A bundle, bale, bunch: 一束花 a bunch of flowers; 一束草 a bundle of straw; 束芻，束脩 [shu4chu2], [shu4xiu1]↓. (2) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | To tie, tie up, keep immobile, put away: 束縛 [shu4fu2]↓; 束髮 to tie up hair; 束手 [shu4shou3]↓; 束之高閣 to shelve a matter (put it away unheeded); 拘束 exercise rigid control over, not free; 管束，約束 control, put restraint (on children); 結束 conclude (matter, discussion). | |||||
| Words | 1. 束帛 [shu4bo2], v.i., (AC) ancient rite of betrothal, the bridegroom giving a roll of silks. 2. 束芻 [shu4chu2], n., a bundle of grass in sacrifice at grave. 3. 束髮 [shu4fa3], v.i., tie up the hair; (AC) ceremony of capping boy on maturity. 4. 束縛 [shu4fu2], v.t. & adj. & n., constraint, rigid control: 不受束縛 will not submit to control. 5. 束躬 [shu4gong1], v.i., (LL) exercise self-control in conduct. 6. 束裝 [shu4zhuang1], v.i., as in 束裝就道 to pack up for journey. 7. 束身 [shu4shen1], v.i., see [shu4gong1]↑. 8. 束脩 [shu4xiu1], n., a teacher's salary－in Confucius’ time, a parcel of dried meat (脩). 9. 束手 [shu4shou3], v.i., to fold one's hands in gesture of hopelessness: 束手待斃 wait helplessly for death;  醫束手 the doctors can do nothing to help.10. 束胸 [shu4xiong1], n., a brassiere. 11. 束腰 [shu4yao1], (1) n., a girdle; (2) v.i., to girdle the waist. | |||||