| 矯 | 1389B30 92S.41-8 | 部居  | 畫數 17 | ㄐㄧㄠˇ [jiao3] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To correct, rectify, improve upon: 矯正 [jiao3zheng4], 矯世 [jiao3shi4]1↓; 矯枉過正 (of a reformer’s efforts) overshoot one's mark. (2) Fabricate, falsify: 矯託 [jiao3tuo1]↓; 矯命 issue unauthorized or faked orders; 矯詔 take unauthorized action in the name of the king; 矯誣 to accuse deceitfully or wilfully put blame on (person); 矯飾 [jiao3shi4]2↓; 矯揉 [jiao3rou2]↓. (3) Lift up, raise: 矯首昂視 pass by with head high and eyebrows raised. | |||||
| Adj. | Strong, robust, sturdy: 矯矯 [jiao3jiao3]↓; 矯強 (of persons) tough, sinewy, firm, resolute. | |||||
| Words | 1. 矯情 [jiao3qing2], v.i., (1) feign, affect, make a studied effort to show one is different; be inhuman, act against human nature; (2) ([jiao3qing0], Peking sp. pr. [jiao2qing0]) use specious arguments to justify oneself. 2. 矯正 [jiao3zheng4], v.t., make corrections in, improve upon. 3. 矯激 [jiao3ji1], v.i., see [jiao3qing2]↑. 4. 矯矯 [jiao3jiao3], adj., (1) stalwart, brave and strong, chivalrous; (2) exalted, lofty, raised. 5. 矯健 [jiao3jian4], adj., robust, vigorous. 6. 矯亢 [jiao3kang4], v.i., set oneself off by affectation. 7. 矯揉 [jiao3rou2], v.t., (1) to bend, twist; (2) feign, pretend, counterfeit: 矯揉造作 try to deceive by covering up one's real purpose; v.t., (3) adj., artificial, made-up. 8. 矯世 [jiao3shi4]1, v.i., make the world over in one's own image, be an uplifter. 9. 矯飾 [jiao3shi4]2, adj., pretending to be better than one is. 10. 矯託 [jiao3tuo1], v.t., falsify (requests, orders, statements), purposely misrepresent. | |||||