| 社 | 1027C25 63B.11-1 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄕㄜˋ [she4] | ||
| N. | (1) God of the land: 社祭，社稷 [she4ji4]1,2↓. (2) A club, group, corporation, business agency: 會社 (esp. Japanese) corporation; 音樂社，詩社 music club, poetry club; 旅行社 tourist agency; 通訊社 news agency; 服務社 service center or bureau; 報社，雜誌社 newspaper, magazine corporation. (3) Day of sacrifice to the god of the land: 春社 spring sacrifice; 秋社 autumn sacrifice--occurring on the fifth 戊 day after 立春 and 立秋, see Appendix B. | |||||
| Words | 1. 社會 [she4hui4], n., society: 上流社會 upper-class society; 社會心理，教育 social psychology, education; 社會現象 social phenomena; 社會學 sociology; 社會主義 socialism; 社會福利 social welfare; 社會賢達 community leaders. 2. 社火 [she4huo3], n., festival of “beginning of spring” (see 立春 60.30). 3. 社長 [she4zhang3], n., chief of agency, club, corporation, see N.2↑. 4. 社交 [she4jiao1], n., social intercourse, life: 社交界 men and women active in social life; 社交性 gregarious instinct, sociability. 5. 社祭 [she4ji4]1, n., sacrifice to the god of land. 6. 社稷 [she4ji4]2, n., (1) orig. the god of grains; (2) generally, the state, the nation: 社稷之前途 the future of the state; 社稷所賴 the mainstay of the country and the people; 社稷之臣 a pillar of the state; 社稷壇 altar to the god of grains and the soil. 7. 社論 [she4lun4], n,. editorial comment. 8. 社廟 [she4miao4], n., temple to the god of the land. 9. 社評 [she4ping2], n., editorial comment. 10. 社日 [she4ri4], n., see N.3↑. 11. 社鼠 [she4shu3], n., “temple rats”: 城狐社鼠 those who prey upon the people and fatten themselves. 12. 社倉 [she4cang1], n., formerly, public granary. 13. 社團 [she4tuan2], n., (1) a corporation, a corporate body; (2) any social group. 14. 社土 [she4tu3], n., (AC) feudal state given to a prince. 15. 社友 [she4you3], n., a club member. 16. 社員 [she4yUan2], n., ditto. | |||||