| 羅 | 680B35 41D.11-9 | 部居  | 畫數 19 | ㄌㄨㄛˊ [luo2] | ||
| N. | (1) A net for catching birds: 門可羅雀 can set up bird trap at house door--complete absence of callers; 羅掘 to spread net for sparrows and dig for rats in times of starvation--forced to borrow, beg mortgage; 羅掘俱窮 exhaust all sources of getting money; 天羅地網 (Taoist magic) invisible net in air and on land to prevent escape. (2) A kind of gauze, muslim: 綾羅 different kinds of silks; 羅裳，襪，襦 muslim skirts, stockings, underwear. (3) A bag for sifting (flour, powder, liquid). (4) A surname. (5) A gross, twelve dozen: 大羅 twelve gross. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To spread out, arrange: 羅列，羅布 [luo2lie4], [luo2bu4]↓. (2) To gather, wind up: 羅致 [luo2zhi4]1 ↓; 搜羅 to search out (talents, hidden goods); 羅拜 form a line around a person to pay homage. | |||||
| Words | 1. 羅布 [luo2bu4], v.i., spread out (as stars in the sky). 2. 羅捕 [luo2bu3], v.t., search for criminal. 3. 羅剎 [luo2cha4], n., (Sanskr.) raksha, demon. 4. 羅圈兒 [luo2qUan1] ([luo2chyuaer0]), adv., as in 羅圈兒架 round after round of fights, quarrels; 羅圈兒揖 make a general bow to all sides; 羅圈腿兒 walk bowlegged. 5. 羅敷 [luo2fu1], n., (allu.) a married woman: 羅敷有夫. 6. 羅鍋（兒）（子） [luo2guo1] ([er0])([zi0]), n., a humpback. 7. 羅漢 [luo2han4], n., (Budd.) lohan, arahat, Buddhist saint: 十八羅漢 the eighteen disciples of Buddha; 羅漢松 the Chinese yew; 羅漢柏 a kind of cypress; 羅漢果 mangosteen; 羅漢椅子 a wooden easy chair; 羅漢床 a divan; 羅漢齋 special vegetarian dish;  羅漢 pyramiding (gymnastics).8. 羅致 [luo2zhi4]1, v.t., to round up: 羅致人才 look out for talents and engage their services. 9. 羅織 [luo2zhi4]2, v.i., of frame up (lit., to “weave”), build up case by unscrupulous methods: 羅織成獄 frame up a case. 10. 羅列 [luo2lie4], v.i., to spread out, arrange for show. 11. 羅馬 [luo2ma3], adj., Roman; 國語羅馬字 [guo2yU3lou2ma3zi4], National Romanization; 羅馬字母 Roman alphabet; 羅馬帝國 the Roman Empire; 羅馬教宗 the Pope in Rome. 12. 羅曼蒂克 [luo2man4di4ke1], adj., (translit.) romantic. 13. 羅曼史 [luo2man4shi3], n., romance (曼 also wr. 漫). 14. 羅盤 [luo2pan2], n., the compass. 15. 羅宋 [luo2song4], n., older translation for “Russian”: 羅宋湯 Russian beef soup, borsch. 16. 羅網 [luo2wang3], n., a trap, snare: 自投羅網 playing into the trap. 17. 羅紋 [luo2wen2], n., (1) wood grain; (2) fingerprint (usu. wr. 螺紋). | |||||