| 賦 | 677C15 41C.71-7 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄈㄨˋ [fu4] | ||
| N. | (1) Tax, levy: 賦役 levy of labor; 田賦，賦課 tax, levies on crops, merchandise. (2) Natural endowment: 天賦，稟賦 born gift (for music, poetry, etc.). (3) A special form of rhapsodic poem, chiefly in parallel constructions, often wr. for celebration of event. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To give, endow: 賦與 (予) give to; 天賦之才 God-given talent; 賦有 be endowed (with some gift). (2) To levy or pay tax: 賦稅. (3) To compose poetry: 賦詩 compose poem on occasion; 賦事陳詞 write poem descriptive of occasion. (4) (AC) spread (＝布). | |||||
| Words | 1. 賦稟 [fu4bing3], n., natural endowment. 2. 賦額 [fu4e2], n., tax rate. 3. 賦貢 [fu4gong4], v.t. & n., (pay) tribute to emperor. 4. 賦斂 [fu4lian4], v.t. & n., levy taxes. 5. 賦閑 [fu4xian2], v.i., (euphem.) be unemployed (“compose peom on idleness”). 6. 賦性 [fu4xing4], n., natural temperament. 7. 賦役 [fu4yi4], v.t. & n., gen. term for farm tax and labor levy (combined in Manchu Dyn.). | |||||