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	Hanzi		Pronunciation		Meaning		Radical
	梁		Liáng		*1. [Alternate name for the state of Weì 魏]. 2. Beam, rafter. 3. Bridge.		75 (木)
	惠王		huì wáng		King Hui of Liang/Wei.
	叟		sŏu		Old man, venerable elder. Notes: Here, used as a polite second-person reference.		29 (又)
	大夫		dà fū		Court gentleman; court aristocracy.
	庶		shù		Commoners, peasants. Notes: Consequently, 庶人 also means “commoners,” as distinguished from 王, 大夫, and 士.		53 (广)
	征		zhēng		1. To march, to go on military campaign; to punish rebels. *2. To struggle over, to fight for. Notes: Meaning #2, used here, is an unusual meaning for this character, and may be a confusion for 爭 (62).		60 (彳)
	危		wéi		Dangerous; to be endangered.		26 (卩)
	弒		shì		To assassinate. Notes: Used to describe a social inferior killing his master or a social superior.		56 (弋)
	苟為		gŏu wéi		If, supposing. Notes: The 為 here does not add appreciably to the meaning of 苟 (821-2) here.
	奪		duó		To seize, to grab, to usurp, to deprive.		41 (寸)
	饜		yàn		To be satisfied, to be content. Notes: This word often appears in the simpler version 厭.		184 (食)
	遺		yí		To abandon.		162 (辵)
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