to carry
→
to lose (an object)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | fù (负) | |
| meaning 1 | to carry on the shoulders, to carry on the back | Rúshì, zé sìfāng zhī mín, qiǎng fù qí zi ér zhì yǐ (如是, 则四方之民, 襁负其子而至矣) if so, the people from all sides will come [to him], carrying their children on their backs |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be wrong; to lose, to give in to fight, to be defeated | Yī shèng yī fù (一胜一负) win once and lose once |
| reference | BKRS | |
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