xiào
敩
teach; imitate
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Meanings
2 senses · 4 examplesverb
to teach; to instruct
archaicClassical Chinese variant of 效. Used in formal or historical texts to express the act of teaching or instructing others.
Xiào斆
xué学
xiāng相
zhǎng长
，
shī师
shēng生
gòng共
tóng同
jìn进
bù步
。
Teaching and learning promote each other, with teachers and students progressing together.
Shàn善
rén人
zhě者
，
bù不
shàn善
rén人
zhī之
shī師
；
bù不
shàn善
rén人
zhě者
，
shàn善
rén人
zhī之
zī資
。
Bù不
guì貴
qí其
shī師
，
bù不
ài愛
qí其
zī資
，
suī雖
zhì智
dà大
mí迷
，
shì是
wèi謂
yào要
miào妙
。
（
老
子
，
斆
即
教
之
意
）
Good people are teachers of the less good; the less good are resources for the good. Not valuing teachers or loving resources leads to great confusion despite wisdom—this is the essence. (Laozi, where 斆 carries the meaning of teaching)
verb
to imitate; to follow the example of; to mimic
archaicVariant of 效 expressing imitation or following an example.
Jūn君
zǐ子
xiào斆
zhī之
，
xiǎo小
rén人
xiào效
zhī之
。
The noble person teaches it, while the common person imitates it.
Xiào斆
pín颦
（
jí即
xiào效
pín颦
，
mó模
fǎng仿
xī西
shī施
zhòu皱
méi眉
）
Imitating the frown (allusion to imitating Xi Shi's frown, i.e., imitating beauty but achieving the opposite).