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355.	戒	之	哉	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Oh, be on your guard,
	Chieh4	chih1	tsai1
	Guard	it	oh

Chieh is composed of 廾 kung two hands grasping 戈 ko a spear, as if in readiness to meet an attack. The former was its old radical, but it was classed by the editors of K'ang Hsi's standard dictionary under ko.

Chih see line 1.

Tsai is composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with a common phonetic (line 151). It is a particle of exclamatory value, sometimes interrogative.

356.	宜	勉	力	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	and put forth your strength.
	I2	mien3	li4
	Ought	effort	strength

I see line 22.

Mien see line 278.

Li is supposed to be the picture of a muscle.

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