User:Ywhy/幡翻之辨

「幡」通「翻」。參見「幡幡」「幡然」。
《漢書·禮樂志二》：「﹝鳳皇﹞幡比翅回集，貳雙飛常羊。」
《史記·高祖本紀》：「﹝關中﹞地埶便利，其以下兵於諸侯，譬猶居高屋之上建瓴水也。」裴駰集解引如淳曰：「瓴，盛水瓶也。居高屋之上而幡瓴水，言其向下之勢易也。建音蹇。」參見「建瓴」「破竹建瓴」。

a pair of celestial avians descend, flap its wings, revolve around and linger over the open altar
with a strategic high ground, combating enemies lower down is akin to turning over a jar of water, down it goes

翻/幡/建/揵
將本書揵去第十頁·把課本翻到第十頁 turn your textbook to page 10
鹹魚翻生 a salted fish has sprung alive > turns from flop to top
工廈翻新 turn over abandoned buildings
一翻剛膽志 turn from the ashes and be invigorated
翻轉間屋都抄唔到 turned the whole house over and could not find it
反轉豬肚一包屎

翻思 think it over, turn it over in mind
翻本 turn even from a loss (of gambling or derivatives)
翻案·平反 overturn a verdict, return to legitimacy
打大翻·打風車 turn somersaults or cartwheels
幡然省悟·恍然悔悟

《孟子·萬章上》︰「湯三使往聘之。既而幡然改曰：『與我處畎畝之中，由是以樂堯舜之道，吾豈若使是君為堯舜之君哉！』」
soon he turned his stance over / flipped his mind and said ...

《荀子·大略》︰「君子之學如蛻，幡然遷之。」楊倞注云：「如蟬蛻也。幡與翻同。」

《荀子·彊國》：「俄而天下倜然舉去桀、紂而犇湯、武，反然舉惡桀、紂而貴湯、武，是何也？」楊倞注云：「反音翻。翻然，改變貌。」

flutter of leaves or flags in the wind
beating of wings > fly, rise, climb
lashing of tongues > slander, criticise
wavering of composure under the influence
marked by a flip-flop or turnabout

#spin-off
小兒好反斗 hou3 faan2 dau2
個啲細伩仔實首好反
《西湖二集·愚郡守玉殿生春》：「從來道：『寧養頑子，莫養呆子。』那頑子翻天攪地，目下雖然菾奊𡔢，日後定有升騰的日子。」