“再拜”释义零拾

Paraphrase of"Zài Bài"

“再拜”本来是一个动词,表示一种礼貌的行为;“再拜”还是一个敬词,表示一种礼貌的态度,其用法由来已久。古代文献的整理者们常常忽略这一点,导致“再拜”的“注释”和“译文”辞不逮义;参与辞书编纂的学者们有时也会忽略这一点,其结果是“再拜”条目的“释义”不能尽如人意———即使是经典辞书,也不能例外。

Originally ＂Zài Bài＂ is a verb to express apolite action . It is also an honorific to express apolite attitude, which has a long history. The ancient philologists often ignored this, which resulted in the word＇s notes and annotations failing to express the meaning of ＂Zài Bài＂; scholars who compile dictionaries often ignore this too, so the paraphrase of this word in dictionaries, including some classical dictionaries, can not often express the meaning exactly.