📖 Meaning
Many things of this kind or all similar things of this nature. It is used to indicate that there are numerous cases analogous to the one just mentioned, too many to enumerate individually.
📜 Origin Story
This phrase originates from the Qing dynasty scholar Wang Fuzhi (王夫之, 1619–1692), a prominent philosopher and literary critic. It appears in his work 'Xitang Yongri Xulun Waibian' (夕堂永日绪论外编), a collection of literary commentary and criticism. In the passage, Wang Fuzhi discusses points that traditional commentaries had not covered, arguing that one should not dismiss such overlooked matters as heretical simply because they were absent from established annotations. He uses the phrase to refer to the many similar cases that commentators had failed to address.
💡 Example Usage
书中记载的民间风俗，诸若此类，不胜枚举。
The folk customs recorded in the book, and many others of this kind, are too numerous to count.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 诸若此类
- Pinyin: zhū ruò cǐ lèi
- Literal Translation: all, like, this, category
- Category: Variety
- Characters: 4