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Possible meanings of nowaday
to be in the function of
work as, serve as,
bear, accept, deserve,
manage, be in charge of,
should, ought to, equal,
must, suitable,
correct,
to undertake, to act as, to fill an office,
to occupy a position,
to be equal to,
-in the presence of, at the place, in, at, -to match,
-a temporal particle,..then at that time,
-to withstand, -to treat as, to regard as, thus:-to pawn, a pledge, to represent,
to stand in the place of,
-fitting, just, right, - to ward off

Kangxi #102  tian2 Feld - field