variant of 舉|举[ju3]

to conduct; to hold (an event)

to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold

act; action; activity; move; movement

bearing; manner; mien

to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)

to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce

to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast

move; act; measure

to lift weights; weight-lifting (sports)

to give an example

for example

to play a critical role (idiom); influential

throughout the world; world ranking (e.g. first)

preparatory literary studies for imperial examination

graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination

to raise a loan; to borrow money

(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops

such things as ...; examples including ... (etc); without exception; every; any

to expose (e.g., wrongdoing); to accuse (in court); to impeach; to denounce

the entire country

the whole family

(dialect) height of a house

(literary) to move forward

(literary) to light a fire

to select the best (for a job)

to look; to raise one's eyes

to recommend

to offer evidence

(coll.) to pump iron

informer; snitch

synecdoche

to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)

too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable

unrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled

to receive worldwide attention

world-famous (idiom)

the entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file

(lit.) the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom); (fig.) a very slight effort

one's every movement (idiom); comportment; gestures

lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage

to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on; without a friend in the world

Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒