- words and actions; what one says and what one does
- generic term
- to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline
- to strive for self-improvement
- path; route; method; ways and means
- lit. warp string in weaving; fig. vertical or north-south lines; to pass through; to cross lengthwise; to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
- many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
- to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate
- to declare at the outset (idiom)
- (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
- Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity; piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
- to display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end
- well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
- to have a falling out; to have a big argument
- 毋 wú: 毋 wu2: (literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody毋 Wú: 毋 Wu2: surname Wu
- 凌 Líng: 凌 Ling2: surname Ling凌 líng: 凌 ling2: to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat
- urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
- canyon; gill; ravine
- shoals; rapids; treacherous section of a river
- to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
- response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance
- inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- rosy clouds; CL:朵[duo3]
- see 江陵縣|江陵县[Jiang1 ling2 Xian4]
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
- lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom; flawless Buddhist teaching
- creative inspiration
- filial piety and fraternal duty
- to pass on through the generations
- everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary
- any; arbitrary; at will; at random
- to take rash action
- ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
- deferential; respectful