- Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
- to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- aged
- to lose power and influence
- 京都 jīng dū: 京都 jing1 du1: capital (of a country)京都 Jīng dū: 京都 Jing1 du1: Kyoto (city in Japan)
- (of a man) able and virtuous
- Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband
- to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression
- vexed; distressed
- to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
- history; antecedents; origin
- 蜇 zhé: 蜇 zhe2: jellyfish蜇 zhē: 蜇 zhe1: to sting
- to close a door
- 杜 dù: 杜 du4: birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict杜 Dù: 杜 Du4: surname Du
- to chat; casual conversation
- 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
- to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog; imperial tour
- discussion; forum
- to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
- 造化 zào huà: 造化 zao4 hua4: (literary) Nature; the Creator造化 zào hua: 造化 zao4 hua5: good luck
- to keep oneself pure; to preserve one's integrity; to remain chaste
- to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
- old man
- to provide (items for an event); to cater; to make preparations
- meat dishes; mixed viands
- vegetables and fruits
- 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
- raised path between fields
- goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- graceful; tactful
- form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males)
- paddy field; rice paddy
- 么 má: 么 ma2: exclamatory final particle么 me: 么 me5: suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc么 ma: 么 ma5: interrogative final particle么 yāo: 么 yao1: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes么 Yāo: 么 Yao1: surname Yao
- 下水 xià shui: 下水 xia4 shui5: offal; viscera; tripe下水 xià shǔi: 下水 xia4 shui3: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot
- short and small; low and small; undersized
- moist; wet