Vocabulary: 答顾东桥书
from 传习录
- 岂能x3 | Chapter Rank #1044
- 政x8 | Chapter Rank #452political; politics; government
- 暴政x2 | Chapter Rank #1424tyranny; despotic rule
- 肇x2 | Chapter Rank #1425at first; devise; originate
- 盛x3 | Chapter Rank #1045surname Shengflourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensivelyto hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil
- 唐x4 | Chapter Rank #817to exaggerate; empty; in vainTang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- 十四x4 | Chapter Rank #818fourteen; 14
- 治乱x2 | Chapter Rank #1426
- 何如x1 | Chapter Rank #2264how about; what kind of
- 天子x2 | Chapter Rank #1427the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 泮x6 | Chapter Rank #589(literary) to melt; to dissolve
- 宫x3 | Chapter Rank #1046surname Gongpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- 象x4 | Chapter Rank #819elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- 地形x2 | Chapter Rank #1428topography; terrain; landform
- 人伦x2 | Chapter Rank #1429ethical norms governing human relationships
- 为重x2 | Chapter Rank #1430to attach most importance to
- 轻x2 | Chapter Rank #1431light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 礼x6 | Chapter Rank #590gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesysurname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- 乐x4 | Chapter Rank #820surname Lemusichappy; cheerful; to laughused in place namessurname Yue
- 十五x2 | Chapter Rank #1432fifteen; 15
- 制礼作乐x2 | Chapter Rank #1433
- 和x10 | Chapter Rank #359to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname He
- 声x4 | Chapter Rank #821sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 身为x3 | Chapter Rank #1047in the capacity of; as
- 度x3 | Chapter Rank #1048to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
- 器x1 | Chapter Rank #2265device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 乐工x2 | Chapter Rank #1434
- 祝x2 | Chapter Rank #1435to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremoniessurname Zhu
- 史x2 | Chapter Rank #1436surname Shihistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- 贵乎x2 | Chapter Rank #1437
- 笾x4 | Chapter Rank #822bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
- 豆x4 | Chapter Rank #823legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (old) stemmed cup or bowl
- 司x8 | Chapter Rank #453surname Sito take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- 十七x2 | Chapter Rank #1438seventeen; 17
- 羲x7 | Chapter Rank #506same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi
- 钦x2 | Chapter Rank #1439to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himselfsurname Qin
- 昊天x2 | Chapter Rank #1440clear sky
- 日月星辰x2 | Chapter Rank #1441
- 敬授人时x2 | Chapter Rank #1442
- 十八x2 | Chapter Rank #1443eighteen; 18
- 璇玑x5 | Chapter Rank #678
- 玉衡x5 | Chapter Rank #679Alioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- 七政x4 | Chapter Rank #824
- 十九x3 | Chapter Rank #1049nineteen; 19
- 养民x2 | Chapter Rank #1444
- 历数x4 | Chapter Rank #825(literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar systemto enumerate; to count (one by one)
- 皋x8 | Chapter Rank #454bank; marshhigh riverbank
- 契x13 | Chapter Rank #276to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- 未必x7 | Chapter Rank #507not necessarily; maybe not
- 禹x6 | Chapter Rank #591Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu