Vocabulary: 答周道通书
from 传习录
- 明x7 | Chapter Rank #152Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 君子x5 | Chapter Rank #223nobleman; person of noble character
- 莫若x2 | Chapter Rank #497
- 廓x2 | Chapter Rank #498(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape; (bound form) to expand; to extend
- 大公x2 | Chapter Rank #499grand duke; impartial
- 物x2 | Chapter Rank #500(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 顺应x2 | Chapter Rank #501to comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
- 智x2 | Chapter Rank #502(literary) wise; wisdom
- 自私x2 | Chapter Rank #503selfish; selfishness
- 正是x4 | Chapter Rank #278is precisely
- 圣人x24 | Chapter Rank #23sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- 分x8 | Chapter Rank #129to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)part; share; ingredient; component
- 勉x1 | Chapter Rank #829to exhort; to make an effort
- 却是x4 | Chapter Rank #279nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 效验x2 | Chapter Rank #504(desired) effect; (expected) result; effective
- 看了x2 | Chapter Rank #505
- 所以x9 | Chapter Rank #111therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 却x5 | Chapter Rank #224but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #506good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 已x13 | Chapter Rank #71already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 自觉x2 | Chapter Rank #507to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- 前言x1 | Chapter Rank #830preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
- 濂x3 | Chapter Rank #355name of a river in Hunan
- 溪x3 | Chapter Rank #356creek; rivulet
- 主x4 | Chapter Rank #280owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 未免x6 | Chapter Rank #190unavoidably; can't help; really; rather
- 尚有x1 | Chapter Rank #831
- 事x22 | Chapter Rank #27matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 问答x1 | Chapter Rank #832question and answer
- 河南x7 | Chapter Rank #153see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 程x14 | Chapter Rank #62rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequencesurname Cheng
- 氏x6 | Chapter Rank #191used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1](bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- 外x1 | Chapter Rank #833outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 传闻x1 | Chapter Rank #834rumor
- 杂记x1 | Chapter Rank #835various notes or records; a miscellany; scattered jottings
- 摘录x1 | Chapter Rank #836to extract; to excerpt; an excerpt
- 谢良佐x2 | Chapter Rank #508
- 语录x1 | Chapter Rank #837quotation (from a book or existing source)
- 显x1 | Chapter Rank #838to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- 程颢x2 | Chapter Rank #509Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Song neo-Confucian scholar
- 程颐x3 | Chapter Rank #357Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar
- 门人x1 | Chapter Rank #839disciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
- 孟子x5 | Chapter Rank #225Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- 公孙丑x1 | Chapter Rank #840
- 勿x4 | Chapter Rank #281do not
- 预期x2 | Chapter Rank #510to expect; to anticipate
- 误x2 | Chapter Rank #511mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- 稱x1 | Chapter Rank #841to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praiseto fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- 引x5 | Chapter Rank #226to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 横x1 | Chapter Rank #842harsh and unreasonable; unexpectedhorizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent