Vocabulary: 传习录
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- firebird (mythology)
- (bound form) chick; young bird
- 北海 Běi Hǎi: 北海 Bei3 Hai3: North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖[Bei4 jia1 er3 Hu2], Russia北海 Běi hǎi: 北海 Bei3 hai3: see 北海公園|北海公园[Bei3 hai3 Gong1 yuan2]; see 北海市[Bei3 hai3 Shi4]
- wutong (Firmiana platanifolia); Chinese parasol tree
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- 吓 xià: 吓 xia4: to frighten; to scare吓 hè: 吓 he4: to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
- (literary) (of water) limpid
- various notes or records; a miscellany; scattered jottings
- to warn; to admonish
- to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
- worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder
- insignificant
- (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat
- owl
- ashamed
- to apologize
- to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- (dialect) a mute (person)
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
- to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but
- 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
- (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4])
- 沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve
- alias
- forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
- thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
- to bury (the dead); to inter
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 柳 lǐu: 柳 liu3: willow柳 Lǐu: 柳 Liu3: surname Liu
- 青 Qīng: 青 Qing1: short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]青 qīng: 青 qing1: green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
- ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵[duo3]
- point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
- to have leisure time
- 印 Yìn: 印 Yin4: surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India印 yìn: 印 yin4: to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
- midnight; in the middle of the night
- Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
- 雪 xuě: 雪 xue3: snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)雪 Xuě: 雪 Xue3: surname Xue