Vocabulary: 传习录
- 稱 chèn: 稱 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]稱 chēng: 稱 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- whole; entirety; overall; whole; general; on the whole; overall
- to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things
- to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- to spy; watch for
- to be emotionally moved
- to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
- A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
- magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking
- 眯 mí: 眯 mi2: to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. [mi3]眯 mī: 眯 mi1: to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap
- document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- front sight (firearms); the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
- to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- weak; feeble
- patient; sufferer
- to forgive
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- to follow; following; along
- to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
- reason; logic
- sequence; order
- circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- to injure