Vocabulary: 传习录
- (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
- 艮 gěn: 艮 gen3: blunt; tough; chewy艮 gèn: 艮 gen4: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
- school of thought
- creator; founder; initiator
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- (idiom) self-knowledge
- hidden; covered; concealed
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- radish
- sth else; a separate matter; not the same thing; with different jobs (not colleagues); a remarkable thing; sth special; an odd thing; sth strange or incomprehensible
- 泰山 Tài shān: 泰山 Tai4 shan1: Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle); Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan泰山 Tài Shān: 泰山 Tai4 Shan1: Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- to level the land; level ground; plain
- surname Jian
- 海盐 Hǎi yán: 海盐 Hai3 yan2: see 海鹽縣|海盐县[Hai3 yan2 Xian4]海盐 hǎi yán: 海盐 hai3 yan2: sea salt
- Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- ancient office title; rich and important person
- there is no lack of
- (idiom) deeply touching
- to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- fantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic; astonished
- accommodating; (Buddhism) completely integrated
- all different; each unto his own
- to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
- how can one be sure?
- to revere; highly esteemed
- to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
- all the year round
- to be alarmed; to be terrified
- twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
- to see sb off; to bid farewell (to sb)
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- 宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights
- 延寿 Yán shòu: 延寿 Yan2 shou4: see 延壽縣|延寿县[Yan2 shou4 Xian4]延寿 yán shòu: 延寿 yan2 shou4: to prolong life; to extend lifespan
- 慨 kǎi: 慨 kai3: to sigh (with emotion)慨 kǎi: 慨 kai3: indignant; generous; to sigh (with emotion)