Vocabulary: 传习录
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- actually; in fact
- to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- on the one hand
- to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- (bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
- clutch (in car gearbox); separation and reunion
- during; at the time of
- affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
- generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
- eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies
- quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- 禅 shàn: 禅 shan4: to abdicate禅 chán: 禅 chan2: dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
- weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) to quote out of context
- alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- to pluck; to take
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- communications; news story; dispatch; CL:個|个[ge4]
- known; what one knows
- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- one tenth
- not in the least; to completely lack
- representativeness; representative; typical
- to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- any; whatever; whichever
- to speak of; to refer to
- it could even be said