Vocabulary: 传习录
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- a list; to list; to enumerate
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- 中庸 Zhōng yōng: 中庸 Zhong1 yong1: the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]中庸 zhōng yōng: 中庸 zhong1 yong1: golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary
- 老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi
- 庄子 zhuāng zi: 庄子 zhuang1 zi5: (coll.) village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]庄子 Zhuāng zǐ: 庄子 Zhuang1 zi3: Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
- distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- recently; soon; nearest
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- philosophy
- we; us; ourselves; our
- to see
- to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- entire book; unabridged book
- to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
- in total there are ...; to own jointly
- to include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record; to employ; to recruit
- to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- question and answer
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)卷 juàn: 卷 juan4: scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- short piece; article; short essay
- sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- many times; repeatedly
- to revise and enlarge (a book); to augment a purchase order
- to abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- each; every
- block printed edition