Vocabulary: 传习录
- to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
- to indulge in; dissipation; debauchery
- widely known; on everyone's lips
- village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
- streets and alleys; street; alley
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
- confused; extinguished; (onom.) used in 汩汩[gu3 gu3]
- indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
- to turn around
- practice; to put into practice; to live up to (a promise); to carry out (a project)
- handed down in a direct line from the founder
- near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- 蹊 xī: 蹊 xi1: (literary) footpath蹊 qī: 蹊 qi1: used in 蹊蹺|蹊跷[qi1 qiao1]; Taiwan pr. [xi1]
- alley; trail
- 港 gǎng: 港 gang3: harbor; port; CL:個|个[ge4]港 Gǎng: 港 Gang3: Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3]); surname Gang
- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc
- a loner; someone who does not easily get along with others
- dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll
- won't work; will get (you) nowhere
- 路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu
- careful; cautious
- 杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar
- 墨 mò: 墨 mo4: ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead墨 Mò: 墨 Mo4: surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
- boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 观 Guàn: 观 Guan4: surname Guan观 guān: 观 guan1: to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook观 guàn: 观 guan4: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
- to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- apart from this; in addition to this
- excellent; superlative
- extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- to receive guests; to receive patrons (of prostitutes)
- (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- see 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 Shi4]
- see 吳興區|吴兴区[Wu2 xing1 Qu1]
- not in detail; not quite clear