Vocabulary: 传习录
- to treat well
- to do evil
- to have no right; to have no authority
- (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
- lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved
- to stop; to halt; halt!; to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
- form; specification; format
- to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
- pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
- 毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao
- Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)
- "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
- to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others; to wear oneself out for the general good
- to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
- to brag; popular; lovely
- whatever you like; to do as one pleases
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- background (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé
- (archaic) water leaking into a boat; historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- to exceed
- thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
- sixty; 60
- seventy; 70
- long-term; for a protracted period
- skillful; proficient
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc)
- (literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that; (literary) maybe; perhaps
- miniature; scaled-down; forming a microcosm
- to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- flea
- a good while; a long time
- good; very; very much
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- to steal; secretly; (humble) I
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- surname Min