- subject; branch of learning; course; academic discipline
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- to signify; to mean; to imply
- to penetrate deeply; thorough
- reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- to describe; to depict; to portray
- to differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- thing; object
- inner; internal; intrinsic; innate
- rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior; regular pattern; rhythm; discipline
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- motivation; moving force; underlying force; agent
- principle; theory
- element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- each; every
- an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
- shape; form; pattern; morphology
- philosophy
- same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
- theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- practice; to put into practice; to live up to (a promise); to carry out (a project)
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- identical; the same
- aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
- (idiom) to complement one another
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- to use; to put to use
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- only
- experience; to go through; to experience
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- to have; to possess
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
- Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
- empiricism
- virtually the same; differing only on small points
- 当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- the Renaissance