Vocabulary: 前言
from 帝范 臣轨 庭训格言（精）
- 官x1 | Chapter Rank #615government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Guan
- 用人x1 | Chapter Rank #616servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- 治国安邦x2 | Chapter Rank #257
- 关系x1 | Chapter Rank #617relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 小x2 | Chapter Rank #258small; tiny; few; young
- 用x3 | Chapter Rank #154to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 不宜x1 | Chapter Rank #618not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate
- 做到x1 | Chapter Rank #619to accomplish; to achieve
- 量x1 | Chapter Rank #620capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure wordto measure
- 各x1 | Chapter Rank #621each; every
- 取x1 | Chapter Rank #622to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 人尽其才x1 | Chapter Rank #623employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
- 听取意见x1 | Chapter Rank #624
- 能否x1 | Chapter Rank #625whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 听取x1 | Chapter Rank #626to hear (news); to listen to
- 不同x2 | Chapter Rank #259different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 盛衰x1 | Chapter Rank #627to flourish then decline; rise and fall
- 关键x1 | Chapter Rank #628crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- 广开言路x1 | Chapter Rank #629to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
- 虚心听取x1 | Chapter Rank #630
- 兼听则明x1 | Chapter Rank #631
- 偏信则暗x1 | Chapter Rank #632
- 佞臣x2 | Chapter Rank #260
- 危害x2 | Chapter Rank #261to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
- 小人x1 | Chapter Rank #633person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- 贤臣x2 | Chapter Rank #262
- 导致x2 | Chapter Rank #263to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- 事业x2 | Chapter Rank #264undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 失败x1 | Chapter Rank #634to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 远离x1 | Chapter Rank #635to be far from; to keep away from
- 杜绝x1 | Chapter Rank #636to put an end to
- 谗言x1 | Chapter Rank #637slander; slanderous report; calumny; false charge
- 奢侈x1 | Chapter Rank #638luxurious; extravagant
- 生于忧患x1 | Chapter Rank #639
- 死于安乐x1 | Chapter Rank #640see 生於憂患，死於安樂|生于忧患，死于安乐[sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4]
- 玩物丧志x1 | Chapter Rank #641lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will
- 骄奢x1 | Chapter Rank #642
- 扰民x1 | Chapter Rank #643(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
- 倾危x1 | Chapter Rank #644in danger of collapse; in a parlous state; (of person) treacherous
- 患x1 | Chapter Rank #645to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- 统治者x2 | Chapter Rank #265ruler
- 必须x3 | Chapter Rank #155to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 节俭x3 | Chapter Rank #156frugal; economical
- 声色犬马x1 | Chapter Rank #646lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom); fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence
- 自我x1 | Chapter Rank #647the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- 堕落x1 | Chapter Rank #648to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace
- 开端x1 | Chapter Rank #649start; beginning
- 约束x1 | Chapter Rank #650to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
- 自己x1 | Chapter Rank #651oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 反对x1 | Chapter Rank #652to oppose; to be against; to object to