- sentence
- to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
- center; heart; core
- (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- according to reason; in principle
- to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right
- to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth)
- old adage; ancient teaching
- 便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient
- for a very long time
- random thoughts; impressions
- to think deeply; to ponder
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- original meaning; original intention
- the outside world; external
- according to the situation; pragmatic; random
- to respond; response
- one's own view; definite opinion
- opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
- to judge; to determine; judgment
- lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
- to open a book; open-book (exam)
- to recite poetry
- to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
- order; sequence; one after another
- novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
- (literary) how is one to know?
- analogy; metaphor; simile
- remember at all costs
- to open up
- book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations
- child
- (of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer
- perhaps; maybe
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
- to delete