- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 展 zhǎn: 展 zhan3: to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition展 Zhǎn: 展 Zhan3: surname Zhan
- unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
- knowledge; learning; (attributive) intellectual
- astute; shrewd; smart
- have wide learning and a retentive memory; have encyclopedic knowledge
- (idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
- 分量 fèn liàng: 分量 fen4 liang4: (food) portion size分量 fèn liang: 分量 fen4 liang5: quantity; weight; measure; (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc); (of written material) density分量 fēn liàng: 分量 fen1 liang4: (vector) component
- to be overgrown with weeds
- 艮 gěn: 艮 gen3: blunt; tough; chewy艮 gèn: 艮 gen4: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
- sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- content; meaning; connotation; implication
- History of Kingdom Lu; refers to the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
- to revise
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- to use letters; to use words; diction
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- all categories
- birds
- erudite; widely read and knowledgeable
- faculty of memory; ability to remember
- erudition; scholarly knowledge
- to brag about; to flaunt
- 夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: used in transliteration夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
- energy
- special; dedicated
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- (bound form) dirty; filthy
- in a mess; in a jumble; chaotic
- reason; sense
- what one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience
- shallow; superficial
- superficial; shallow
- main point; essential
- to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- to demote; to denounce
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight