Vocabulary: 第三章 仕途黑暗，告别官场寄情山水
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 三不朽x6 | Chapter Rank #272the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
- 依次x1 | Chapter Rank #2598in order; in succession
- 立德x4 | Chapter Rank #447to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])
- 立功x6 | Chapter Rank #273to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 立言x6 | Chapter Rank #274to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
- 精英x1 | Chapter Rank #2599cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 指出x2 | Chapter Rank #1090to indicate; to point out
- 主旨x1 | Chapter Rank #2600gist; main idea; general tenor; one's judgment
- 个人x2 | Chapter Rank #1091individual; personal; oneself
- 有限x1 | Chapter Rank #2601limited; finite
- 生命x1 | Chapter Rank #2602life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 无尽x1 | Chapter Rank #2603endless; inexhaustible
- 确立x1 | Chapter Rank #2604to establish; to institute
- 建立x1 | Chapter Rank #2605to establish; to set up; to found
- 功业x1 | Chapter Rank #2606achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
- 形式x1 | Chapter Rank #2607outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 绝伦x1 | Chapter Rank #2608outstanding; peerless; beyond compare
- 言论x3 | Chapter Rank #667expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- 德x4 | Chapter Rank #448Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- 行x2 | Chapter Rank #1092(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or linesused in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 深远x1 | Chapter Rank #2609far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- 悠长x1 | Chapter Rank #2610long; drawn-out; prolonged; lingering
- 经久x1 | Chapter Rank #2611long-lasting; durable
- 不失x1 | Chapter Rank #2612still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
- 有如x1 | Chapter Rank #2613to be like sth; similar to; alike
- 万有引力x1 | Chapter Rank #2614gravity
- 永恒x1 | Chapter Rank #2615eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- 张载x1 | Chapter Rank #2616
- 叫嚣x1 | Chapter Rank #2617to hoot
- 天地x1 | Chapter Rank #2618heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 为生x1 | Chapter Rank #2619to make a living
- 民x1 | Chapter Rank #2620surname Min(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- 立命x1 | Chapter Rank #2621
- 往x1 | Chapter Rank #2622to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 圣x1 | Chapter Rank #2623(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 继x1 | Chapter Rank #2624to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 绝学x1 | Chapter Rank #2625(literary) lost or nearly lost body of knowledge; (literary) consummate mastery (in a field); (wuxia) supreme technique
- 万世开x1 | Chapter Rank #2626
- 太平x1 | Chapter Rank #2627peace and securitysee 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]
- 艰难x1 | Chapter Rank #2628difficult; hard; challenging
- 过程x1 | Chapter Rank #2629course of events; process
- 自x2 | Chapter Rank #1093(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 孔孟之x1 | Chapter Rank #2630
- 认可x2 | Chapter Rank #1094to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK
- 半x1 | Chapter Rank #2631half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- 王阳明x1 | Chapter Rank #2632Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
- 曾国藩x1 | Chapter Rank #2633Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- 半个x1 | Chapter Rank #2634half of sth
- 孔夫子x1 | Chapter Rank #2635Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- 三十而立x1 | Chapter Rank #2636thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)