- lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- mind; mental faculties
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- to experience; to realize; to comprehend
- to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- see 安陸市|安陆市[An1 lu4 Shi4]
- lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly; in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state; Rome wasn't built in a day
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- deliberately; on purpose
- far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising
- aspiration; ambition
- 伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- 尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin
- Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
- country; nation; state
- to assist (usually a ruler)
- don't!; must not
- young; junior
- graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- not only
- frequently; often
- to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
- forever; eternal
- to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- teardrop; tears
- throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint
- five; 5
- to pass away; to die
- grieved; sorrowful
- (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom); to leave a mark for generations to come
- enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...