Vocabulary: 吾未见刚者：真正的坚韧，是管住欲望
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 对联x1 | Chapter Rank #76rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
- 海纳百川x1 | Chapter Rank #77all rivers run into the sea; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
- 有容乃大x1 | Chapter Rank #78
- 壁立千仞x1 | Chapter Rank #79(idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing
- 无欲则刚x1 | Chapter Rank #80
- 特点x1 | Chapter Rank #81characteristic; trait; feature
- 就是x2 | Chapter Rank #39exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 无x1 | Chapter Rank #82used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 听x1 | Chapter Rank #83smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 了x3 | Chapter Rank #23(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 就x3 | Chapter Rank #24(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 有人x1 | Chapter Rank #84someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 回应x1 | Chapter Rank #85to respond; response
- 他x5 | Chapter Rank #13(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #40you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 不x3 | Chapter Rank #25no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 吗x1 | Chapter Rank #86(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #87seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #88straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 刚强x1 | Chapter Rank #89firm; unyielding
- 有棱有角x1 | Chapter Rank #90(of a shape) sharp and clearcut; (of a person) definite in his opinion
- 原则x4 | Chapter Rank #16principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #41but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 内心x2 | Chapter Rank #42heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- 很x2 | Chapter Rank #43very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 强x1 | Chapter Rank #91to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effortstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]surname Qiangstubborn; unyielding
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #92how?; what?; why?
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #93might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 要x2 | Chapter Rank #44(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 棱角x1 | Chapter Rank #94edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner
- 自己x1 | Chapter Rank #95oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 能够x1 | Chapter Rank #96to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 逾越x1 | Chapter Rank #97to exceed
- 规矩x1 | Chapter Rank #98lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved
- 相当x2 | Chapter Rank #45equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- 容易x1 | Chapter Rank #99easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- 一件x2 | Chapter Rank #46
- 事x4 | Chapter Rank #17matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 因为x1 | Chapter Rank #100because; owing to; on account of
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #101(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 特别x3 | Chapter Rank #26unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 强盛x1 | Chapter Rank #102rich and powerful
- 某x2 | Chapter Rank #47some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- 一些x2 | Chapter Rank #48some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 在意x2 | Chapter Rank #49to care about; to mind
- 时候x2 | Chapter Rank #50time; length of time; moment; period
- 弱点x1 | Chapter Rank #103weak point; failing
- 出现x1 | Chapter Rank #104to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 武侠小说x1 | Chapter Rank #105a martial arts (wuxia) novel
- 里x2 | Chapter Rank #51lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)