Vocabulary: 善为我辞焉：闵子骞为何拒绝做官
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 喜欢x1 | Chapter Rank #109to like; to be fond of
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #110to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 戏x1 | Chapter Rank #111trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #112or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 听x4 | Chapter Rank #16smile (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])
- 评书x1 | Chapter Rank #113pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #114might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 经常x1 | Chapter Rank #115frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #116can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 听到x1 | Chapter Rank #117to hear
- 一出x1 | Chapter Rank #118
- 传统x1 | Chapter Rank #119tradition; traditional
- 名剧x1 | Chapter Rank #120
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #121to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 鞭打x2 | Chapter Rank #50to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash
- 芦花x4 | Chapter Rank #17reed catkin; reed flower
- 被x3 | Chapter Rank #30quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 写x1 | Chapter Rank #122to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 进x2 | Chapter Rank #51to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 了x16 | Chapter Rank #5to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 二十四孝x1 | Chapter Rank #123the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
- 讲x2 | Chapter Rank #52to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #124exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 故事x2 | Chapter Rank #53narrative; story; taleold practice
- 同x1 | Chapter Rank #125used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]like; same; similar; together; alike; withused in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- 父亲x6 | Chapter Rank #11father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 和x1 | Chapter Rank #126surname Heto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbsto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- 继母x4 | Chapter Rank #18stepmother
- 一起x1 | Chapter Rank #127(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #128to live; life; livelihood
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #129but; however
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #54right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 十分x2 | Chapter Rank #55very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 刻薄x1 | Chapter Rank #130unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions
- 到x3 | Chapter Rank #31to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 冬天x1 | Chapter Rank #131winter
- 她x2 | Chapter Rank #56she
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #32to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 亲生x1 | Chapter Rank #132one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)
- 两x2 | Chapter Rank #57two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 个x4 | Chapter Rank #19used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 孩子x2 | Chapter Rank #58child
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #59to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 棉花x2 | Chapter Rank #60cotton
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #61to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 冬衣x1 | Chapter Rank #133winter clothes
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #134but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 又x3 | Chapter Rank #33(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 轻x1 | Chapter Rank #135light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 薄x1 | Chapter Rank #136meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or nearsee 薄荷[bo4 he5]thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertilesurname Bo