Vocabulary: 中道而废：不开始努力，怎么能断定自己做不到
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 愿意x1 | Chapter Rank #93to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 学x1 | Chapter Rank #94to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #52but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 天分x1 | Chapter Rank #95natural gift; talent
- 高x1 | Chapter Rank #96surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 已经x1 | Chapter Rank #97already
- 尽力x1 | Chapter Rank #98to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- 了x12 | Chapter Rank #3to 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
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #99still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 只能x1 | Chapter Rank #100can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 留在x1 | Chapter Rank #101
- 原地x2 | Chapter Rank #53(in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)
- 是x6 | Chapter Rank #17to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #102abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 为x1 | Chapter Rank #103because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 借口x2 | Chapter Rank #54to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- 一句x1 | Chapter Rank #104a line of verse; a sentence
- 就x7 | Chapter Rank #12(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 ...
- 洞穿x1 | Chapter Rank #105to penetrate; to pierce; to see clearly; to have an insight into
- 他的x1 | Chapter Rank #106
- 内心x1 | Chapter Rank #107heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- 今天x1 | Chapter Rank #108today; the present time; now
- 我们x6 | Chapter Rank #18we; us; ourselves; our
- 常常x1 | Chapter Rank #109frequently; often
- 听到x2 | Chapter Rank #55to hear
- 半途而废x2 | Chapter Rank #56to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 这个x2 | Chapter Rank #57(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 词x2 | Chapter Rank #58word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 觉得x3 | Chapter Rank #33to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #34one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x4 | Chapter Rank #27used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 影响x1 | Chapter Rank #110influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- 坏x1 | Chapter Rank #111bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 它x2 | Chapter Rank #59itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 让x2 | Chapter Rank #60to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #112affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 只要x2 | Chapter Rank #61so long as; provided; if
- 成功x1 | Chapter Rank #113Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #114exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 毫无意义x1 | Chapter Rank #115
- 并x1 | Chapter Rank #116and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不是x1 | Chapter Rank #117fault; blameno; is not; not
- 不好x1 | Chapter Rank #118no good
- 状态x1 | Chapter Rank #119condition; state; state of affairs
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #120(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)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 at
- 朝着x1 | Chapter Rank #121towards
- 目标x1 | Chapter Rank #122target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 前行x1 | Chapter Rank #123(literary) to go forward
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #124time; length of time; moment; period
- 即使x1 | Chapter Rank #125even if; even though