Vocabulary: 行不由径：不走捷径，是君子之道
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 说x8 | Chapter Rank #15to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 最x3 | Chapter Rank #49(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 关键x1 | Chapter Rank #133crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- 擅于x1 | Chapter Rank #134
- 发现x3 | Chapter Rank #50to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 人才x2 | Chapter Rank #79talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- 这x9 | Chapter Rank #10(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 整个x1 | Chapter Rank #135whole; entire; total
- 国家x1 | Chapter Rank #136country; nation; state
- 都x3 | Chapter Rank #51surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 极为重要x1 | Chapter Rank #137
- 就x6 | Chapter Rank #21(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 ...
- 老师x1 | Chapter Rank #138teacher
- 提到x1 | Chapter Rank #139to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 了x9 | Chapter Rank #11(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
- 叫x6 | Chapter Rank #22to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 名字x2 | Chapter Rank #80name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 很x4 | Chapter Rank #36very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 特别x1 | Chapter Rank #140unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 关于x1 | Chapter Rank #141pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 一段x1 | Chapter Rank #142
- 有趣x2 | Chapter Rank #81interesting; fascinating; amusing
- 故事x5 | Chapter Rank #26old practicenarrative; story; tale
- 中国x2 | Chapter Rank #82China
- 古代x3 | Chapter Rank #52ancient times
- 本书x2 | Chapter Rank #83
- 夜航x5 | Chapter Rank #27
- 船x5 | Chapter Rank #28boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 作者x1 | Chapter Rank #143author; writer
- 明末清初x1 | Chapter Rank #144late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century
- 文学家x1 | Chapter Rank #145writer; man of letters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 史学家x1 | Chapter Rank #146historian
- 张x2 | Chapter Rank #84to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votessurname Zhang
- 岱x2 | Chapter Rank #85Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
- 类似x1 | Chapter Rank #147similar; analogous
- 于x1 | Chapter Rank #148surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #149now; at present; currently
- 百科全书x1 | Chapter Rank #150encyclopedia; CL:本[ben3],集[ji2]
- 书x1 | Chapter Rank #151abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 里x2 | Chapter Rank #86lining; 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)
- 一个个x1 | Chapter Rank #152a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- 小x4 | Chapter Rank #37small; tiny; few; young
- 知识点x1 | Chapter Rank #153
- 从x1 | Chapter Rank #154from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 天文地理x1 | Chapter Rank #155
- 到x2 | Chapter Rank #87to 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
- 经史x1 | Chapter Rank #156
- 百家x1 | Chapter Rank #157many schools of thought; many people or households
- 涉及x1 | Chapter Rank #158to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
- 广泛x1 | Chapter Rank #159wide; broad; extensive; widespread