Vocabulary: 人之生也直：君子安身立命的根本，是正直
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- 一x4 | Chapter Rank #11one; 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 #12used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 目光短浅x1 | Chapter Rank #74to be shortsighted
- 只能x1 | Chapter Rank #75can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 社会x2 | Chapter Rank #36society
- 规则x3 | Chapter Rank #19rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
- 作用x2 | Chapter Rank #37to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- 觉得x1 | Chapter Rank #76to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 个别人x1 | Chapter Rank #77
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #38to 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)
- 了x6 | 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
- 坏事x1 | Chapter Rank #78bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
- 很x2 | Chapter Rank #39very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 其实x1 | Chapter Rank #79actually; in fact; really
- 作弊x1 | Chapter Rank #80to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #81or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 捷径x1 | Chapter Rank #82shortcut
- 暂时x2 | Chapter Rank #40temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 拿到x1 | Chapter Rank #83to get; to obtain
- 想要x1 | Chapter Rank #84to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- 结果x2 | Chapter Rank #41to bear fruitoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- 在短期内x1 | Chapter Rank #85
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #86might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 在x1 | Chapter Rank #87to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 起x1 | Chapter Rank #88to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 但x3 | Chapter Rank #20but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 从x1 | Chapter Rank #89surname Congfrom; 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 ancestor
- 长期x1 | Chapter Rank #90long-term; for a protracted period
- 看x2 | Chapter Rank #42to 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 forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 一定x2 | Chapter Rank #43surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #44still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 自然x1 | Chapter Rank #91nature; natural; naturally
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #92to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 决定x1 | Chapter Rank #93to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #94to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 远x1 | Chapter Rank #95far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)to distance oneself from (classical)
- 有些x1 | Chapter Rank #96some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 旁门左道x1 | Chapter Rank #97dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
- 成功x1 | Chapter Rank #98Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 大家x1 | Chapter Rank #99everyone; influential family; great expert
- 不要x1 | Chapter Rank #100don't!; must not
- 羡慕x1 | Chapter Rank #101to envy; to admire
- 句x1 | Chapter Rank #102sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #103dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 可以x1 | Chapter Rank #104can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 给x1 | Chapter Rank #105to; 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
- 我们x4 | Chapter Rank #13we; us; ourselves; our
- 内心x1 | Chapter Rank #106heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- 注入x1 | Chapter Rank #107to pour into; to empty into
- 强x1 | Chapter Rank #108surname Qiangto 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]stubborn; unyielding