Vocabulary: 礼之用，和为贵：“以和为贵”绝对不是和稀泥
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- 可能x3 | Chapter Rank #39might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 很x1 | Chapter Rank #113very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 难懂x1 | Chapter Rank #114difficult to understand
- 说x5 | Chapter Rank #16to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 古人x1 | Chapter Rank #115people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- 为什么x1 | Chapter Rank #116why?; for what reason?
- 要x3 | Chapter Rank #40to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #71to 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)
- 是x11 | Chapter Rank #3to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 为了x5 | Chapter Rank #17for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 和谐x11 | Chapter Rank #4harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
- 能够x2 | Chapter Rank #72to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 非常x3 | Chapter Rank #41very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #73to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 的x24 | Chapter Rank #1(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and trulya taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #42one; 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x6 | Chapter Rank #11(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 状态x1 | Chapter Rank #117condition; state; state of affairs
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #118regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 含义x1 | Chapter Rank #119meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
- 晏子x3 | Chapter Rank #43Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1], hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
- 曾x1 | Chapter Rank #120great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)surname Zeng
- 比喻x1 | Chapter Rank #121to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- 齐x1 | Chapter Rank #122(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qineat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 王x1 | Chapter Rank #123king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; greatsurname Wang(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #124to ask; to inquire
- 什么x2 | Chapter Rank #74what?; something; anything
- 叫作x3 | Chapter Rank #44to call; to be called
- 譬如x1 | Chapter Rank #125for example; for instance; such as
- 调羹x3 | Chapter Rank #45spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
- 我们x4 | Chapter Rank #27we; us; ourselves; our
- 调x2 | Chapter Rank #75to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to inciteto transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- 一碗x2 | Chapter Rank #76
- 羹x3 | Chapter Rank #46thick soup
- 不能x1 | Chapter Rank #126cannot; must not; should not
- 水x3 | Chapter Rank #47surname Shui; Shui ethnic groupwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 把x2 | Chapter Rank #77handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 倒x2 | Chapter Rank #78to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 在x3 | Chapter Rank #48to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 一起x3 | Chapter Rank #49(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 才能x1 | Chapter Rank #127talent; ability; capacity
- 调和x3 | Chapter Rank #50harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #128to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 汤x1 | Chapter Rank #129surname Tangrushing currentsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
- 来x6 | Chapter Rank #12to 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])
- 如果x3 | Chapter Rank #51if; in case; in the event that
- 羮x4 | Chapter Rank #28
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #130to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 它x2 | Chapter Rank #79itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #131still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or