Vocabulary: 五十以学《易》：若十年前没种树，最好的时机是现在
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- 连山x2 | Chapter Rank #57see 連山壯族瑤族自治縣|连山壮族瑶族自治县[Lian2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]; see 連山區|连山区[Lian2 shan1 Qu1]
- 归藏x2 | Chapter Rank #58
- 周易x20 | Chapter Rank #2another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 如果x5 | Chapter Rank #18if; in case; in the event that
- 一x4 | Chapter Rank #24one; 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x3 | Chapter Rank #32used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 人x4 | Chapter Rank #25person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 有x3 | Chapter Rank #33to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 兴趣x1 | Chapter Rank #122interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 尽量x1 | Chapter Rank #123as much as possible; to the greatest extentas much as possible; to the greatest extent
- 多x1 | Chapter Rank #124many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 地x2 | Chapter Rank #59-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 研读x1 | Chapter Rank #125to study attentively (a book); to delve into
- 以上x1 | Chapter Rank #126that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
- 书籍x1 | Chapter Rank #127books; works
- 不见x1 | Chapter Rank #128not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- 传世x1 | Chapter Rank #129handed down from ancient times; family heirloom
- 所以x2 | Chapter Rank #60therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 基本上x1 | Chapter Rank #130basically; on the whole
- 指x1 | Chapter Rank #131finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 通假字x1 | Chapter Rank #132phonetic loan character; using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
- 通x1 | Chapter Rank #133to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etcclassifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- 假x1 | Chapter Rank #134used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposevacationto borrow
- 就是x2 | Chapter Rank #61exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 借来x1 | Chapter Rank #135
- 意思x2 | Chapter Rank #62idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 孔子x16 | Chapter Rank #4Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 说x8 | Chapter Rank #9to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 假如x1 | Chapter Rank #136if
- 生命x2 | Chapter Rank #63life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 能够x6 | Chapter Rank #11to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 再x3 | Chapter Rank #34again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 借x2 | Chapter Rank #64to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 几年x2 | Chapter Rank #65a few years; several years; how many years?
- 五十岁x6 | Chapter Rank #12
- 时候x6 | Chapter Rank #13time; length of time; moment; period
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #66to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 我的x1 | Chapter Rank #137
- 人生x3 | Chapter Rank #35life (one's time on earth)
- 便x1 | Chapter Rank #138plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 不会x1 | Chapter Rank #139improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 犯x3 | Chapter Rank #36to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- 什么x1 | Chapter Rank #140what?; something; anything
- 错x1 | Chapter Rank #141mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silversurname Cuo
- 了x9 | Chapter Rank #7(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
- 可见x1 | Chapter Rank #142it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 把x1 | Chapter Rank #143handleto 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})
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #144to 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
- 得x1 | Chapter Rank #145structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need toused in 得瑟[de4 se5]to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 很x3 | Chapter Rank #37very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)