Vocabulary: 匹夫不可夺志也：精神与意志，是最坚不可摧的力量
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 虽然x1 | Chapter Rank #166although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 看似x1 | Chapter Rank #167to look as if; to seem
- 不起眼x1 | Chapter Rank #168unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary
- 却是x1 | Chapter Rank #169nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #170again; 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
- 大的x1 | Chapter Rank #171
- 外x5 | Chapter Rank #35outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 都x7 | Chapter Rank #23surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 无法x1 | Chapter Rank #172unable to; incapable of
- 夺去x1 | Chapter Rank #173
- 中国x4 | Chapter Rank #43China
- 古代x2 | Chapter Rank #85ancient times
- 特别x1 | Chapter Rank #174unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 感人x1 | Chapter Rank #175touching; moving
- 史官x7 | Chapter Rank #24scribe; court recorder; historian; historiographer
- 故事x2 | Chapter Rank #86old practicenarrative; story; tale
- 齐国x1 | Chapter Rank #176Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- 大臣x1 | Chapter Rank #177chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- 崔x10 | Chapter Rank #9surname Cui(literary) (of mountains) lofty
- 杼x10 | Chapter Rank #10shuttle of a loom
- 弑君x1 | Chapter Rank #178regicide; to commit regicide
- 时x1 | Chapter Rank #179o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 太史x2 | Chapter Rank #87two-character surname Taishi
- 旁边x1 | Chapter Rank #180side; adjacent place
- 记x2 | Chapter Rank #88to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 弑x6 | Chapter Rank #28to murder a superior; to murder one's parent
- 其x8 | Chapter Rank #18his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 君x6 | Chapter Rank #29monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #181right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 你x8 | Chapter Rank #19you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #57to; 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x6 | Chapter Rank #30I; me; my
- 改成x1 | Chapter Rank #182to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
- 齐x2 | Chapter Rank #89(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qineat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 王x2 | Chapter Rank #90king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; greatsurname Wang(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 暴毙x2 | Chapter Rank #91to die suddenly
- 改不了x2 | Chapter Rank #92
- 就要x1 | Chapter Rank #183will; shall; to be going to
- 杀头x3 | Chapter Rank #58to behead
- 杀x3 | Chapter Rank #59to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 之后x1 | Chapter Rank #184after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 二弟x1 | Chapter Rank #185
- 继任x2 | Chapter Rank #93to succeed sb in a job; successor
- 还是x3 | Chapter Rank #60still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 写x3 | Chapter Rank #61to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 又x4 | Chapter Rank #44(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #186surname Santhree; 3
- 弟x4 | Chapter Rank #45younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- 四x3 | Chapter Rank #62four; 4
- 上来x1 | Chapter Rank #187to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)