Vocabulary: 事之以礼：有尺度，才是真正的孝
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 治国x1 | Chapter Rank #133to rule a country
- 我们x5 | Chapter Rank #24we; us; ourselves; our
- 先x1 | Chapter Rank #134beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #66to 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])
- 理解x2 | Chapter Rank #67to comprehend; to understand
- 孔子x24 | Chapter Rank #2Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 所x1 | Chapter Rank #135actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 处x1 | Chapter Rank #136(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, pointto reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- 时代背景x1 | Chapter Rank #137
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #68immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 周x1 | Chapter Rank #138to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financiallysurname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)week; weekly
- 王朝x1 | Chapter Rank #139dynasty
- 已经x1 | Chapter Rank #140already
- 基本x1 | Chapter Rank #141basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 丧失x1 | Chapter Rank #142to lose; to forfeit
- 了x3 | Chapter Rank #43(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
- 整个x1 | Chapter Rank #143whole; entire; total
- 国家x2 | Chapter Rank #69country; nation; state
- 统治力x1 | Chapter Rank #144dominance; supremacy
- 鲁君x1 | Chapter Rank #145the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #146to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 失去x1 | Chapter Rank #147to lose
- 力量x1 | Chapter Rank #148power; force; strength
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #70and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 正x1 | Chapter Rank #149first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 处于x1 | Chapter Rank #150to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- 鲁国x3 | Chapter Rank #44Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- 三x2 | Chapter Rank #71three; 3surname San
- 桓x2 | Chapter Rank #72Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)surname Huan
- 当政x3 | Chapter Rank #45to come to power; to hold power; in office
- 指x3 | Chapter Rank #46finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 季孙氏x2 | Chapter Rank #73
- 孟孙氏x3 | Chapter Rank #47
- 叔x2 | Chapter Rank #74uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 氏x2 | Chapter Rank #75(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figuresused in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- 三家x2 | Chapter Rank #76
- 在x8 | Chapter Rank #11to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 掌管x1 | Chapter Rank #151in charge of; to control
- 政事x1 | Chapter Rank #152politics; government affairs
- 掌门人x1 | Chapter Rank #153(wuxia) sect leader; (fig.) person in charge; head; leader; proprietor
- 表面x1 | Chapter Rank #154surface; face; outside; appearance
- 上x1 | Chapter Rank #155(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 尊x1 | Chapter Rank #156senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- 为x1 | Chapter Rank #157as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 师x1 | Chapter Rank #158teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troopssurname Shi
- 向x1 | Chapter Rank #159towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...surname Xiangto tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 请教x2 | Chapter Rank #77to ask for guidance; to consult
- 问题x2 | Chapter Rank #78question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 实际上x1 | Chapter Rank #160in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- 却是x1 | Chapter Rank #161nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...