Vocabulary: 季氏旅于泰山：“祭泰山”的哲学悖论
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- 把x2 | Chapter Rank #82to 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})handle
- 自己x4 | Chapter Rank #40oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 抬高x1 | Chapter Rank #139to raise (price etc)
- 到x3 | Chapter Rank #52to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 位置x1 | Chapter Rank #140position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 中国x2 | Chapter Rank #83China
- 历史x1 | Chapter Rank #141history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 上x2 | Chapter Rank #84used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](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; above
- 祭祀x8 | Chapter Rank #18to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- 天子x1 | Chapter Rank #142the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 公侯x1 | Chapter Rank #143
- 专利x1 | Chapter Rank #144patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly
- 如x1 | Chapter Rank #145as; as if; such as
- 秦始皇x1 | Chapter Rank #146Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- 汉武帝x1 | Chapter Rank #147Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- 就x7 | Chapter Rank #22(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 封禅x1 | Chapter Rank #148(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #85and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 作为x1 | Chapter Rank #149one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 一x8 | Chapter Rank #19one; 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x10 | Chapter Rank #13(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 小小的x1 | Chapter Rank #150
- 贵族x2 | Chapter Rank #86lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- 竟x1 | Chapter Rank #151unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 跑x1 | Chapter Rank #152(of an animal) to paw (the ground)to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- 去x8 | Chapter Rank #20to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 孔子x16 | Chapter Rank #4Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 绝对x1 | Chapter Rank #153absolute; unconditional
- 没法x1 | Chapter Rank #154at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- 接受x3 | Chapter Rank #53to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 说x8 | Chapter Rank #21to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 你x9 | Chapter Rank #17you (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.)
- 劝劝x2 | Chapter Rank #87
- 他x15 | Chapter Rank #6(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 吗x6 | Chapter Rank #29(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 学生x1 | Chapter Rank #155student; schoolchild
- 中x2 | Chapter Rank #88within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 官x3 | Chapter Rank #54government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Guan
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #55used in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural 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 toto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 最大的x2 | Chapter Rank #89
- 家x1 | Chapter Rank #156used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 宰x1 | Chapter Rank #157to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #158immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 平民x1 | Chapter Rank #159ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #160again; 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
- 比x3 | Chapter Rank #56to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 高x2 | Chapter Rank #90surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #161exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #162apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #163outside; excluding