Vocabulary: 足，则吾能征之矣：孔子对于礼崩乐坏的无奈
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- 说x7 | Chapter Rank #11to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 意思x3 | Chapter Rank #35idea; 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
- 夏朝x7 | Chapter Rank #12Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)
- 我x5 | Chapter Rank #20I; me; my
- 现在x4 | Chapter Rank #25now; at present; currently
- 还x2 | Chapter Rank #62surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 说出x1 | Chapter Rank #123to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 一些x2 | Chapter Rank #63some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #36to 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])
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #37one; 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x1 | Chapter Rank #124(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 词x1 | Chapter Rank #125word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 叫作x1 | Chapter Rank #126to call; to be called
- 杞人忧天x1 | Chapter Rank #127lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom); fig. to entertain groundless fears
- 其中x1 | Chapter Rank #128among; in; included among these
- 指x4 | Chapter Rank #26finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #38exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 杞国x4 | Chapter Rank #27the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #129how?; what?; why?
- 中国x1 | Chapter Rank #130China
- 古代x1 | Chapter Rank #131ancient times
- 种x2 | Chapter Rank #64to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 思想x1 | Chapter Rank #132thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 叫x2 | Chapter Rank #65to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 兴灭x2 | Chapter Rank #66
- 国x7 | Chapter Rank #13country; nation; state; (bound form) nationalsurname Guo
- 继x2 | Chapter Rank #67to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 绝世x2 | Chapter Rank #68unique; exceptional
- 比如x2 | Chapter Rank #69see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]for example; for instance; such as
- 商朝x3 | Chapter Rank #39Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- 把x4 | Chapter Rank #28handleto 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})
- 灭x2 | Chapter Rank #70to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 了x8 | Chapter Rank #9(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
- 不会x1 | Chapter Rank #133improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 像x1 | Chapter Rank #134to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 西方x1 | Chapter Rank #135the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 国家x2 | Chapter Rank #71country; nation; state
- 一样x1 | Chapter Rank #136same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 之前x2 | Chapter Rank #72before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 统治者x1 | Chapter Rank #137ruler
- 赶尽杀绝x1 | Chapter Rank #138to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless
- 如果x2 | Chapter Rank #73if; in case; in the event that
- 新一代x1 | Chapter Rank #139new generation
- 君主x1 | Chapter Rank #140monarch; sovereign
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #74will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 某个x1 | Chapter Rank #141
- 灭掉x1 | Chapter Rank #142to eliminate
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #21(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 ...
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #143can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 前朝x1 | Chapter Rank #144the previous dynasty