Vocabulary: 古者言之不出：别轻易许诺
from 樊登讲论语：学而
- 你x3 | Chapter Rank #15you (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.)
- 很多x2 | Chapter Rank #32
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #80affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #33but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 这x2 | Chapter Rank #34(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 种x2 | Chapter Rank #35to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 往往x2 | Chapter Rank #36usually; in many cases; more often than not
- 实现x2 | Chapter Rank #37to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- 不了x1 | Chapter Rank #81no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- 他x6 | 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])
- 话x4 | Chapter Rank #8dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 有时候x1 | Chapter Rank #82sometimes
- 说完x1 | Chapter Rank #83
- 忘x2 | Chapter Rank #38to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- 了x2 | Chapter Rank #39to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 我x1 | Chapter Rank #84I; me; my
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #85to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 过x2 | Chapter Rank #40(experienced action marker)surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #86this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #87
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #88matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 两天x1 | Chapter Rank #89
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #90again; 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
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #91to ask; to inquire
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #92but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #93to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 出来x1 | Chapter Rank #94(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)to come out; to appear; to arise
- 需要x1 | Chapter Rank #95to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 可x3 | Chapter Rank #16(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 复x3 | Chapter Rank #17to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry outto repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicateto reply to a letter
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #96letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 近于x2 | Chapter Rank #41
- 义x3 | Chapter Rank #18justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendshipsurname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 一x3 | 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x3 | Chapter Rank #20used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 讲信用x1 | Chapter Rank #97
- 并x1 | Chapter Rank #98and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不是x2 | Chapter Rank #42fault; blameno; is not; not
- 非常x1 | Chapter Rank #99very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 高级x1 | Chapter Rank #100high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- 境界x3 | Chapter Rank #21boundary; state; realm
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #101merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 哪怕x1 | Chapter Rank #102even; even if; even though; no matter how
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #103haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 达到x1 | Chapter Rank #104to reach; to achieve; to attain
- 能够x2 | Chapter Rank #43to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 做到x2 | Chapter Rank #44to accomplish; to achieve
- 信守x1 | Chapter Rank #105to abide by; to keep (promises etc)
- 承诺x2 | Chapter Rank #45to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
- 是x3 | Chapter Rank #22to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)