- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- to learn; to study
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- path; route; method; ways and means
- power; might; prestige
- dignified; composed
- demure; prudish; hypocritical
- front line
- to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
- 过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)
- future; tomorrow; CL:個|个[ge4]; approaching; coming; pending
- 温 Wēn: 温 Wen1: surname Wen温 wēn: 温 wen1: warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever
- good; very; very much
- respectful
- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
- every day
- should; ought to
- forward (direction); positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance
- instructions to one's children; family precepts
- value system; personal or cultural values
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- harmony is to be prized
- absolute; unconditional
- to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over
- 义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- unprincipled
- to keep promises
- to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
- excessive; undue; unduly; overly
- deferential; respectful
- to act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- poor; impoverished
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course