- to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence; to trust completely; to confide in sb with entire sincerity
- to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- Confucius
- Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
- 戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: sorrowful; distressed戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed
- secrets; private business; privacy
- to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
- lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
- to sell; to peddle; to traffic
- carp
- apprentice; disciple
- rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
- carpenter
- to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
- furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- adequate; sufficient; enough
- big and stout; big-hearted; open and honest; continuous; repeated
- erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
- narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- 泰 tài: 泰 tai4: safe; peaceful; most; grand泰 Tài: 泰 Tai4: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand
- overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
- kindhearted; good-natured
- don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to go on a scenic tour