Vocabulary: 世间多有亡人魄持其家语声气，所说良是
- (of a period of time) long
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- to advance; to step forward
- to kowtow; to kneel and worship
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
- sad; sorrowful
- happy; joyous
- generally; in general
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (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)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- the dead; the deceased
- drain dry; to exhaust
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood
- to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards
- 土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder
- ritual dishes; sacrificial vessels
- 周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- 民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min
- (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
- to ask; to inquire
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- to know; to be aware
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- to speak; to say
- (bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- evening; night; late