- to distinguish; to recognize
- somewhat; to some extent
- treatise; discourse; exposition
- 说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
- to be quite varied; each one is different
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to sit knee to knee
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- to approach; to get close to
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
- to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- commune; private discussion
- a lie; untrue statement; misstatement
- to leak out; to divulge; to reveal
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- true; real
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- Classic of Rites
- 坊 Fāng: 坊 Fang1: surname Fang坊 fāng: 坊 fang1: lane (usually as part of a street name); memorial archway坊 fáng: 坊 fang2: workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- grain; corn
- 梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
- 襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- nineteen; 19
- to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- to regard as
- upright gentleman; man of honor
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- purple; violet
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- 朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- purple; violet (color)
- blue (color)
- red (color); revolutionary
- to compose; to constitute; compound; synthesis; mixture; synthetic
- antiquity
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- stern; grim; resolute; firm; unflinching; fundamental colors
- all of a sudden; hurriedly
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- humane; kernel
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against