Vocabulary: 安定太守汝南胡伊伯、建平长樊绍
- Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- 上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- shy; ashamed; shame; bashful; delicacies
- dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
- small; tiny; few; young
- to organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
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- 都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- to leave office; to leave one's post
- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- to impeach (an official)
- to return home
- seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to welcome; to greet
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- how?; what?; why?
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action
- to hold a post; to take office
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- thus; consequently; as a result
- to depart; to leave
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to become naturalized; to become a citizen
- alone
- diligence; diligent; industrious
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- official document
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- main; principal; major; primary
- to handle (affairs); to work
- to sever; to break off
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to 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了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- again; once more; re-
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)