- where; how
- the people
- mass; multitude; the masses
- wisdom; intelligence
- to ignore; to neglect; to treat with contempt
- we; us; ourselves; our
- nature; natural; naturally
- to agree blindly
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- to know (sth) very well; to be an expert in
- to write; to compose
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]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
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- literature and history
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
- superorder (taxonomy); catalog; table of contents
- summary; abstract
- (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
- cause; reason; because
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- to set forth one's view; to present one's argument; argument; line of reasoning
- language; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing
- 清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- 可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
- accord; to make contact; to agree; to consult with; extensive
- more or less; roughly; approximately
- as; as if; such as
- Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- simple and clear; concise
- sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule
- free; unrestrained; to inundate
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- top quality; front ranking
- representative work (of an author or artist)
- to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)