Vocabulary: 自序
from 父亲南怀瑾
- 练x1 | Chapter Rank #605to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- 访x1 | Chapter Rank #606(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 峨眉山x1 | Chapter Rank #607see 峨眉山市[E2 mei2 shan1 Shi4]Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
- 闭关x1 | Chapter Rank #608to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
- 僧x1 | Chapter Rank #609(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
- 阳明山x1 | Chapter Rank #610Mt Yangming in Hunan; Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
- 执x1 | Chapter Rank #611to execute (a plan); to grasp
- 香x1 | Chapter Rank #612fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- 板x1 | Chapter Rank #613board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look seriousused in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- 禅x1 | Chapter Rank #614to abdicatedhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
- 南普陀x1 | Chapter Rank #615
- 持x1 | Chapter Rank #616to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 慧x2 | Chapter Rank #147intelligent
- 扫x1 | Chapter Rank #617(bound form) a (large) broomto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- 浊世x1 | Chapter Rank #618the world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism)
- 智者x1 | Chapter Rank #619sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person
- 三万六千顷x1 | Chapter Rank #620
- 太湖x1 | Chapter Rank #621see 太湖縣|太湖县[Tai4 hu2 Xian4]Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
- 水洗x1 | Chapter Rank #622
- 南x3 | Chapter Rank #64southsurname Nanused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- 遂x1 | Chapter Rank #623used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- 已经x1 | Chapter Rank #624already
- 掌中x1 | Chapter Rank #625
- 剑气x1 | Chapter Rank #626
- 映x1 | Chapter Rank #627(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- 虹x1 | Chapter Rank #628rainbow
- 光x1 | Chapter Rank #629light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 寒x1 | Chapter Rank #630cold; poor; to tremble
- 四十x1 | Chapter Rank #631forty; 40
- 州x1 | Chapter Rank #632prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- 如今x1 | Chapter Rank #633nowadays; now
- 挂x1 | Chapter Rank #634to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- 西行x1 | Chapter Rank #635
- 施x1 | Chapter Rank #636surname Shi(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- 萌发x1 | Chapter Rank #637to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- 民族x1 | Chapter Rank #638nationality; ethnic group
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #639again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 兴x1 | Chapter Rank #640surname Xingfeeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitementto rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
- 筑基x1 | Chapter Rank #641
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #642to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 思念x1 | Chapter Rank #643to think of; to long for; to miss
- 一x2 | Chapter Rank #148one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 短x1 | Chapter Rank #644short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 引x1 | Chapter Rank #645to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 承x1 | Chapter Rank #646surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- 父志x1 | Chapter Rank #647
- 郁郁x1 | Chapter Rank #648
- 水x1 | Chapter Rank #649water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 芊x1 | Chapter Rank #650green; luxuriant growth
- 初阳x1 | Chapter Rank #651