Vocabulary: 第三章 端坐蒲团传薪火（一九四九至一九八○）
from 父亲南怀瑾
- 平静x1 | Chapter Rank #108tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- 川x1 | Chapter Rank #109(bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level countryshort name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1]
- 藏x1 | Chapter Rank #110Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collectstorehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- 腹地x1 | Chapter Rank #111hinterland; interior; outback
- 四处奔走x1 | Chapter Rank #112
- 访x1 | Chapter Rank #113(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 师x1 | Chapter Rank #114teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troopssurname Shi
- 求x1 | Chapter Rank #115to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #116road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 着x1 | Chapter Rank #117a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
- 与世隔绝x1 | Chapter Rank #118to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- 参禅x1 | Chapter Rank #119to practice Chan Buddhist meditation; to practice Zen meditation; to sit in meditation
- 修持x1 | Chapter Rank #120
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #121to live; life; livelihood
- 然而x1 | Chapter Rank #122however; but; yet
- 就x3 | Chapter Rank #8(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 和平x1 | Chapter Rank #123peace; peaceful
- 有望x1 | Chapter Rank #124hopeful; promising
- 之际x1 | Chapter Rank #125during; at the time of
- 国共两党x1 | Chapter Rank #126Guomindang 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3]
- 和谈x1 | Chapter Rank #127peace talks
- 失败x1 | Chapter Rank #128to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 战争x1 | Chapter Rank #129war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- 烽火x1 | Chapter Rank #130fire beacon (to give alarm)
- 再次x1 | Chapter Rank #131once more; once again
- 多灾多难x1 | Chapter Rank #132to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious
- 中国x1 | Chapter Rank #133China
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #134see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 地上x1 | Chapter Rank #135on the ground; on the floor
- 燃起x1 | Chapter Rank #136to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
- 全国x1 | Chapter Rank #137whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- 又x1 | Chapter Rank #138(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 陷入x1 | Chapter Rank #139to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- 生灵涂炭x1 | Chapter Rank #140people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
- 境地x1 | Chapter Rank #141circumstances
- 随着x2 | Chapter Rank #22along with; in the wake of; following
- 战场x1 | Chapter Rank #142battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 上x1 | Chapter Rank #143used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](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
- 节节败退x1 | Chapter Rank #144to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
- 国民党x1 | Chapter Rank #145Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
- 大陆x1 | Chapter Rank #146continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]mainland China (reference to the PRC)
- 统治x1 | Chapter Rank #147to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- 已x1 | Chapter Rank #148already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 是x1 | Chapter Rank #149to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 日薄西山x1 | Chapter Rank #150
- 彼时x1 | Chapter Rank #151at that time
- 见势不妙x1 | Chapter Rank #152
- 党国x1 | Chapter Rank #153
- 要员x1 | Chapter Rank #154key participant; VIP
- 商业x1 | Chapter Rank #155business; trade; commerce