Vocabulary: 二、为求妥帖心常苦
from 父亲南怀瑾
- 标语x1 | Chapter Rank #1444written slogan; placard; CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]
- 似的x1 | Chapter Rank #1445seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- 简单x3 | Chapter Rank #527simple; not complicated
- 浓缩x1 | Chapter Rank #1446to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich; espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡[Yi4 shi4 nong2 suo1 ka1 fei1])
- 来说x3 | Chapter Rank #528
- 国家x17 | Chapter Rank #63country; nation; state
- 民族x2 | Chapter Rank #782nationality; ethnic group
- 走上x1 | Chapter Rank #1447
- 太平盛世x1 | Chapter Rank #1448peace and prosperity (idiom)
- 目前x3 | Chapter Rank #529at the present time; currently
- 阶段x1 | Chapter Rank #1449stage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #783only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 那x9 | Chapter Rank #127surname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Na
- 很多x6 | Chapter Rank #232
- 即使x6 | Chapter Rank #233even if; even though
- 最穷x1 | Chapter Rank #1450
- 换句话说x1 | Chapter Rank #1451in other words
- 条x9 | Chapter Rank #128strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 不成x7 | Chapter Rank #183won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- 按照x3 | Chapter Rank #530according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 概念x1 | Chapter Rank #1452concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 太穷x1 | Chapter Rank #1453
- 观念x5 | Chapter Rank #296notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- 人为x2 | Chapter Rank #784artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- 肯x6 | Chapter Rank #234to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 推托x1 | Chapter Rank #1454to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something)
- 话x10 | Chapter Rank #112dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 不论x3 | Chapter Rank #531whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- 或者x6 | Chapter Rank #235or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 个人x7 | Chapter Rank #184individual; personal; oneself
- 再x6 | Chapter Rank #236again; 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
- 穷x2 | Chapter Rank #785poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 只要x7 | Chapter Rank #185so long as; provided; if
- 用心x1 | Chapter Rank #1455motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- 努力x6 | Chapter Rank #237to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- 出x4 | Chapter Rank #392to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 几年x3 | Chapter Rank #532a few years; several years; how many years?
- 新x6 | Chapter Rank #238new; newly; meso- (chemistry)abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- 面貌x1 | Chapter Rank #1456face; features; appearance; look
- 不管x5 | Chapter Rank #297not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 什么x13 | Chapter Rank #89what?; something; anything
- 上面x2 | Chapter Rank #786on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
- 推x3 | Chapter Rank #533to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- 搞错x1 | Chapter Rank #1457mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken
- 我们x19 | Chapter Rank #51we; us; ourselves; our
- 钱x13 | Chapter Rank #90coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]surname Qian
- 各x6 | Chapter Rank #239each; every
- 弄x3 | Chapter Rank #534to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy withlane; alley
- 真正x9 | Chapter Rank #129genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 改革开放x3 | Chapter Rank #535to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980