Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- 供养 gōng yǎng: 供养 gong1 yang3: to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents供养 gòng yǎng: 供养 gong4 yang3: to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
- middle-school student; high school student
- light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously
- (idiom) terribly busy; up to one's ears in work
- major city; metropolis
- cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- to bear; to support; to inherit
- before; previously
- to be known far and wide; to be well-known
- entertainer; performing artist; artisan; craftsman
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- to think to oneself; to think
- if; supposing; in case
- to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
- weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- to resist; to rebel
- to cry loudly
- to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- to become
- (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
- though; although
- one-to-one; one-on-one
- to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission; Taiwan pr. [ping4]
- range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to collect books; library collection
- compilation; selected works
- head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
- bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
- Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
- a martial arts (wuxia) novel
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to