Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- society
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- absolute; unconditional
- to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
- notable deeds; exploits
- but; however
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
- not having any special skill; without any qualifications
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- to observe; to take it all in
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
- especially; particularly
- about to; on the point of; soon
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- to warn; to admonish
- various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- is precisely
- to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- subtle; profound
- marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- simple; not complicated
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate
- to reflect on; to ponder over
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- pain; suffering
- true; real
- manuscript of a book
- 粗 cū: 粗 cu1: (of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude粗 cū: 粗 cu1: remote; distant
- (literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press
- to recollect; to remember; memory
- 昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi
- 鹄 gǔ: 鹄 gu3: center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target鹄 hú: 鹄 hu2: swan
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- to search; to look for; to seek