Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- (bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 峨眉山 é méi shān: 峨眉山 E2 mei2 shan1: see 峨眉山市[E2 mei2 shan1 Shi4]峨眉山 é méi Shān: 峨眉山 E2 mei2 Shan1: Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
- to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
- (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
- Mt Yangming in Hunan; Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- 禅 shàn: 禅 shan4: to abdicate禅 chán: 禅 chan2: dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- intelligent
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to 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
- the world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism)
- sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person
- 太湖 Tài hú: 太湖 Tai4 hu2: see 太湖縣|太湖县[Tai4 hu2 Xian4]太湖 Tài Hú: 太湖 Tai4 Hu2: Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
- 南 nán: 南 nan2: south南 Nán: 南 Nan2: surname Nan南 nā: 南 na1: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- already
- (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- rainbow
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- cold; poor; to tremble
- forty; 40
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- nowadays; now
- to 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
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- nationality; ethnic group
- again; 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 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to 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)
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; 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])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- to think of; to long for; to miss
- one; 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
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- to 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 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname 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 God承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- 水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (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 garment水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- green; luxuriant growth