Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy
- wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
- junior; primary
- dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment
- duckweed
- fencing; sword-play
- to take (sth proffered)
- 本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill
- to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
- to evaluate; to assess
- child's play; trifling matter
- time available
- conceited; to take responsibility
- flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic wankery
- to make a living as a traveling performer etc
- herbal plaster applied to a wound
- acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
- to show deference or praise publicly
- 啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
- not need; have no use for
- mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- will; willpower; determination
- to remain unmoved
- firm; steady; staunch; resolute
- useful
- look; expression
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- to close securely; tightly closed; secure
- to light a lamp
- inner room; bedroom
- pitch-black
- wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
- to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)
- wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- to put effort into sth; to try really hard