Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to kowtow in salute
- to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
- 嘻 xī: 嘻 xi1: laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)嘻 xī: 嘻 xi1: (interjection expressing surprise, grief etc)
- to digress; to get sidetracked; to go off on a tangent
- arms; weapons
- sword
- end; finish
- after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
- to pound; to rap
- to make headway; to make progress
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- to lament; to complain tearfully; to wail accusingly
- the past
- ignorant and stubborn
- 毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- blood
- to blend; to mix
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- to tumble
- elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- thus and so; such and such
- elder brother
- who
- to slap
- (idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
- to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion
- to wake up to reality; to come to oneself; to realize; to see the truth
- eighteen; 18
- beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle