Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to ridicule
- circuitous; tortuous; roundabout
- to confuse; to be puzzled
- to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- to deceive; there is none
- to survey; to measure; to conjecture
- distant; long-lasting; to abandon
- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
- ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- later generations
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- for a long time
- incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
- (bound form) dirty; filthy
- solemn; dignified; stately
- therefore
- Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
- twelve; 12
- to be like sth; similar to; alike
- to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
- 檀 tán: 檀 tan2: sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red檀 Tán: 檀 Tan2: surname Tan
- 乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
- 利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li
- to explain; to comment; to annotate
- flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
- difficulty; degree of difficulty or ease
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 洞 tóng: 洞 tong2: used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2] (the name of a place in Shanxi)洞 dòng: 洞 dong4: cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]
- name of a river in Shanxi
- illegal
- a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
- 龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- 毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao