Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
- 康乐 kāng lè: 康乐 kang1 le4: peace and happiness (old); healthy and happy; recreation康乐 Kāng lè: 康乐 Kang1 le4: see 康樂縣|康乐县[Kang1 le4 Xian4]
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren
- senior official
- to like; to be fond of
- to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
- to go on a scenic tour
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
- 美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
- it is said that; reportedly
- Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
- disciple; follower
- (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4])
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- 罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo
- honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
- Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3]
- how?; what?; why?
- to reach; to arrive
- remarkable ability; magical power
- hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings
- all living things
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- 解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard
- a line of verse; a sentence
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
- polite term for old woman or man
- Sanskrit
- Chinese language
- why?; for what reason?
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- need not
- later generation
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)