Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard
- blank exam paper
- platform; podium; rostrum; lectern; (teacher's) desk
- have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
- to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer; solution; resolution; answer
- dispirited; dejected; dismayed
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- see 遷西縣|迁西县[Qian1 xi1 Xian4]
- to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself
- facing death; at death's door
- soul; spirit
- the next life
- Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- murmur; babble (sound of water)
- birdsong; warbling
- calling of birds
- place to return to; home; final destination; ending
- to hesitate
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
- (fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking
- extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates)
- silly; stupid
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- physical body
- to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
- to be frightened; fear; dread
- to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- see 平江縣|平江县[Ping2 jiang1 Xian4]
- see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1]
- to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
- bamboo forest
- to estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
- grinning; smiling
- see 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4]; see 湘潭縣|湘潭县[Xiang1 tan2 Xian4]