Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- military division level commander; teacher
- to treat
- the sixties; the 1960s
- sixty; 60
- lane; alley
- (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland; see 蓬萊區|蓬莱区[Peng2 lai2 Qu1]
- new housing development
- (gem)
- (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
- first; first time; for the first time
- public figure; celebrity
- frequently; often
- messenger
- seventy years old
- verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗[qi1 yan2 lu : 4 shi1])
- (idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe
- in one's own handwriting
- next day; the morrow
- birthday present (for an old person)
- to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
- destitute but honest; poor and simple; spartan; austere
- at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
- to stand all alone
- with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom); extremely sad and lonely
- evening scene; circumstances of one's declining years
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- the current situation
- to not say a word (idiom)
- lit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years
- to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight
- to weigh down; to trouble; to implicate (sb); tied down (by affairs)
- to steadily deteriorate
- traveling bag; luggage
- highest peak
- Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
- fragrant
- coral
- big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
- to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger
- lunar New Year