Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- aptitude; natural endowments
- to lump different matters together (idiom)
- physical labor
- analogy; metaphor; simile
- skin; flesh; body
- hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
- close to; intimate
- bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful; of great service; to help greatly; to serve one well
- hat and clothes; attire
- Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
- Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- alchemist; necromancer
- (idiom) to live forever and never grow old
- mountain of Immortals
- midway
- for many generations
- (idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- celebration
- to express goodwill; to be friendly
- to get on well with one's neighbors; amicable relationship with one's neighbor
- to cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated; collaborate; collaboration; collaborative
- fashionable; popular
- Japanese tea ceremony; sado
- flower arranging; ikebana
- to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
- to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
- 熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: fragrance; warm; to educate; to smoke; to fumigate
- selflessness; altruism
- competitive; eagerly; to vie
- (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
- (of) all kinds and sorts; various