Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- cavalier; offhand; reckless
- to mislead; to misguide; misleading
- malpractice; long-running abuse
- penetrating; thorough; incisive
- to make a telephone call
- should; ought to
- doctrine (religion)
- an experienced person; sb who has "been around (the block)"; sb who has personally experienced it
- to be limited to
- all-embracing; all-inclusive
- complementary; to complement each other
- reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational
- scientific principle; theoretical standpoint
- to found; to establish
- commentator
- girlfriend
- to reorganize; to reshuffle (posts etc)
- affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
- world of science; scientific circles
- unilateral; one-sided
- to use; to put to use
- to change unpredictably; unpredictable; erratic; treacherous
- to enchant; fascinating
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- inner heart; soul
- (dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance
- wizard; magician
- eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years
- sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery; (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup"); (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
- lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between