Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- Lunar New Year's Day
- by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- same; identical; uniformly; all; without exception
- lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness
- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
- cushion; (motorbike) seat; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to declare at the outset (idiom)
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
- 司 Sī: 司 Si1: surname Si司 sī: 司 si1: to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- bureau chief
- Bank of Communications
- assistant manager (in a large enterprise) (Tw); (literary) to assist
- secretary-general
- South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[Zhan4 guo2 Qi1 xiong2]
- a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- 庞 páng: 庞 pang2: (bound form) huge; (bound form) numerous and disordered; (bound form) face庞 Páng: 庞 Pang2: surname Pang
- excellent; precious; rare; fine; (used in given names)
- young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- grind; sandstone
- fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead; intermediary; catalyst; (dialect) sewing needle
- more flourishing by the day
- oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)
- rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat
- procedures; sequence; order; computer program
- to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity
- to pass an imperial examination
- brains; mind; head; way of thinking
- at all times; at every moment
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around