Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾

• shì tàishi4 tai4事态x3 | Book Rank #8757situation; existing state of affairs
• bái báibai2 bai2白白x2 | Book Rank #11945in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
• zāo tàzao1 ta4糟蹋x1 | Book Rank #18779to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
• xián yán xián yǔxian2 yan2 xian2 yu3闲言闲语x2 | Book Rank #11946idle gossip
• fēng chuánfeng1 chuan2风传x2 | Book Rank #11947it is rumored that
• běn gāiben3 gai1本该x4 | Book Rank #6925
• yāo móyao1 mo2妖魔x1 | Book Rank #18780demon
• yán cíyan2 ci2严词x1 | Book Rank #18781forceful (criticism etc); to use strong words
• è yǔe4 yu3恶语x1 | Book Rank #18782evil words; malicious talk
• bàng hèbang4 he4棒喝x8 | Book Rank #3847practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism); to rebuke sternly
• jīng shén bìng rénjing1 shen2 bing4 ren2精神病人x1 | Book Rank #18783
• liǎng gǔliang3 gu3两股x1 | Book Rank #18784
• pò huài zhěpo4 huai4 zhe3破坏者x1 | Book Rank #18785
• bó dòubo2 dou4搏斗x2 | Book Rank #11948to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
• jī líuji1 liu2激流x1 | Book Rank #18786torrent; torrential current; whitewater
• yě bàye3 ba4也罢x2 | Book Rank #11949(reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
• shèng gùosheng4 guo4胜过x1 | Book Rank #18787to excel; to surpass
• fǎn zhīfan3 zhi1反之x3 | Book Rank #8758on the other hand...; conversely...
• yī niàn zhī chāyi1 nian4 zhi1 cha1一念之差x3 | Book Rank #8759momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action
• rěn rǔren3 ru3忍辱x2 | Book Rank #11950
• zì xǐngzi4 xing3自省x4 | Book Rank #6926to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism
• shǒu yào rèn wùshou3 yao4 ren4 wu4首要任务x1 | Book Rank #18788
• xián rénxian2 ren2贤人x1 | Book Rank #18789great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good
• wǒ bèiwo3 bei4我辈x3 | Book Rank #8760(literary) we; us
• fán rénfan2 ren2凡人x2 | Book Rank #11951ordinary person; mortal; earthling
• Sū gé lā dǐSu1 ge2 la1 di3苏格拉底x2 | Book Rank #11952Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
• è shìe4 shi4恶事x2 | Book Rank #11953malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe
• wú zhīwu2 zhi1无知x4 | Book Rank #6927ignorant; ignorance
• è réne4 ren2恶人x5 | Book Rank #5756evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
• zùo èzuo4 e4作恶x2 | Book Rank #11954to do evil
• tiān jīng dì yìtian1 jing1 di4 yi4天经地义x1 | Book Rank #18790lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
• chàn hǔichan4 hui3忏悔x11 | Book Rank #2910to repent; (religion) to confess
• píng cháng rénping2 chang2 ren2平常人x3 | Book Rank #8761
• zì sī zì lìzi4 si1 zi4 li4自私自利x1 | Book Rank #18791everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary
• zhǐ qiúzhi3 qiu2只求x3 | Book Rank #8762
• gè rén lì yìge4 ren2 li4 yi4个人利益x2 | Book Rank #11955
• zùi dà huàzui4 da4 hua4最大化x1 | Book Rank #18792to maximize
• tǐng shēn ér chūting3 shen1 er2 chu1挺身而出x2 | Book Rank #11956to step forward bravely
• mò bù guān xīnmo4 bu4 guan1 xin1漠不关心x1 | Book Rank #18793not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent
• nùo rùonuo4 ruo4懦弱x1 | Book Rank #18794cowardly; weak
• kuān shùkuan1 shu4宽恕x3 | Book Rank #8763to forgive; forgiveness
• zhù zhǎngzhu4 zhang3助长x1 | Book Rank #18795to encourage; to foster; to foment
• wéi sǔo yù wéiwei2 suo3 yu4 wei2为所欲为x1 | Book Rank #18796(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
• gù lǜgu4 lu:4顾虑x4 | Book Rank #6928misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
• shī dàngshi1 dang4失当x1 | Book Rank #18797inappropriate; improper
• yún yún zhòng shēngyun2 yun2 zhong4 sheng1芸芸众生x2 | Book Rank #11957every living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
• zhǔn quèzhun3 que4准确x7 | Book Rank #4305accurate; exact; precise
• gùo shīguo4 shi1过失x2 | Book Rank #11958error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency
• zhū è mò zuòzhu1 e4 mo4 zuo4诸恶莫作x2 | Book Rank #11959
• tī tòuti1 tou4剔透x1 | Book Rank #18798pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted