Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference; neglect
- pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless
- (idiom) various emotions and desires
- hidebound by convention (idiom)
- stage play; modern drama; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)
- rendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting); to exaggerate; to embellish
- pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
- context
- to imply; to suggest; to connote; implicit
- three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
- dull; lifeless; sluggish
- Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to welcome; welcome
- see 武城縣|武城县[Wu3 cheng2 Xian4]
- 偃 Yǎn: 偃 Yan3: surname Yan偃 yǎn: 偃 yan3: to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
- vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
- to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
- 咧 liē: 咧 lie1: used in 咧咧[lie1 lie1]; used in 大大咧咧[da4 da4 lie1 lie1]; used in 罵罵咧咧|骂骂咧咧[ma4 ma5 lie1 lie1]咧 liě: 咧 lie3: to draw back the corners of one's mouth咧 lie: 咧 lie5: modal particle expressing exclamation
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
- to question; to enquire; interrogatory
- to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
- to persist in one's views
- Confucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times; Daoist magic; another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
- face
- to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice
- brain; cerebrum
- one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
- stain; taint
- not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
- nobody is perfect; everyone has their defect