Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- cave; cavern
- to sit cross-legged; to sit in the lotus position
- (idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking
- banana; CL:根[gen1],把[ba3]
- to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards; to devote attention to
- yesterday
- singing and dancing
- rouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex
- Buddhists; black silk; dark
- frequency conversion
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- to give up; to part with
- blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
- for the sake of; for the purpose of
- to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
- to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference
- sense of responsibility
- department store
- Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.; Food first, ethical niceties second
- to eat one's fill
- next; secondly
- to fall sick; to contract an illness
- after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities
- luxurious; extravagant
- unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal
- fortunately; luckily
- second-rate; second-tier
- third-rate; inferior
- in two minds about sth (idiom); half-hearted; shilly-shallying
- (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
- (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
- short-sighted
- to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs