Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before; according to usage
- aristocracy
- dirty soil; dung and dirt; (fig.) worthless thing
- grand view; magnificent landscape
- to learn from history (idiom)
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- politics; government affairs
- to show; to reveal (one's feelings etc)
- ruler; those in power; the authorities
- dependable
- a small proportion of; Taiwan pr. [shao3bu4fen4]
- to accept; to adopt
- lit. wind past your ear; fig. sth you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other
- in any case; no matter what
- slow
- (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
- to inflict (punishment); to provide (training etc); to apply (pressure etc)
- tisane; decoction (Chinese medicine)
- over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)
- graceful; lithe; light and graceful; lighthearted; relaxed
- (literary) good luck; good fortune; (used in formal letter-ending phrases and in personal names)
- Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
- creator; founder; initiator
- to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
- to tarry; to delay; to stop over
- to have a heart-to-heart chat
- to drink (alcohol)
- to drink wine
- capacity for liquor; how much one can drink
- to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid
- maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
- to drink up; to finish (a drink)
- not to hold anything back (idiom); (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything