Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
- to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- South America
- Bolivia
- liberal
- art exhibition
- to sign (an agreement)
- to return to one's country
- Venezuela
- (literary) white and shining
- to sinicize; to take on Chinese characteristics
- lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
- filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
- assistant director; commissioner
- science and technology
- British person; British people
- Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
- to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.; It feels like we have known each other all along.
- nature (the natural world)
- to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
- to burgeon; to produce; to conceive; to be in the initial stage
- to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- to talk about everything
- want to stop but can't (idiom); to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue
- tamarisk
- secretary-general
- to plow; to till
- to have an informal discussion; CL:次[ci4]