Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1]); inborn; innate; natural
- statecraft
- not as good as; would rather
- name of a river in Hunan
- on a par with; comparable to
- to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat
- almanac
- like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
- 无为 wú wéi: 无为 wu2 wei2: the Daoist doctrine of inaction; let things take their own course; laissez-faire无为 Wú wéi: 无为 Wu2 wei2: see 無為市|无为市[Wu2 wei2 Shi4]
- (bound form) rail; track; course; path
- procedure; step
- deities; gods
- a close friend over many years
- tangle of vines; fig. complications
- to give and accept
- saying; famous remark
- excellent
- (bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
- see 涇陽縣|泾阳县[Jing1 yang2 Xian4]
- (Beijing dialect) see 陣子|阵子[zhen4 zi5]
- (bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape; (bound form) to expand; to extend
- grand duke; impartial
- to make a definitive judgment; to come to a firm conclusion
- function; performance; behavior
- 冀 Jì: 冀 Ji4: short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji冀 jì: 冀 ji4: (literary) to hope for
- hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier
- see 伊川縣|伊川县[Yi1 chuan1 Xian4]
- to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
- 苟 Gǒu: 苟 Gou3: surname Gou苟 gǒu: 苟 gou3: (literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat