Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
- premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
- rich country; make the country wealthy (political slogan)
- Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
- hook
- made of silver
- to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
- turmoil; social upheaval
- to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom); to advance cautiously, step by step; to feel one's way forward
- selfishness; selfish motives
- chance and opportunity
- to found a state; to open a closed country
- the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
- former acquaintance; old friend
- magnet
- magnet
- McDonald's (fast food company)
- room; apartment
- not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of
- fact; actual thing; practical matter
- otherwise; alternatively; or else
- mug
- summer
- to make tea
- a big wok; cauldron
- Chinese herb tea
- social work
- hidden merits
- to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions
- myriad; multitudinous; multifarious
- lofty quality; mettle; spirit
- to overcome all obstacles; to overcome countless difficulties
- to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service; (Tw) to commute