Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles
- sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
- late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century
- (idiom) insatiably greedy
- lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
- good looks; beauty; good-looking
- feeding trough in stable
- mule; CL:匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]
- to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
- lit. a dream of Nanke; fig. dreams of grandeur
- coarse; rough; careless
- merchant
- to turn one's head; to turn around; (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before); (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past
- bidirectional; two-way; interactive
- appropriate; suitable
- (of tears etc) filling the eyes; (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
- 金星 Jīn xīng: 金星 Jin1 xing1: Venus (planet)金星 jīn xīng: 金星 jin1 xing1: gold star; stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
- dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
- close and distant (relatives)
- far and near; distance
- height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
- stupid; slow-witted
- key job; important position
- 避讳 bì hùi: 避讳 bi4 hui4: to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)避讳 bì hui: 避讳 bi4 hui5: to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid
- benevolent policy; humane government
- see 天南地北[tian1 nan2 di4 bei3]
- decisive; conclusive
- node
- to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
- 卞 Biàn: 卞 Bian4: surname Bian卞 biàn: 卞 bian4: hurried
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
- imperial examinations (in former times)