Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- rattan
- to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 好玩 hǎo wán: 好玩 hao3 wan2: amusing; fun; interesting好玩 hào wán: 好玩 hao4 wan2: to be playful; to be fond of one's fun
- practical joke; prank; to play a practical joke
- ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
- barren field; poor land
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- to be used for
- (idiom) "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
- to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge; (literary) to push aside; to force open; to rehearse; row; line; platoon; (bound form) steak; chop; (bound form) raft; classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal
- apparently; it seems that
- on earth
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
- authorities; feudal official
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- to climb (of climbing plants); to creep; to cling on to; fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful); social climbing
- it seems; it looks as if
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- humanities; culture; humanistic
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- to be influenced
- 商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- (computing) read-only
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- to place hopes on
- only child; sole scion
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- to read; to study; to attend school
- educated and well-balanced (idiom)
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others