Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- daily; (soup etc) of the day
- to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc)
- firm and substantial; solid
- Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
- base; foundation; bottom
- not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- to forget
- ink; CL:瓶[ping2]
- habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- just as; precisely as
- eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
- to read; to study
- additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- to sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change
- 大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- aside; to the side of
- to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- to hear
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- you (plural)
- young people; youngster
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)