Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- 论 Lún: 论 Lun2: abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)论 lùn: 论 lun4: opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- to limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- scholar; Confucian
- to link up; to thread together
- the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- all things
- to understand completely
- to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own; to parrot
- to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease
- branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- 罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head; (fig.) childhood
- friendship; camaraderie
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- to go to school; to attend school
- 20th century
- distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- at this time; at this moment
- just recently; just a moment ago
- the first time; for the first time
- United Front (either of the two alliances between the Guomindang and the Communist Party, 1923-1927 and 1937-1945)
- to enter; to join; to go into
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- aspect; phase; situation
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- dissident; dissenting; dissent