Vocabulary: 序 言
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 尚有x1 | Chapter Rank #225
- 光明x2 | Chapter Rank #91light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- 之x17 | Chapter Rank #4(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #226might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 乎x1 | Chapter Rank #227(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 年x3 | Chapter Rank #48surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 一直x1 | Chapter Rank #228straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 坚信x1 | Chapter Rank #229to believe firmly; without any doubt
- 曾国藩x6 | Chapter Rank #25Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- 去世x1 | Chapter Rank #230to pass away; to die
- 一位x1 | Chapter Rank #231
- 知x1 | Chapter Rank #232to know; to be aware
- 他x14 | Chapter Rank #7(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 最深x1 | Chapter Rank #233
- 故交x1 | Chapter Rank #234former acquaintance; old friend
- 送x1 | Chapter Rank #235to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #236this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 挽联x1 | Chapter Rank #237pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
- 尽瘁x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 武乡侯x2 | Chapter Rank #92
- 千秋x1 | Chapter Rank #239a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
- 臣x1 | Chapter Rank #240surname Chenstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
- 节x1 | Chapter Rank #241see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- 望x1 | Chapter Rank #242full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 隆x1 | Chapter Rank #243surname Long; short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpursound of drumsgrand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge
- 新建x3 | Chapter Rank #49see 新建區|新建区[Xin1 jian4 Qu1]new construction; newly built
- 伯x3 | Chapter Rank #50one hundred (old)father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 一代x2 | Chapter Rank #93an era; an age; a generation
- 儒x2 | Chapter Rank #94scholar; Confucian
- 宗x2 | Chapter Rank #95school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirssurname Zong
- 诸葛亮x1 | Chapter Rank #244Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
- 就是x4 | Chapter Rank #35exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 精神x1 | Chapter Rank #245vigor; vitality; spirited; good-lookingspirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 导师x1 | Chapter Rank #246tutor; teacher; academic advisor
- 人称x1 | Chapter Rank #247person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as
- 立言x1 | Chapter Rank #248to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
- 立功x1 | Chapter Rank #249to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 立德x1 | Chapter Rank #250to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #251all; each and every; in all cases
- 居x2 | Chapter Rank #96to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedroomssurname Ju(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- 绝顶x1 | Chapter Rank #252(lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly
- 王阳明x17 | Chapter Rank #5Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
- 生前x2 | Chapter Rank #97(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- 事事x1 | Chapter Rank #253everything
- 效仿x1 | Chapter Rank #254see 仿傚|仿效[fang3 xiao4]
- 阳明x4 | Chapter Rank #36see 陽明區|阳明区[Yang2 ming2 Qu1]
- 身后x2 | Chapter Rank #98the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #99to have to; must; ought to; to need toused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 此x3 | Chapter Rank #51this; these
- 盖棺定论x1 | Chapter Rank #255don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)