Lesson 12 莊子 Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
Q
莊子
A
zhuang1zi3
a book attributed to 莊周, an important thinker of the Daoist school
2
Q
秋水
A
qiu1shui3
autumn flood; the title of a chapter in the 莊子
3
Q
時
A
shi2
on time
4
Q
川
A
chuan1
stream
5
Q
灌
A
guan4
to pour into
6
Q
河
A
he2
the Yellow River
7
Q
涇
A
jing1
to flow unimpeded
8
Q
流
A
liu2
currents, flow
9
Q
涘
A
si4
bank (of a river)
10
Q
渚
A
zhu3
islet
11
Q
崖
A
ya2
steep bank
12
Q
辯
A
bian4
to debate, to distinguish
13
Q
焉
A
yan1
a character with the effect of a pause
14
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欣然
A
xin1ran2
gladly, in a cheerful manner
15
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盡
A
jin4
altogether
16
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順流
A
shun4liu2
to go downstream
17
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東行
A
dong1xing2
to go east
18
Q
北海
A
bei3hai3
the north sea; now called to bohai sea 渤海
19
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端
A
duan1
end
20
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始
A
shi3 only then (similar to 才 in MC); in the beginning, at first
21
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旋
A
xuan2
to turn around
22
Q
面目
A
mian4mu4
face and eyes, look, color
23
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望洋
A
wang4yang2
with and admiring and awestruck look
24
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向
A
xiang4
to face
25
若
ruo4
| name of the god of the north sea
26
野語
ye3yu3
| common saying
27
且夫
qie3fu2
| moreover, furthermore
28
嘗
```
chang2
once (in the past)
```
29
少
shao3
| to belittle, to consider (something) as being unimportant
30
聞
wen2
| what one hears, learning
31
輕
```
qing1
to consider (something) negligible, to despise
```
32
伯夷
bo2yi2
name of a worthy man in the Shang dynasty who died of starvation rather that subject himself to the rule of the Zhou dynasty
33
弗信
fu2xin4
| not believe it
34
難窮
nan2qiong2
| difficult to reach the bottom; hard to measure
35
見笑於
jian4 xiao4 yu2
| to face the mockery of, to be laughed at by (somebody)
36
大方之家
da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1
| a man of great learning
