Lesson 6 - 孟子

Question 1

孟子

Answer 1

meng4zi3

Mencius

Question 2

梁惠王

Answer 2

liang2 hui4wang2

king Hui of Liang 梁, also known as wei4 魏

Question 3

節

Answer 3

jie2

excerpt; extract (short for 節錄)

Question 4

見

Answer 4

jian4

to visit; to go to see

Question 5

叟

Answer 5

sou3

old man

Question 6

遠

Answer 6

yuan3
to consider (it) a long distance

Question 7

亦

Answer 7

yi4

maybe; perhaps

Question 8

利

Answer 8

li4

to profit; to benefit

Question 9

必

Answer 9

bi4

must; necessarily

Question 10

義

Answer 10

yi4

righteousness, plaatsbesef

Question 11

而已

Answer 11

er3yi3

and that’s all

Question 12

家

Answer 12

jia1

noble house or clan

Question 13

士

Answer 13

shi4
descendants of nobles, who had lost the status of nobility, but remained as a class of people above the other common men.

Question 14

庶人

Answer 14

shu4ren2

the common people other that the 士

Question 15

身

Answer 15

shen1

oneself

Question 16

上下

Answer 16

shang4xia4

those above and those below

Question 17

交

Answer 17

jiao1

with each other

Question 18

征

Answer 18

zheng1

to get; to collect

Question 19

危

Answer 19

wei2

to be in danger

Question 20

乘

Answer 20

sheng4

a measure word for chariots and carriages

Question 21

萬乘之國

Answer 21

wan4 sheng4 zhi1 guo2

a first rank state, literally: a state that possesses ten thousand chariots

Question 22

弑

Answer 22

shi4
to murder (one's own sovereign or parents)

Question 23

君

Answer 23

jun1

sovereign

Question 24

萬取千焉

Answer 24

wan4 qu2 qian1 yan1

to take a thousand from ten thousand

Question 25

苟

Answer 25

gou3 | if

Question 26

後

Answer 26

hou4 | to put behind

Question 27

先

Answer 27

xian1 | to put in front

Question 28

饜

Answer 28

yan4 | to be satisfied; to have enough

Question 29

遺

Answer 29

yi2 | to abandon; to desert

Question 30

親

Answer 30

qin1 | parents