Lesson 7 - 孟子

Question 1

下

Answer 1

xia4

part two

Question 2

齊

Answer 2

Qi2

a state during the Zhou Dynasty located on the Shandong peninsula

Question 3

伐

Answer 3

fa2

to attack openly

Question 4

燕

Answer 4

yan1

a state in the present-day 北京 area

Question 5

勝

Answer 5

sheng4

to win a victory over

Question 6

宣王

Answer 6

xuan1wang2

King Xuan, a king of Qi

Question 7

或

Answer 7

huo4

someone

Question 8

謂

Answer 8

wei4

to tell

Question 9

寡人

Answer 9

gua3ren2

this humble person (a term used by rulers to refer to themselves)

Question 10

勿

Answer 10

wu4

don’t + verb + it (a phonetic fusion of the imperative 毋 and the pronoun 之)

Question 11

取

Answer 11

qu3

to take a possession of

Question 12

以

Answer 12

yi3

with

Question 13

旬

Answer 13

xun2

ten days

Question 14

舉

Answer 14

ju3

to take over (a territory) by force

Question 15

人力

Answer 15

ren2li4

human capability

Question 16

至

Answer 16

zhi4

to reach; to arrive

Question 17

天殃

Answer 17

tian1yang1

calamity from Heaven

Question 18

取之何如

Answer 18

qu3 zhi1 he2 ru2

what do you think if i keep it?

Question 19

武王

Answer 19

wu3wang2

King Wu, the first king of the Zhou Dynasty, who overthrew the 商朝

Question 20

是

Answer 20

shi4

this

Question 21

文王

Answer 21

wen2wang2

King Wen, King Wu’s father

Question 22

簞

Answer 22

dan1

a bamboo utensil for holding cereal foods

Question 23

食

Answer 23

si4

solid cereals

Question 24

漿

Answer 24

jiang1

a kind of beverage

Question 25

簞食壺漿

Answer 25

dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1 | basket of food and pitchers of drink

Question 26

以

Answer 26

yi3 | therewith

Question 27

迎

Answer 27

ying2 | to welcome; to go forward to meet

Question 28

王師

Answer 28

wang2shi1 | the king's army

Question 29

他

Answer 29

ta1 | other

Question 30

哉

Answer 30

zai1 | particle used at the end of a sentence as an exclamation

Question 31

豈有他哉

Answer 31

qi3 you4 ta1 zai1 | how could there be any other reason

Question 32

益

Answer 32

``` yi4 more (classical Chinese version of 更) ```

Question 33

運

Answer 33

yun4 | to move, to turn around