MT WEEK 6.3

Question 1

‘principle, pattern, rule, model’; (as movable adverb) … … ‘if … then …’

Answer 1

則 zé

Question 2

‘background circumstances, reason’; (as adjunct) ‘old, former’; (as movable adverb) ‘thus, therefore’

Answer 2

故 gù

Question 3

‘wife’

Answer 3

妻 qī

Question 4

‘married woman, wife, matron’ (妇)

Answer 4

婦 fù

Question 5

‘man, husband’

Answer 5

夫 fū

Question 6

‘friend’

Answer 6

友 yǒu

Question 7

‘thing, affair, undertaking, duties’; (as verb) ‘to serve (a person), devote oneself to (something)’

Answer 7

事 shì

Question 8

‘root, basis, foundation’

Answer 8

本 běn

Question 9

‘illness, defect;’ (as verb) ‘to be ill, seriously ill’

Answer 9

病 bìng

Question 10

‘master, host’; (as verb) ‘control, govern, preside over’;
⼈主 ‘master of men’ (a standard term for the ruler in Legalist and other writings on government and statecraft)

Answer 10

主 zhǔ

Question 11

‘trouble, affliction, disaster’; (as verb) ‘suffer from, worry about’

Answer 11

患 huàn

Question 12

‘guest, retainer, client; stranger’

Answer 12

客 kè

Question 13

‘nose’

Answer 13

鼻 bí