Lesson 12 莊子

Question 1

莊子

Answer 1

zhuang1zi3

a book attributed to 莊周, an important thinker of the Daoist school

Question 2

秋水

Answer 2

qiu1shui3

autumn flood; the title of a chapter in the 莊子

Question 3

時

Answer 3

shi2

on time

Question 4

川

Answer 4

chuan1

stream

Question 5

灌

Answer 5

guan4

to pour into

Question 6

河

Answer 6

he2

the Yellow River

Question 7

涇

Answer 7

jing1

to flow unimpeded

Question 8

流

Answer 8

liu2

currents, flow

Question 9

涘

Answer 9

si4

bank (of a river)

Question 10

渚

Answer 10

zhu3

islet

Question 11

崖

Answer 11

ya2

steep bank

Question 12

辯

Answer 12

bian4

to debate, to distinguish

Question 13

焉

Answer 13

yan1

a character with the effect of a pause

Question 14

欣然

Answer 14

xin1ran2

gladly, in a cheerful manner

Question 15

盡

Answer 15

jin4

altogether

Question 16

順流

Answer 16

shun4liu2

to go downstream

Question 17

東行

Answer 17

dong1xing2

to go east

Question 18

北海

Answer 18

bei3hai3

the north sea; now called to bohai sea 渤海

Question 19

端

Answer 19

duan1

end

Question 20

始

Answer 20

shi3
only then (similar to 才 in MC); in the beginning, at first

Question 21

旋

Answer 21

xuan2

to turn around

Question 22

面目

Answer 22

mian4mu4

face and eyes, look, color

Question 23

望洋

Answer 23

wang4yang2

with and admiring and awestruck look

Question 24

向

Answer 24

xiang4

to face

Question 25

若

Answer 25

ruo4

name of the god of the north sea

Question 26

野語

Answer 26

ye3yu3

common saying

Question 27

且夫

Answer 27

qie3fu2

moreover, furthermore

Question 28

嘗

Answer 28

chang2
once (in the past)

Question 29

少

Answer 29

shao3

to belittle, to consider (something) as being unimportant

Question 30

聞

Answer 30

wen2

what one hears, learning

Question 31

輕

Answer 31

qing1
to consider (something) negligible, to despise

Question 32

伯夷

Answer 32

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

Question 33

弗信

Answer 33

fu2xin4

not believe it

Question 34

難窮

Answer 34

nan2qiong2

difficult to reach the bottom; hard to measure

Question 35

見笑於

Answer 35

jian4 xiao4 yu2

to face the mockery of, to be laughed at by (somebody)

Question 36

大方之家

Answer 36

da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1

a man of great learning