Lesson 6

Question 1

勸

Answer 1

quàn
V to urge, advise

Question 2

應

Answer 2

yīng
V ought to

Question 3

肯

Answer 3

kěn
V willing to

Question 4

難

Answer 4

nán
V hard to; impossible to

Question 5

猶

Answer 5

yóu
V to resemble; “the meaning is similar to”

Question 6

貌

Answer 6

mào
N appearance; “the phrase is descriptive of”

Question 7

借字

Answer 7

jièzì
N loan character; “this character is used for the homophone…”

Question 8

一作

Answer 8

yízuò
One makes; “one version of the text had the characters…”

Question 9

案

Answer 9

àn
N case; “in the commentator’s opinion”

Question 10

楊朱

Answer 10

yángzhū
N Yang Zhu, hedonist philosopher

Question 11

弟

Answer 11

dì
N younger brother

Question 12

衣

Answer 12

yī
N clothes
yì
V to wear clothes

Question 13

素

Answer 13

sù
N undyed silk

Question 14

釋文

Answer 14

shìwén
N a famous philological text

Question 15

下

Answer 15

xià
N (the text) below

Question 16

緇

Answer 16

zī
N black silk

Question 17

依

Answer 17

yī
V to rely on

Question 18

依字

Answer 18

yīzì
According to the regular meaning

Question 19

解

Answer 19

jiě
To cut, remove

Question 20

反

Answer 20

fǎn
V to return

Question 21

迎

Answer 21

yíng
V to greet, meet

Question 22

吠

Answer 22

fèi
V to bark at

Question 23

怒

Answer 23

nù
V to be angry

Question 24

扑

Answer 24

pū
V to beat

Question 25

嚮

Answer 25

xiàng
N formerly; just now

Question 26

使

Answer 26

shǐ
V to cause; let us suppose

Question 27

汝

Answer 27

rǔ
N you (informal)

Question 28

豈

Answer 28

qǐ
Rhetorical question: “How…”, implied answer is negative

Question 29

怪

Answer 29

guài
V to consider strange; to blame

Question 30

哉

Answer 30

zāi
Final exclamation