Lesson 7 - 孟子 Flashcards
下
xia4
part two
齊
Qi2
a state during the Zhou Dynasty located on the Shandong peninsula
伐
fa2
to attack openly
燕
yan1
a state in the present-day 北京 area
勝
sheng4
to win a victory over
宣王
xuan1wang2
King Xuan, a king of Qi
或
huo4
someone
謂
wei4
to tell
寡人
gua3ren2
this humble person (a term used by rulers to refer to themselves)
勿
wu4
don’t + verb + it (a phonetic fusion of the imperative 毋 and the pronoun 之)
取
qu3
to take a possession of
以
yi3
with
旬
xun2
ten days
舉
ju3
to take over (a territory) by force
人力
ren2li4
human capability
至
zhi4
to reach; to arrive
天殃
tian1yang1
calamity from Heaven
取之何如
qu3 zhi1 he2 ru2
what do you think if i keep it?
武王
wu3wang2
King Wu, the first king of the Zhou Dynasty, who overthrew the 商朝
是
shi4
this
文王
wen2wang2
King Wen, King Wu’s father
簞
dan1
a bamboo utensil for holding cereal foods
食
si4
solid cereals
漿
jiang1
a kind of beverage
簞食壺漿
dan1 si4 hu2 jiang1
basket of food and pitchers of drink
以
yi3
therewith
迎
ying2
to welcome; to go forward to meet
王師
wang2shi1
the king’s army
他
ta1
other
哉
zai1
particle used at the end of a sentence as an exclamation
豈有他哉
qi3 you4 ta1 zai1
how could there be any other reason
益
yi4 more (classical Chinese version of 更)
運
yun4
to move, to turn around
