Lesson Seven

Question 1

曾

Answer 1

Zēng - family surname (n)

Question 2

士

Answer 2

shì - aristocrat, scholar, warrior (n)

Question 3

可以

Answer 3

kěyǐ - can, may (v)

Question 4

弘

Answer 4

hóng - to be broad (stative v)

Question 5

毅

Answer 5

yì - to be resolute (stative v)

Question 6

任

Answer 6

rèn - responsibility (n)

Question 7

重

Answer 7

zhòng - to be heavy (stative v)

Question 8

而

Answer 8

ér - and (conj [v])

Question 9

以為 (以为)

Answer 9

yǐwéi - to take it as, to regard it as (expression)

Question 10

己

Answer 10

jǐ - self, oneself (n)

Question 11

不亦…乎

Answer 11

búyì…hū - is it not…? (expression)

Question 12

死

Answer 12

sǐ - to die (stative v)

Question 13

而後

Answer 13

érhòu - and only then (conj)

Question 14

已

Answer 14

yǐ - to stop (stative v)

Question 15

富

Answer 15

fù - wealth (n)

Question 16

與 (与)

Answer 16

yǔ - and (conj)

Question 17

貴 (贵)

Answer 17

guì - esteem (n)

Question 18

人

Answer 18

rén - people, persons, other people (n)

Question 19

所

Answer 19

suǒ - transforms transitive v into nominal phrase describing object of the verb (particle)

Question 20

欲

Answer 20

yù - to desire (transitive v)

Question 21

其

Answer 21

qí - the, his, her, its, their (n)

Question 22

得

Answer 22

dé - to get, to obtain (transitive v); to succeed in (v)

Question 23

處 (处)

Answer 23

chǔ - to dwell in, remain in (transitive v)

Question 24

貧 (贫)

Answer 24

pín - poverty (n)

Question 25

賤 (贱)

Answer 25

jiàn - low prestige, low social status (n)

Question 26

惡 (恶)

Answer 26

wù - to dislike, hate (transitive v)

Question 27

去

Answer 27

qù - to forsake, to abandon (transitive v)