Lesson Twelve

Question 1

孟

Answer 1

Mèng - family name (n)

Question 2

所以

Answer 2

suǒyǐ - that by means of which, the reason why (n); because of this, therefore (conj)

Question 3

忍

Answer 3

rěn - to be unfeeling toward (transitive v)

Question 4

今

Answer 4

jīn - (counterfactual mood) (general particle)

Question 5

乍

Answer 5

zhà - suddenly (adv)

Question 6

見 (见)

Answer 6

jiàn - to see (transitive v); xiàn - to be visible (stative v)

Question 7

孺子

Answer 7

rúzǐ - baby, toddler (n)

Question 8

將

Answer 8

jiāng - will, shall, going to (v)

Question 9

入

Answer 9

rù - to enter (fall) (stative v)

Question 10

井

Answer 10

jǐng - well (n)

Question 11

怵惕

Answer 11

chùtì - alarm, fear (n)

Question 12

惻隱 (恻隐)

Answer 12

cèyǐn - sympathy, compassion (n)

Question 13

心

Answer 13

xīn - heart, feeling (n)

Question 14

端

Answer 14

duān - tip, sprout (n)

Question 15

苟

Answer 15

gǒu - if only (conj)

Question 16

能

Answer 16

néng - to be able to (v)

Question 17

充

Answer 17

chōng - to fill up, make complete (transitive v)

Question 18

足

Answer 18

zú - to be sufficient (stative v)

Question 19

保

Answer 19

bǎo - to protect (transitive v)

Question 20

四海

Answer 20

sìhǎi - the Four Seas, the inhabited world (n)

Question 21

事

Answer 21

shì - to serve (a superior) (transitive v)

Question 22

盡 (尽)

Answer 22

jìn - wholly, completely, fully (adv)

Question 23

信

Answer 23

xìn - to have faith in, confidence in, believe in (transitive v); truly, genuinely (adv)

Question 24

書

Answer 24

shū - book, writings, the Classic of Documents (n)