Zhēnyán箴言

Chapter 28

1 "nauseated"Ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人 "although/even though"suī虽 "unmanned/uninhabited"wúrén无人 "(v) chase after; pursue"zhuīgǎn追赶 "also/too"yě也 "(v) flee from sth; run away; escape"táopǎo逃跑，"justice/righteousness/meaning"yì义 "man/person/people"rén人 "but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless"què却 "the gall/the nerve/courage/guts/gall bladder"dǎn胆 "to strengthen/strong/robust"zhuàng壮 "(look) like/similar (to)/appearance/to appear/to seem/image/portrait/resemble/seem"xiàng像 "lion"shīzi狮子。
2 "a state/country or nation"Bāng邦 "country/state/nation"guó国 "cause/reason/because"yīn因 "guilty"yǒuzuì有罪 "(experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/(surname)/excessively/too-"guò过，"monarch/lord/gentleman/ruler"jūn君 "king/Wang (proper name)"wáng王 "at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake"jiù就 "many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-"duō多 "replace"gēnghuàn更换。"cause/reason/because"Yīn因 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "intelligent/bright/smart/clever"cōngmíng聪明 "intellectual/knowledge-related/knowledge"zhīshi知识 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "man/person/people"rén人，"country/state/nation"guó国 "certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "length/long/forever/always/constantly"cháng长 "exist/deposit/store/keep/survive"cún存。
3 "poor people/the poor"Qióngrén穷人 "to bully/to push around"qīyā欺压 "(n) poor people"pínmín贫民，"(v) as if; seem like"hǎoxiàng好像 "torrential rain/rainstorm"bàoyǔ暴雨 "to rinse/to collide/to water/to rush/to dash (against)/to wash out/to charge/highway/public road"chōng冲 "(negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not"méi没 "foodstuffs/cereals"liángshi粮食。
4 "to disobey/to violate/to separate/to go against"Wéi违 "abandon/relinquish/to discard/to throw away"qì弃 "law"lǜ律 "law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.)"fǎ法 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"(v) praise/applaud/compliment"kuājiǎng夸奖 "nauseated"ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人。"comply with/respect (an agreement)"Zūnshǒu遵守 "law"lǜ律 "law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.)"fǎ法 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless"què却 "and/to give/together with"yǔ与 "nauseated"ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人 "each other/one another/mutually"xiāng相 "struggle/fight"zhēng争。
5 "(n) evildoer/malefactor"Huàirén坏人 "fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on"bùmíngbái不明白 "just/honorable (designation)/public/common"gōng公 "justice/righteousness/meaning"yì义。"-ism/only"Wéi惟 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "to seek/to look for"xúnqiú寻求 "Jehovah"Yēhéhuá耶和华 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"-less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-"wú无 "fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on"bùmíngbái不明白。
6 "action/conduct/behavior/activity"Xíngwéi行为 "genuine"chúnzhèng纯正 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "exhausted/poor"qióng穷 "short of/tired"fá乏 "man/person/people"rén人，"excel"shèngguò胜过 "all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do"xíng行 "matter/thing/item/work/affair"shì事 "(of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever"guāi乖 "low/rustic/secluded"pì僻 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "rich/plentiful"fùzú富足 "man/person/people"rén人。
7 "cautious"Jǐn谨 "to guard"shǒu守 "law"lǜ律 "law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.)"fǎ法 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "is/are/am/yes/to be"shì是 "wisdom/knowledge"zhìhuì智慧 "(literary equivalent of 的)/(subor. part.)/him/her/it"zhī之 "11 p.m.-1 a.m./1st earthly branch/child/midnight/son/child/seed/egg/small thing"zǐ子。"and/to give/together with"Yǔ与 "greedy"tān贪 "animal feed/eat/food"shí食 "man/person/people"rén人 "to regard as/to take (somebody) for/to do/to make"zuò作 "a partner/companion or associate/to accompany/comrade"bàn伴 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless"què却 "baffle/humiliate"xiūrù羞辱 "his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)"qí其 "father"fù父。
8 "man/person/people"Rén人 "to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/Israel (abbrev.)"yǐ以 "generous/thick (for flat things)"hòu厚 "advantage/benefit/profit/sharp"lì利 "to add/plus"jiā加 "to increase/to expand/to add"zēng增 "property/belongings"cáiwù财物，"is/are/am/yes/to be"shì是 "to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb)/(passive particle)"gěi给 "that/those"nà那 "pity"liánmǐn怜悯 "poor people/the poor"qióngrén穷人 "-ist, -er (person)/person (who does sth)"zhě者 "to amass/to accumulate/to store/old/long-standing"jī积 "to store"xù蓄 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的。
9 "to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift"Zhuǎn转 "ear"ěr耳 "(negative prefix)/not/no"bù不 "listen/hear/obey"tīng听 "law"lǜ律 "law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.)"fǎ法 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"his"tāde他的 "to pray/to say one's prayers/prayer"qídǎo祈祷 "also/too"yě也 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "can/may/able to/certain(ly)/to suit/(particle used for emphasis)"kě可 "detest"zēng憎。
10 "entice/temptation"Yòuhuò诱惑 "upright/upstanding/honest"zhèngzhí正直 "man/person/people"rén人 "all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do"xíng行 "nauseated"ě恶 "direction/way/method/road/path/principle/truth/reason/skill/method/Tao (of Taoism)/a measure word/to say/to speak/to talk"dào道 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "to drop/to fall"diào掉 "(located) at/in/exist/(before verbs) immediately involved in/right in the middle of doing"zài在 "self/(reflexive pronoun)/own"zìjǐ自己 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "pit/to defraud"kēng坑 "inside/internal/interior"lǐ里。"-ism/only"Wéi惟 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "complete/whole/totally/entirely"wánquán完全 "man/person/people"rén人，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "to bear/to support/to inherit"chéngshòu承受 "good fortune/happiness/luck/Fujian province (abbrev)/a surname"fú福 "to divide/minute/(a measure word)/(a unit of length = 0.33 centimeter)"fēn分。
11 "rich/plentiful"Fùzú富足 "man/person/people"rén人 "from/self/oneself/since"zì自 "consider (that)/believe"yǐwéi以为 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "wisdom/knowledge"zhìhuì智慧。"but/yet/however/only/merely/still"Dàn但 "intelligent/bright/smart/clever"cōngmíng聪明 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "poor/impoverished"pínqióng贫穷 "man/person/people"rén人，"can/may/capable/energy/able"néng能 "(will, shall, "future tense")/ready/prepared/to get/to use"jiāng将 "he/him"tā他 "to research/to check/to investigate/to examine/to refer to/to search"chá查 "to penetrate/thorough/penetrating/to pass through/to pierce"tòu透。
12 "justice/righteousness/meaning"Yì义 "man/person/people"rén人 "a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect/degree or possibility"de得 "the will"zhì志 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest"dà大 "honor/glory"róngyào荣耀。"nauseated"Ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人 "(v) rise; come in vogue"xīngqǐ兴起 "man/person/people"rén人 "at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake"jiù就 "hide"duǒcáng躲藏。
13 "to cover"Zhēyǎn遮掩 "self/(reflexive pronoun)/own"zìjǐ自己 "guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin"zuì罪 "(experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/(surname)/excessively/too-"guò过 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "(negative prefix)/not/no"bù不 "prosperous"hēng亨 "go through/know well/to connect/to communicate/open"tōng通。"recognize/to acknowledge/to admit"Chéngrèn承认 "abandon"líqì离弃 "guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin"zuì罪 "(experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/(surname)/excessively/too-"guò过 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "dim sighted/ignorant"méng蒙 "to pity"lián怜 "give relief/sympathy"xù恤。
14 "always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant"Cháng常 "exist/deposit/store/keep/survive"cún存 "hold in awe and veneration; revere"jìngwèi敬畏 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"ordinary/plain/convenient/handy/easy/then/so/thus/to relieve oneself"biàn便 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "good fortune/happiness/luck/Fujian province (abbrev)/a surname"fú福。"heart/mind"Xīn心 "exist/deposit/store/keep/survive"cún存 "hard/firm/strong/just/barely/exactly"gāng刚 "hard/stiff/strong/firm"yìng硬 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "to fall/trap"xiàn陷 "(located) at/in/exist/(before verbs) immediately involved in/right in the middle of doing"zài在 "disaster"huò祸 "misfortune/suffer (from illness)/trouble/danger/worry/to contract (a disease)"huàn患 "inside/internal/interior"lǐ里。
15 "brutal/tyrannical"Bàonuè暴虐 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "monarch/lord/gentleman/ruler"jūn君 "king/Wang (proper name)"wáng王 "have jurisdiction over"xiá辖 "system/to make/to manufacture/to control/to regulate"zhì制 "(n) poor people"pínmín贫民。"(v) as if; seem like"Hǎoxiàng好像 "roar (of a lion)"hǒu吼 "to call/to yell/to be called/to order"jiào叫 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "lion"shīzi狮子，"seek"mì觅 "animal feed/eat/food"shí食 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "bear/to scold/to rebuke"xióng熊。
16 "ignorance"Wúzhī无知 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "monarch/lord/gentleman/ruler"jūn君 "many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-"duō多 "all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do"xíng行 "brutal/tyrannical"bàonuè暴虐。"to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/Israel (abbrev.)"Yǐ以 "greedy"tān贪 "money/wealth/riches/property/valuables"cái财 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "hateful"kěhèn可恨 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "senior"niánzhǎng年长 "day/sun/date/day of the month/Japan (abbrev.)"rì日 "(long) time/(long) duration of time"jiǔ久。
17 "bear/carry on the back/have on one's shoulder"Bēifù背负 "to flow/to spread/to circulate/to move"liú流 "man/person/people"rén人 "blood"xuè血 "(literary equivalent of 的)/(subor. part.)/him/her/it"zhī之 "guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin"zuì罪 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "to go (in a direction)/past/previous/towards"wǎng往 "pit/to defraud"kēng坑 "inside/internal/interior"lǐ里 "run"bēnpǎo奔跑，"who"shéi谁 "neither/nor"yěbù也不 "can/may/able to/certain(ly)/to suit/(particle used for emphasis)"kě可 "cut off/hinder"lán拦 "to hinder/to block/to obstruct"zǔ阻 "he/him"tā他。
18 "operation/action/to move/mobile"Xíngdòng行动 "upright/upstanding/honest"zhèngzhí正直 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "dim sighted/ignorant"méng蒙 "to save/to rescue"zhěngjiù拯救。"all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do"Xíng行 "matter/thing/item/work/affair"shì事 "bend/bent/curve/warp/wind"wānqǔ弯曲 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"set up/to stand"lì立 "o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period"shí时 "to drop/to fall/to tumble"diē跌 "to fall/to collapse/to topple/to change/to fail/bankrupt"dǎo倒。
19 "to till/to cultivate"Gēngzhòng耕种 "self/(reflexive pronoun)/own"zìjǐ自己 "field/farmland/cropland"tiándì田地 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"must/have to"bìděi必得 "to eat till full/satisfied"bǎo饱 "animal feed/eat/food"shí食。"to follow/to accompany"Zhuīsuí追随 "devoid of content/void/false/empty/vain"xū虚 "to float"fú浮 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"foot/to be sufficient"zú足 "to bear/to stand/to endure/(passive marker)/to receive"shòu受 "exhausted/poor"qióng穷 "short of/tired"fá乏。
20 "honest/honesty/honorable/truthful"Chéngshí诚实 "man/person/people"rén人 "certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-"duō多 "a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect/degree or possibility"de得 "good fortune/happiness/luck/Fujian province (abbrev)/a surname"fú福，"to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss"xiǎng想 "important/vital/to want/to be going to/must"yào要 "hurried/worried"jí急 "fast/rapid/quick"sù速 "(v) get rich"fācái发财 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"unavoidable"bùmiǎn不免 "to bear/to stand/to endure/(passive marker)/to receive"shòu受 "to punish/to penalize"fá罚。
21 "it depends/think/to see/to look at"Kàn看 "man/person/people"rén人 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的 "feeling/emotion/passion/situation"qíng情 "fade/side/surface/aspect/top/face/flour/noodles"miàn面，"to be/thus/so/therefore/then/only/thereupon"nǎi乃 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "no good"bùhǎo不好。"man/person/people"Rén人 "cause/reason/because"yīn因 "piece"yīkuài一块 "round flat cake/cookie/cake/pastry"bǐng饼 "in the wrong/in vain"wǎng枉 "law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.)"fǎ法，"also/too"yě也 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "no good"bùhǎo不好。
22 "man/person/people"Rén人 "to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be"yǒu有 "nauseated"ě恶 "eye"yǎn眼 "to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss"xiǎng想 "important/vital/to want/to be going to/must"yào要 "hurried/worried"jí急 "fast/rapid/quick"sù速 "(v) get rich"fācái发财，"but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless"què却 "unknowing(ly)"bùzhī不知 "exhausted/poor"qióng穷 "short of/tired"fá乏 "certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "to face/to overlook/to arrive/to be (just) about to/just before"lín临 "to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive"dào到 "he/him"tā他 "body/torso/person/life/status/pregnancy/(a measure word used for clothes) suit"shēn身。
23 "blame/be critical of (someone)"Zébèi责备 "man/person/people"rén人 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"afterwards/later"hòulái后来 "dim sighted/ignorant"méng蒙 "man/person/people"rén人 "happy/joyous"xǐyuè喜悦，"many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-"duō多 "(surname)"yú于 "that/those"nà那 "to use"yòng用 "tongue"shétóu舌头 "(n) adulation/blandishment/sawder/soft sawder/sycophancy/(vi) flatter/toady/(vt) adulate/blarney"chǎnmèi谄媚 "man/person/people"rén人 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的。
24 "steal/theft"Tōuqiè偷窃 "father and mother/parents"fùmǔ父母 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"to speak/to say"shuō说，"this/these"zhè这 "(v) not be/(n) blame or fault"búshì不是 "guilt/crime/fault/blame/sin"zuì罪。"this/these"Cǐ此 "man/person/people"rén人 "(emphasizes that something is precisely or exactly what is stated)/precisely/exactly/even/if/just like/in the same way as"jiùshì就是 "and/to give/together with"yǔ与 "bandit/robber"qiángdào强盗 "(n) the same type"tónglèi同类。
25 "(n) in one's thoughts; in one's mind"Xīnzhōng心中 "avaricious/greedy/rapacious/insatiable/greedy/avid"tānlán贪婪 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"stir up/incite"tiǎoqǐ挑起 "dispute/controversy/conflict"zhēngduān争端。"to lean on/re on"Yǐkào倚靠 "Jehovah"Yēhéhuá耶和华 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"must/have to"bìděi必得 "buxom/good-looking/appearance and carriage of a person"fēng丰 "abundant"yù裕。
26 "(n) in one's thoughts; in one's mind"Xīnzhōng心中 "from/self/oneself/since"zì自 "yes"shìde是的，"ordinary/plain/convenient/handy/easy/then/so/thus/to relieve oneself"biàn便 "is/are/am/yes/to be"shì是 "ignorant"yúmèi愚昧 "man/person/people"rén人。"lean against/proof/to rely on/to depend on/to be based on"Píng凭 "wisdom/knowledge"zhìhuì智慧 "all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do"xíng行 "matter/thing/item/work/affair"shì事 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "dim sighted/ignorant"méng蒙 "to save/to rescue"zhěngjiù拯救。
27 "(surname)/complete/encircle/circuit/lap/week/cycle/all/every/attentive/thoughtful"Zhōu周 "aid/ferry/frugal"jì济 "poor/impoverished"pínqióng贫穷 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"(negative prefix)/not/no"bù不 "fine and close"zhì致 "shortage/be lacking/to be short of/to lack/scarcity"quēfá缺乏。"pretend"Yáng佯 "act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become"wéi为 "not see/not meet"bùjiàn不见 "(possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle)/of"de的，"certainly/must/will/necessarily"bì必 "many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi-"duō多 "to bear/to stand/to endure/(passive marker)/to receive"shòu受 "put a curse on"zhòu咒 "curse/swear (oath)"zǔ诅。
28 "nauseated"Ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人 "(v) rise; come in vogue"xīngqǐ兴起，"man/person/people"rén人 "at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake"jiù就 "hide"duǒcáng躲藏。"nauseated"Ě恶 "man/person/people"rén人 "be defeated/to defeat/loss"bài败 "to die/to perish"wáng亡，"justice/righteousness/meaning"yì义 "man/person/people"rén人 "to increase/to grow in number"zēngduō增多。