Vocbulary List
Pinyin	Zi	English	Lesson	Stroke count
ding1	丁	adult male, 丁壯 able-bodied men	10	2
jiu3	九	nine	10, 19	2
li4	力	strength, energy	19	2
nai3	乃	however; therefore	8, 12	2
nai3	乃	until, still	9	2
qi1	七	seven	19	2
ren2	人	a person	3	2
ru4	入	to enter	3, 10, 17	2
shi2	十	ten	20	2
you4	又	also	5	2
zhuang4	壯	adult male, 丁壯 able-bodied men	10	2
chuan1	川	big rivers	18	3
da4	大	as in 大眾, people	12	3
ji2	及	take advantage of	20	3
jiu3	久	for a long time	12, 20	3
kou3	口	as in 家口 members of family; family living expenses (in this lesson)	11	3
nv3	女	daughter	2	3
qian1	千	thousand	9, 14	3
san1	三	three	19	3
shan1	山	mountain	19	3
shang4	上	top, position word	2, 10	3
shi4	士	person, scholar	18	3
wang2	亡	to lose; to run away	8, 10	3
ye3	也	a final particle to indicate a mood of resolution, judgement	4, 6, 12	3
yi3	已	already	3	3
yi3	已	stop	19	3
zhi1	之	serves as a structural maker (see notes in the textbook)	3	3
zhi1	之	used between pronouns and nouns indicating the relationship of possessor and possessed	4	3
zhi1	之	used to combine subject and predicate making the as a subject-predicate noun phrase	5	3
zhi1	之	pron. this, it	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14	3
zhi1	之	to go to	9, 15	3
zi3	子	you (to address somebody respectfully)	4, 14	3
diao4	弔	to sondole with	10	4
dou3	斗	a measure of volume: one gallon; 斗升之水 a dipperful of water	13	4
fan3	反	(to rush) back = 返	15	4
fang1	方	just	12, 15	4
fang1	方	as in 方圓 circumference	14, 19	4
fu1	夫	an introductory particle (often for a general statement)	4	4
fu1	夫	adult male	19	4
fu4	父	term of respect for old man	12	4
gong1	公	old man	11	4
hua4	化	change, 化不可極 changing to the extent that it is impossible to reach the limit	10	4
jin1	今	now; when...	6, 12, 14	4
jing3	井	a well	18	4
mu4	木	tree, wood	2	4
niu2	牛	cow, ox	18	4
shao3	少	to feel that too little; Lesson 18: 少仲尼之聞 to feel that Confucius is not that knowledgeable	18	4
shao4	少	young	1	4
sheng1	升	a measure of volume: one pint	13	4
shi4	氏	a person	19	4
shou3	手	hand	8	4
shui3	水	water	3	4
tian1	天	heaven	5, 19	4
wang2	王	king, as in 先王 ancient kings	6	4
wang2	王	the way to rule over the empire	15	4
wen2	文	as in 文首，colorful pattern	2	4
wen2	聞	be told, hear	17	4
wen2	聞	knowledge	18	4
wu3	五	five	14	4
wu4	勿	do not	20	4
xin1	心	feelings	11	4
yi3	以	in order to	2, 15	4
yi3	以	to use, take	4, 6	4
yi3	以	to indicate a result	12	4
yi3	以	to think, to consider	14	4
yi3	以	prep. =於、在 to be at	17	4
yi3	以	conj. =來	17	4
yin3	引	to draw, to pull; two draw (a bow)	8, 10	4
yu2	予	I	5	4
yue1	曰	to say, to answer	1	4
yue1	曰	to be called	2, 16	4
yue4	月	month	20	4
zhi1	支	as in 相支, neither side was ready to yield	12	4
zhi3	止	to stop	3, 12	4
zhong1	中	middle	15	4
bai2	白	white	2	5
bai3	百	hundred, many things	14, 18	5
bai3 shou4	百獸	animals (in general)	14	5
ban4	半	half	17	5
bei3	北	as in 北方 the Kingdoms in the North of China; also in as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	14, 15	5
ben3	本	originally	19	5
bi4	比	consecutive	7	5
bo2	白	a Chinese given name, as in 李白 Li3 Bo2; also see bai2	1	5
chu1	出	come out (of water); 'talk too much' in Lesson17	12, 17	5
dan4	旦	morning	7	5
dong1	冬	winter	20	5
fu2	弗	not	4	5
gu3	古	the ways of the ancients	6	5
hu1	乎	an interrogative particle; = 嗎	3, 11, 14	5
hu1	乎	a prep. =於， by	9	5
jia1	加	to add, to increase	19	5
ke3	可	as in常可, common practice; convention	6	5
ke3	可	justifiable; passable, = 可以	17	5
kou4	叩	to knock	19	5
li4	立	to stand; to exist	4	5
ling4	令	to make, cause	9	5
mao2	矛	spear	4	5
min2	民	people	6	5
ping2	平	level the ground, remove the two mountains	19	5
qie3	且	close to	19	5
qie3	且	conj. = 再説 what's more	19	5
qiu1	丘	small mound	19	5
qu4	去	to leave	1	5
ren4	仞	an ancient measure of length equal to seven or eight 尺 (尺=1/3 meter)	19	5
shen1	申	neat; smooth	15	5
sheng1	生	as in 先生, master (honorific)	9	5
shi1	失	to lose; to make mistakes	10, 17	5
shi2	石	stone, rock	19	5
shi4	世	generation; existence; society	4, 6	5
shi4	市	market	7	5
si4	四	four	11	5
tian2	田	field	6	5
wei4	未	have not, did not	1, 8	5
xiu1	脩	to go, move	3	5
yong4	用	to use	20	5
yong4	用	travelling expenses	15	5
you4	右	right	8	5
yu4	玉	jade	9	5
zhi1	卮	a goblet; wine vessel	8	5
zuo3	左	left	8	5
an1	安	how (interrogative adverb)	8	6
bing1	冰	ice	18	6
cheng2	成	accomplish, succeed, to complete	1, 8	6
chong1	充	to fulfill, satisfy	11	6
ci3	此	this	3	6
cun2	存	to remain, to survive	19	6
di4	地	ground	8	6
duo1	多	many, a great amount	2, 15	6
er2	而	used to connect a noun phrase to a verbal phrase	4	6
er2	而	therefore	5	6
er2	而	used to connect two verbal phrases. The first VP is used as an adverbial.	5	6
er2	而	but; then; in order to	3, 6	6
er3	耳	a particle, = 啊、了	15	6
fu2	伏	to prostrate, subside	11	6
hao4	好	to be fond of	10	6
he2	合	to close, shut	12	6
jiang1	江	a river	3	6
lao3	老	old	1	6
lei3	耒	a plough	6	6
lie4	列	line, array	20	6
ming2	名	name	2, 15	6
nian2	年	year, age	10, 19	6
rou4	肉	meat, flesh	12	6
ru2	如	like	2	6
ru2	如	as in 何如, how about?	4	6
ru3	汝	you, your, you (pl.)	16, 19	6
she2	舌	tongue	17	6
shou3	守	to watch	6	6
si3	死	to die	6	6
tong2	同	at the same time	4	6
xi1	西	west	2, 13	6
xian1	先	first	8	6
xian1 sheng1	先生	master (honorific)	9	6
xian1 wang2	先王	ancient kings	6	6
yi4	亦	also, indeed	3	6
yi4	衣	to wear	16	6
yin1	因	according to; in line with; therefore	6	6
yin1	因	prep. ask approval of, because of	9	6
you3	有	to have	2, 3, 4, ...	6
yu1	迂	curcuitous; winding	19	6
zai4	在	to be at	18, 19	6
zao3	早	early	13	6
zhi4	至	to arrive	17, 18	6
zhi4	至	go to	15	6
zhou1	舟	ship, boat	3	6
zhou1	州	an ancient administrative area, state	19	6
zi4	自	from	3	6
zi4	自	self	4	6
bing1	兵	army, military force	14, 15	7
che1	車	carriage	13	7
chen2	臣	a term for "I" used by officials when addressing the king or emperor	12	7
chi4	赤	red	2	7
di4	弟	younger brother	16	7
fan3	返	to return	2	7
fei4	吠	to bark at	16	7
gao4	告	to tell	15, 19	7
he2	何	how? what; why	10, 13	7
hu1	呼	to call	13	7
ji2	即	then	12	7
jian4	見	to see	7, 9, 14, 18	7
jian4	見	grant an interview to	9	7
jin4	近	close to	10	7
ju4	具	to prepare	17	7
jun1	君	you (honorific)	19	7
le4	樂	as in 伯樂, a famous horse-trainer and rider	7	7
li3	李	a Chinese surname, as in 李白 Li3 Bo2	1	7
li3	里	a Chinese mile, =1.3 mile	9	7
li4	利	sharp	4	7
li4	利	advantageous	20	7
liang2	良	good	10, 15	7
mang2	芒	as in芒芒, looking exhausted	5	7
nan2	男	male	19	7
qiu2	求	to seek	3	7
shen1	身	himself	6	7
shu4	束	to be shackled by	18	7
song4	宋	a state during the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 B.B.), located in present day Henan Province	5, 6	7
tou2	投	put, throw	19	7
wang3	往	to go to	5	7
wo3	我	I, me	13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20	7
wu2	吳	吳越之王 the Kings of Wu and Yue	13	7
wu2	吾	pron. I, my	3	7
yan2	言	word, speech	1	7
ye1	邪	interrogative particle =啊,呢	13	7
yi3	矣	particle, =了; 啦 (or to show a new development)	3, 5	7
yi4	邑	邑金 city money; local taxes	13	7
ying2	迎	go to meet; head-on, in one's face	13, 16	7
zhe2	折	to break	6	7
zhi4	志	spirit	20	7
zhu4	助	to aid; to help	5	7
zou3	走	to run	6, 14	7
zu2	足	claws; foot	2, 8	7
zu2	足	be enough	8, 11	7
zuo4	坐	seat	17	7
zuo4	作	to make	1	7
zuo4 se4	作色	show signs of anger	13	7
bi3	彼	the other side, party	20	8
bing4	並	together	12	8
bo1	波	wave	13	8
chang2	長	long, long time, forever	18	8
chu3	杵	(an iron) pestle	1	8
chui1	炊	to cook with	9	8
di4	帝	as in 炎帝 yᮤ쬠Emperor Yan, a legendary king	2	8
dong1	東	East	2	8
fa3	法	to follow the example of	6	8
fei1	非	as in 非徒 not only	5	8
fei1	非	not (be)	10	8
fen4	忿	忿然 angrily	13	8
fu2	服	to obey	20	8
gou3	狗	dog	16	8
gu3	股	thigh and hip	20	8
gu4	固	assuredly	8	8
gu4	固	stubborn; firmly	19, 20	8
guai4	怪	to feel strange	16	8
guan1	官	official	20	8
he2	河	Yellow River	18	8
hong2	泓	a river name	20	8
hu2	狐	a fox	14	8
hu3	虎	a tiger	14	8
huo4	或	someone	4	8
jing1	京	capital	19	8
jiu4	咎	lay the blame on	20	8
ju1	居	used before the time word indicating the passed time. 居一年：過了一年 after one year	10	8
ju1	拘	to be limited (by)	18	8
ju1	狙	monkey	11	8
ke4	刻	to carve	3	8
ken3	肯	willing, to be willing to	9, 12	8
lai2	來	addressing particle follows a greeting or form a address	13	8
liang3	兩	two	12	8
ming4	命	order	9, 14, 19	8
qi2	其	a pronoun, his, her, its	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	8
qi4	妻	wife	19	8
qian2	拑	to clamp	12	8
qu3	取	to capture	20	8
she3	舍	捨； to give up; leave alone	5, 12	8
shi3	使	if	16	8
shi3	始	to begin	19	8
shi4	事	affairs	6	8
suo3	所	a structural pron. (see textbook page 27-28)	3	8
tu2	徒	as in 非徒 not only	5	8
tu4	兔	hare	6	8
wu4	物	things	4	8
xian2	弦	bowstring	10	8
xian4	限	to limit	11	8
xuan1	芧	acorn	11	8
yan2	炎	as in 炎帝 yᮤ쬠Emperor Yan, a legendary king	2	8
yi4	易	to change	19	8
yu2	於	prep. as to; attitude towards	4	8
yu2	於	prep. at, in	2, 3, 18	8
yu2	於	prep. =比	9	8
yu3	雨	rain, it is pronunced as yu4 when is is used as a verb 'to rain'	12	8
zhang3	長	to grow	5	8
zhang3	長	to be the leader of, as in 長百獸 be king of beasts	14	8
zhe3	者	pron. one who does, or is	3, 4, 6, 9	8
zhe3	者	a structural pron.	12	8
zhi1	知	to know	10, 16	8
zhi4	治	to rule; to govern	6	8
zhuang4	狀	form, appearance	2	8
zu2	卒	to finish	1, 9	8
bao3	保	save from injury	10	9
cheng2	城	a city	19	9
chi2	持	to hold, grasp	8, 15	9
chong2	重	second time	20	9
ci2	祠	to offer sacrifice	8	9
dai4	待	to wait for	6	9
dai4	殆	dangerous	18	9
di4	帝	as in 天帝 the Supreme (in heaven)	9, 19	9
dun4	盾	or 楯, shield	4	9
e2	俄	as in 俄而 soon; before long	11	9
fu4	負	to carry on the back	19	9
gu4	故	reason	1	9
gu4	故	therefore	2, 13	9
hou2	侯	country magistrate (in ancient time)	13	9
hu2	胡	a general name of the Northern tribes in ancient China	10	9
huo2	活	活我 make me live, can staty alive	13	9
ji4	計	consider; consideration	12, 17	9
ji4	既	already; completely	20	9
jie1	皆	all, each and every	6, 10	9
jun1	軍	military force	20	9
ku1	枯	dry	13	9
mei3	美	beauty	18	9
mian4	面	to face	19	9
miao2	苗	sprouts; shoots of crops	5	9
nan2	南	south, as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	15	9
ni4	逆	to go against	14	9
nu4	怒	angry	11, 16	9
qi4	契	to make a notch	3	9
qiu1	秋	autumn, fall season	18	9
ruo4	若	like; as in 若此 like this, in such a manner	3	9
ruo4	若	you	11	9
ruo4	若	name of the god of the sea	18	9
ruo4	若	prep. can compare with	18	9
shen2	神	god	19	9
shen4	甚	too extreme	19	9
shi2	食	food	11	9
shi4	是	pron. this	2, 3, 14, 16	9
shi4	是	pron. this situation	18	9
shi4	恃	rely on, depend on	15	9
shi4	室	all family	19	9
shou3	首	as in 文首, head	2	9
sou3	叟	old man	19	9
wa1	娃	as in 女娃 nǚwā, name of Emperor Yans daughter	2	9
wei1	威	power and influence	14	9
wei2	為	to turn into, to become	2, 8, 12	9
wei2	為	to act; do; 何為者 "What are you doing there?"	13	9
wei2	為	to be, consider as	14	9
wei4	為	for; used to form a passive voice	6	9
wei4	為	prep. For, in behalf of	17	9
wei4	畏	to fear	14	9
xi1	奚	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
xi4n	信	believe	4, 18	9
xi4n	信	trust, reputation	15	9
xiang1	相	each other; mutually	4, 12	9
xin4	信	trustworthy; confidence, credibility; (取)信於天下 to win confidence of all the people	14, 15	9
xu4	恤	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
yang2	洋	ocean	18	9
zai1	哉	an interrogative particle; = 吧, 呢	13, 16	9
ze2	則	yet; however	5	9
zhao1	昭	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
zhe4 mu4	柘	a thorny tree, three-bristle cudrania	2	9
zheng4	政	the ways to govern a country	6	9
zuo2	昨	yesterday	13	9
bei4	倍	time	7	10
ben4	畚	a basket	19	10
bing4	病	weary	5	10
cuo4	厝	to put = 措	19	10
feng2	逢	run into, come across	1	10
gao1	高	high, as high as	19	10
geng1	耕	plough; till	6	10
gui3	鬼	ghost, devil	9	10
gui4	桂	cassia tree	9	10
hai3	海	sea, ocean	2, 13. 18, 19	10
hai4	害	to injure	5	10
jia1	家	in 家口 members of family; family living expenses (in this lesson)	11	10
jing1	荊	荊宣王=楚宣王 rigned 369-340 B.C.	14	10
jiu3	酒	wine	8, 17	10
kong3	恐	to fear	11	10
liu2	留	to stay	9	10
liu2	流	(river) current	18	10
ma3	馬	horse	7	10
neng2	能	to be able, can	4, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19	10
qi3	豈	how	16	10
qi3	起	stand up	11	10
qi4	氣	raise the morale (of the troops)	20	10
qin2	秦	as in 蘇秦, a strategist in the Age of Warring States	9	10
qing2	勍	strong and powerful	20	10
ruo4	弱	weak	19	10
sha1	殺	to kill, to destroy	20	10
she4	涉	to ford, cross	3	10
shi1	師	military force, army	20	10
shi2	時	seasonal	18	10
shu1	書	a book	1	10
shuo4	朔	the first day of the month according to the lunar calendar	20	10
si4	涘	river bank	18	10
su4	素	white	16	10
sun1	孫	grandchild	19	10
suo3	索	to look for	13	10
tong1	通	to get through	19	10
weng1	翁	old man, as in 塞翁, the old man on the frontier	10	10
wu1	烏	crow	2	10
xi1	息	to sigh	19	10
xian4	陷	to fall into; to enter	4	10
xiao4	笑	to laugh	6	10
yi4	益	advantage	5	10
yun2	耘	to weed	5	10
zhen4	陳（陣）	to form a battle position	20	10
zhi4	致	to read	20	10
zhu1	株	tree stumps	6	10
zhuang1	莊	莊周， 莊子(?-ca 275 B.C.)	13	10
chang2	常	as in常可, common practice; convention	6	11
chang2	常	as in常與, constant supply; proper environment	13	11
chu4	處	take shelter	13	11
cong2	從	from	3	11
de2	得	to get; obtain; gain	6, 11	11
de2	得	to be able to	12	11
dong4	動	move	15	11
gan3	敢	to dare	14	11
he2	涸	dry up	13	11
jia3	假	to borrow, make use of	14	11
jian1	堅	firm; strong	4	11
jiang1	將	to bring, lead	10	11
jiang1	將	a conjunction, = 而、卻、可是 (but)	15	11
jiao4	教	to teach, learning	18, 20	11
jiu4	救	to save, rescue	20	11
mo4	莫	none; nothing	4, 14	11
niao3	鳥	bird	2	11
pin2	貧	poor	13	11
qi4	棄	to give up, to abandon	1, 20	11
qi4	棄	to spill	17	11
shang1	商	Shang dynasty	20	11
she2	蛇	snake	19	11
she4	赦	remit (a punishment)	20	11
shen1	深	deep, 深不可測 too deep to be fathomed	10	11
sheng4	盛	loud and widespread	20	11
shi4	視	to look at	7, 13, 18	11
shu4	術	art of prognostication	10	11
shuai4	率	to lead	19	11
tian1	添	to add	8	11
wang4	望	gaze into the distance	18	11
wen4	問	to ask	1	11
xu1	虛	to study; to follow	6	11
xu3	許	to agree	19	11
xuan2	旋	turn around	18	11
ya2	崖	cliff	18	11
yan1	焉	pron. here, there, the place that was refereed to	2, 13	11
yan1	焉	adv. how	10	11
yan1	焉	to indicate a pause	18	11
yan1	焉	where	19	11
yi2	移	to remove	19	11
yu2	魚	fish	13	11
yu4	欲	want to	6	11
yu4	欲	desire	11	11
zhong1	終	finally, to the end	8	11
zhong4	眾	everbody; crowd; as in 大眾 people	11, 12	11
zhu3	渚	small piece of land surrounded by water	18	11
zhuan1	專	only	14	11
zhuo2	啄	to peek	12	11
bei4	備	to formulate a course of action	6	12
bo3	跛	lame	10	12
can2	殘	remained	19	12
ce4	測	to plumb, measure; 深不可測 too deep to be fathomed	10	12
ceng2	曾	somewhat to one's surprise; in a way thought to be rather unlikely	9	12
ceng2	曾	still, not yet	19	12
da2	達	to reach	19	12
dai4	貸	to borrow	13	12
dao4	道	on the way	1	12
dao4	道	principles, way = 道理	18	12
fa1	發	as in 發鳩, name of a mountain in Shangxi Province	2	12
fu4	復	again	6	12
fu4	富	rich, wealthy	10	12
gui4	貴	expensive	9	12
guo4	過	to pass, to go across	12	12
han2	寒	winter, cold weather	19	12
he4	賀	to congratulate	10	12
hei1	黑	black	16	12
hua4	畫	to draw	8	12
hui4	喙	as in 白喙，birds bill, beak	2, 12	12
hui4	惠	smart and wise = 慧	19	12
huo4	惑	to be deluded	3	12
ji2	極	to get to the extreme	10	12
jiao1	焦	creasy (衣服上的皺紋)	15	12
jiu1	鳩	as in 發鳩, name of a mountain in Shangxi （山西）Province	2	12
jiu4	就	undertake; go	9, 17	12
min3	閔	feel concern for; worry	5	12
qi1	期	to expect; to seek	6	12
qi1	期	to set a time	17	12
qiang2	強	powerful	12	12
ran2	然	a suffix	5	12
ran2	然	to be right	14	12
shan4	善	to be good at, good	10, 12, 15	12
shi4	置	to put, to place	19	12
shu3	暑	summer	19	12
shun4	順	follow	18	12
su4	粟	millet	13	12
sui4	遂	then, thereupon	1, 8, 14, 19	12
wa1	蛙	frog	18	12
wu2	無	not ; as in 無不 all without exception; do not	4, 16	12
xi3	喜	happy	11	12
xun4	馴	accord with; agree to	11	12
yin1	堙	to fill up	2	12
yin3	飲	to make (a person) drink	8, 17	12
you2	游	travel for pleasure, to swim	2	12
you2	猶	be just like	14, 16	12
yue4	越	the state of Yue	13	12
yun4	運	to carry to	19	12
zhao1	朝	morning	7, 11	12
zhi4	置	to put	19	12
zhi4	智	wise	19	12
zun1	尊	honoroble, respectful	15	12
cheng2	誠	sincerity	19	13
chu3	楚	the state of Chu (It is current Province of Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and southern part of Henan)	3	13
dang1	當	present, as in 當世，the present age	6	13
du3	睹	to see	18	13
fu2	福	blessing, luck	10	13
gan3	感	be moved, touched	1	13
gu3	鼓	to beat a drum to advance on (the enemy)	20	13
hui3	毀	to damage, to destroy	19	13
huo4	禍	misfortune	10	13
jia4	賈	price = 價	7	13
jiao4	詨	to call	2	13
jie2	節	season	19	13
jie3	解	to understand	11	13
jie3	解	to remove	16	13
lu4	路	road, way	15	13
ni4	溺	drown	2	13
qin2	禽	caputre; seize 擒	20	13
qun2	群	group, horde; 成群 up to a horde	11	13
sai4	塞	border, frontier	10	13
se4	塞	block, obstruct	19	13
sheng4	聖	as in 聖人，sage; wise man	6	13
si4	肆	a shop	13	13
sun3	損	to decrease, deprive; to level	11, 19	13
tian2	填	to fill up	2	13
tiao4	跳	jump, hurry to	19	13
wan4	萬	ten thousand	19	13
ya4	揠	to pull up	5	13
ye4	業	studies, scholarship	1	13
yi4	意	thought	11	13
yi4	義	virture	18	13
yong1	雍	Shaanxi and Ganxu, 雍州南部	19	13
yu2	愚	foolish	19	13
yu3	與	to give	11	13
yu3	與	with	14	13
yu4	愈	the morethe more	15	13
yuan3	遠	take as distant	9	13
chen2	塵	dust	15	14
duan1	端	end	18	14
dui4	對	to answer	9, 13, 14, 17	14
duo2	奪	to snatch	8	14
duo4	墮	to fall	10	14
gao3	槁	withered	5	14
gua3	寡	few	5	14
jia4	駕	horse-drawn carriage	15	14
jian4	監	監河 a place name	12	14
jin4	盡	all = 都	18	14
jing1	精	as in 精衛, name of a legendary bird	2	14
ju4	聚	to call together	19	14
kuang2	誑	to deceive, hoodwink	11	14
kui4	匱	be insufficient	11	14
lin2	鄰	neighboring	19	14
qing1	輕	light; to feel that is too light	18	14
shi2	實	actually, truly	14	14
shuo1	說	explanation	9	14
sui2	隨	to follow	14	14
wen2	聞	obey; comply with	9	14
xian2	銜	to hold in the mouth	2	14
yang3	養	to raise, nourish	11	14
yi2	疑	doubts	19	14
yu2	漁	to fish, 漁者 fisherman; 漁父 an old fisherman	12	14
yu3	語	to talk about	18	14
zheng4	鄭	the state of Zheng	20	14
zhui4	墜	to fall	3	14
zi1	緇	black silk	16	14
bi4	弊	weary; exhausted; same as 敝	12	15
che4	徹	through	19	15
ci4	賜	to gran, favor, give to confer upon an inferior	8	15
di2	敵	enemy	20	15
du3	篤	to be bound to	18	15
guang3	廣	vast (in territory)	15	15
jia4	價	price	7	15
jian4	劍	double-edged sword	3	15
jiao1	嬌	lovely and charming	19	15
lun4	論	to examine	6	15
mai4	賣	to sell	7	15
ming2	鳴	the cry of birds	2	15
mu4	暮	evening	11	15
pu1	撲	to hit	16	15
qin2	擒	to catch	12	15
qing3	請	please (honorific adverb)	8	15
qiong2	窮	to exhaust, as in 難窮 unfathomable vastness	18	15
qu1	趨	to hasten to	5	15
rui4	銳	as in 精銳 crack (troops)	15	15
shu2	熟	carefully	12	15
shu4	數	several	8	15
shuo4	數	屢次 l3ci4, 頻繁 pin2fan2, repeatedly; frequently	15	15
tan2	談	to talk	9	15
tan4	歎	heave a sigh	18	15
wei4	衛	as in 精衛, name of a legendary bird	2	15
xian3	險	dangerous and difficult	19	15
yu2	餘	excessive	8	15
yu4	嫗	an old lady	1	15
zeng1	增	to increase	19	15
zhu1	諸	fusion of two words 之 and 於, it in	19	15
chang2	嘗	often = 常	18	16
du2	獨	alone	10	16
fu4	鮒	crucian carp	13	16
huan2	還	to go around	7	16
ji1	激	to make water flow backwards	13	16
ji4	冀	to hope	6	16
jian4	諫	advise (somebody) not to	20	16
jing3	頸	neck	6	16
ju3	舉	to mobilize, 大擧 carry out (a military operation) on a large scale	10	16
ju3	舉	act, 一舉一動 every act and every move	15	16
ju3	舉	to raise up	17	16
ju4	遽	hurriedly, immediately	3	16
ju4	遽	as in 何遽 how, afterall	10	16
ken3	墾	to dig, excavate	19	16
mo4	磨	to grind	1	16
mou2	謀	do discuss, talk over	19	16
nuo4	諾	answer of assent in response to a request	13	16
wei4	謂	to say; to tell	5, 8, 12	16
xing2	行	to happen; to resotre	18, 20	16
ye4	謁	call on (a superior or an elder person)	9	16
yu4	豫	Henan Province	19	16
zhan4	戰	to fight	10	16
chen4	齔	to grow permanent teeth (about seven or eight years old)	19	17
huo4	獲	capture	20	17
ji1	擊	to attack	20	17
ji4	濟	to cross the river	20	17
jun4	駿	a good fast horse as in 駿馬	7	17
li3	禮	etiquette	17	17
lin2	臨	to approach; to come to	9	17
qi2	騎	to ride	10	17
sheng1	聲	impetus 聲威	20	17
sui1	雖	although	15, 19, 20	17
xie4	薪	firewood	9	17
ying4	應	to reply; answer	4	17
yuan2	轅	shafts, as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	15	17
bi4	髀	the thighbone	10	18
cheng2	懲	suffer from (a disadvantage)	19	18
chong2	蟲	inset	18	18
gui1	歸	to return; go back to	5	18
shang1	觴	wine cup	17	18
wei4	魏	country or person name; 魏王 King of Wei	15	18
chan2	儳	untidy	20	19
ci2	辭	to take leave, to say good-bye	9	19
lei4	類	type, as in 之類, be of a kind; of this kind	6	19
nan4	難	difficult	9	19
pu4	曝	to bask in the sun	12	19
shou4	獸	animal	14	19
yuan4	願	to wish	7, 11	19
zan4	贊	to help	20	19
zhe2	轍	the track of a wheel; rut; also in as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	13, 15	19
rang3	壤	soil	19	20
shi4	釋	to abandon; to put down	6	20
su1	蘇	as in 蘇秦, a strategist in the Age of Warring States	9	20
xian4	獻	to put forward	19	20
yu4	譽	to praise	4	20
ba4	霸	as in 霸業 the achievement of a powerful head of feudal lords	15	21
chu4	觸	to knock against	6	21
gu4	顧	to look back	7, 13	21
guan4	灌	to pour into	18	21
jian1	殲	wipe out	20	21
ju4	懼	to fear	19, 20	21
zhu3	屬	entrust	14	21
du2	讀	to read	1	22
yu4	鬻	to sell	4	22
guan1	觀	to observe	14	25
yi1 fan3	一反	go and return once	19	1, 4
bang4	蚌	clam	12	10
jing1 liu2	涇流	the racing current	18	10, 10
bi4 li4	畢力	do all one can	19	10, 2
shuo4 dong1	朔東	the eastern part of Shanxi, 朔方東部	19	10, 8
ye3 yu3	野語	common saying	18	11, 14
he4 dan4	荷擔	carry two baskets on a shoulder pole	19	11, 16
bai4 ji4	敗績	be utterly defeated	20	11, 17
yu4 zhe3	御者	carriage driver	15	11, 8
wang4 yang2 xing1 tan4	望洋興歎	lament one's littleness before the vast ocean	18	11, 9, 13, 15
hui4 wang2	惠王	King of Zhao (reigned 298-266 B.C.)	12	12
jian1	閒（間）	position word, place	18	12, (12)
bo2 hai3 zhi1 wei3	渤海之尾	the shore of the Bohai (sea)	19	12, 10, 3, 7
zhi4 sou3	智叟	Wise Old Man	19	12, 9
yu2 gong1	愚公	the foolish old man	19	13, 4
yang2 bu4	楊布	person name	16	13, 5
yang2 zhu1	楊朱	person name	16	13, 6
zhao4	趙	an ancient feudal state (fl. 326-229 B.C.)	12	14
han4 yin1	漢陰	south of Han river	19	14, 10
ji1 ben3	箕畚	basket	19	14, 10
jing1 rui4	精銳	crack (troops)	15	14, 14
tou2 chen2	頭塵	dust, dirt on head	15	14, 16
gua3	寡人	the royal term for "I"	9	14, 2
kui2 fu4	魁父	mountain name	19	14, 4
guan3 zhong4	管仲	pearon name, minister of the state of Qi	17	14, 6
qi2 huan2 gong1	齊桓公	Duke Huan of Qi (685-643 B.C.)	17	15, 10, 4
qiong2	窮匱	limit, end	19	15, 14
yi2 nan2	遺男	posthumous child	19	15, 7
yan4	燕	a state during the period of Warring States	12	16
yin3 tu3	隱土	a legendary place name	19	16, 3
ji4 zhou1	冀州	one of nine states in ancient times, current Hebei, Shangxi, Shaangxi, Henan area	19	16, 6
ye4zhe3	謁者	the official in charge of visitors	9	16, 8
zhen1	鍼（針）	a needle	1	17 (10)
xiang4 zhe3	嚮者	previously, a moment ago	16	17, 8
za2 ran2	雜然	one after another,	19	18, 12
long3 duan4	隴斷	mountains	19	19, 18
dai4 jia3	帶甲	armored solders	14	19, 5
er4 mao2	二毛	gray-haired old man	20	2, 4
su1	蘇	as in 蘇代, a schemer in the Age of Warring States	12	20
shuang1 qi1	孀妻	widow	19	20, 8
bian4	辯（辨）	to distinguish; 不辨牛馬 to be impossible to distinguis a horse from a cow	18	21, (16)
yu4	鷸	snipe	12	23
ji3 si4	己巳	a certain day in lunar calendar based on the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches	20	3, 3
ye3 yi3	也已	particle, =了;	20	3, 3
da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1	大方之家	a person who is able to see the large issues	18	3, 4, 3, 10
da4 si1 ma3	大司馬	grand minister of war	19	3, 5, 10
bu4 yi4 ke3 hu1	不亦可乎	isn't it alright?	20	3, 5, 5, 5
da4 hang2	大行	wide road = 大路	15	3, 6
da4 chen2	大臣	ranking officials	17	3, 7
san1 jun1	三軍	military force, the ancient army was divided into upper, mid and lower divisions	20	3, 9
zhong1 dao4	中道	halfway	15	4, 12
ri4 zhong1	日中	noon	17	4, 4
bu2 qu4	不去	didn't whisk off (Note: 不 is read as bu2, not bu4)	15	4, 5
bu4 ru2	不如	not as good as	17	4, 6
tai4 hang2	太行	mountain name, between Shangxi and Hebei	19	4, 6
tian1di4	天帝	the Supreme (in heaven)	9, 14	4, 9
wang2 wu1	王屋	mountain name, in Shangxi	19	4, 9
yi3 wei2	以為	to think, to consider	14	4, 9
dai4	代	as in 蘇代, a schemer in Warring States	12	5
qie3	且	to be about to; to be going to	8, 12	5
zhi1 jiu3	卮酒	a gblet of wine	8	5, 10
gu3	古人	a person of virtue and talent	9	5, 2
qie3 fu1	且夫	conj. = 而且、況且	18	5, 4
zhong4 fu3	仲父	a respectful term given to Guan Zhong 管仲 by Qi Huan Gong 齊桓公	17	5, 4
zhong4 ni2	仲尼	Confucius' style name	18	5, 5
jia3 bing1	甲兵	armed forces	14	5, 7
bei3 mian4	北面	to head north	15	5, 9
fa2	伐	strike; attack	12	6
jiang1 yi3	江乙	a person name	14	6, 1
kua1 e2 zhi4 er4 zi3	夸娥氏二子	two legendary gods of unusual strength	19	6, 10, 4, 2, 3
zi4 xi3	自喜	think no end of oneself	18	6, 12
ci3 shu4 zhe3	此數者	these several things, referring to good horse, lots of money for travelling and good driver	15	6, 15, 8
qu1 shi4	曲士	cramped scholar 鄉曲讀書人	18	6, 3
cheng2 lie4	成列	to form a battle array	20	6, 6
ru2he2	如...何	how to deal with	19	6, 7
jian4 xiao4	見笑	to be laughed at	18	7, 10
zu3 ai4	阻隘	strategic pass; defile	20	7, 12
han2 dan1	邯鄲	capital of the state of Zhao	15	7, 14
bo2 le4	伯樂	a famous horse-trainer and rider	7	7, 15
song4 gong1	宋公	宋襄公 Duke Xiang of of Song	20	7, 4
bo2 yi2	伯夷	person name	18	7, 6
he2 ru2	何如	how about?	4, 14	7, 6
he2 you3	何有	what to have?	20	7, 6
he2 ku3	何苦	why bother, why not	19	7, 9
yi4	易	as in 易水, name of a river	12	8
zheng1	爭	fight; struggle (for)	12	8
chang2 xi1	長息	heave a deep sigh	19	8, 10
ming2 chi3 jiao1 zhan4	明恥教戰	to teach people was of war to defend national honor	20	8, 10, 11, 16
he2 yang2	河陽	place name, north of the Yellow River	19	8, 11
ji4 liang2	季梁	person name of the state Wei	15	8, 11
guo3 cheng2	果誠	if indeed	14	8, 12
xin1 ran2	欣然	be immensely proud	18	8, 12
jin1 gu3	金鼓	gongs and drums	20	8, 13
she4 ren2	舍人	retainers	8	8, 2
bo1zhen2	波臣	aquatic animals; denizens of water	13	8, 6
he2 qu1	河曲	bend of a river	19	8, 6
he2 bo2	河伯	the god of the Yellow River	18	8, 7
men2 guan1	門官	imperial guards 禁衛軍	20	8, 8
dong1 mian4	東面	face East	18	8, 9
jing1 cheng2 shi4	京城氏	a person whose last name is Jingcheng	19	8, 9, 4
xi1 wei4	奚為	why	15	9, 10
zhi3 tong1	指通	lead directly to = 直通	19	9, 10
xiang1 xu3	相許	to agree with opinions	19	9, 11
chong2 shang1	重傷	to hurt an injured second time	20	9, 13
mian4 mu4	面目	appearance, look of the face	18	9, 5
hou4 zhi4	後至	be late, come late	17	9, 6
hu2 gou3	胡耇	very old man	20	9, 9
wei2 jun1	為軍	to direct military affairs	20	9, 9
cao1 she2 zhi1 shen2	操蛇之神	mountain god	19
ceng2 bu4 neng2	曾不能	even cannot	19
gan3 qi2 cheng2	感其誠	be moved by their sincerity	19
gu4 bu4 ke3 che4	固不可徹	stubborn to the extent of being unresonable	19
guo2	國	country	6, 9, 15, 20
kou4 shi2 ken3 rang3	叩石墾壤	to dig and excavate	19
shang1	傷	to wound, to hurt	20
tian1 xia4	天下	as in 天下 the whole China in ancient time	5, 15, 18
xia4	夏	summer	18
xing1	興
yu2 shi4 yan1	於是焉	under such circumstances	18