Assignment VIII

Question 1

誦律

Answer 1

song4lv4

vinaya (Buddhist disciplines and precepts)

Question 2

爾時

Answer 2

er3shi2

at that time

Question 3

摩耶夫人

Answer 3

Mo2ye1 fu1ren2
Queen Maya (the wife of 淨飯王 and the mother of Shakyamuni)

Question 4

六牙白象

Answer 4

liu4ya2 bai2xiang4

the six-tusked white elephant

Question 5

胎

Answer 5

tai1

unborn child, embryo, fetus

Question 6

飛騰

Answer 6

fei2teng2

to fly and ascend

Question 7

虛空

Answer 7

xu1kong1

sky

Question 8

頂禮

Answer 8

ding3li3

bowing by prostrating the whole body to the ground

Question 9

圍繞

Answer 9

Wéirào

around

Question 10

(作是夢)已

Answer 10

yi3

after

Question 11

淨飯王

Answer 11

Jing4fan4wang2
King Suddhodana (husband of 摩耶夫人 and father of Shakyamuni )

Question 12

召

Answer 12

zhao4

to call over, to invite

Question 13

相師

Answer 13

xiang4shi1

physiognomist

Question 14

相法

Answer 14

xiang4fa3

physiognomy

Question 15

大夫人

Answer 15

da4fu1ren2

main wife

Question 16

具足

Answer 16

ju4zu2

to have all (the features/signs of)…

Question 17

丈夫之相

Answer 17

zhang4fu1 zhi1 xiang4

the signs of a great man/being

Question 18

莊嚴

Answer 18

zhuang1yan2

glorious

Question 19

莊嚴其身

Answer 19

to make his body glorious

Question 20

紹

Answer 20

shao4

to succeed to

Question 21

乘

Answer 21

cheng2, sheng4

ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles

Question 22

金輪

Answer 22

jin1lun2

golden cakra(attribute of a king or a ruler)

Question 23

伏

Answer 23

fu2

to subdue, to bring under control

Question 24

出家

Answer 24

chu1jia1

to leave home (and become a monk)

Question 25

修道

Answer 25

xiu1dao4 | to cultivate [one’s own path]

Question 26

證…位

Answer 26

zheng4…wei4 | to realize the stage of

Question 27

法王

Answer 27

fa3wang2 | king of the Dharma (the Buddha)

Question 28

十方

Answer 28

``` shi2fang1 ten directions (everywhere) ```

Question 29

眾生

Answer 29

Zhòngshēng | Sentient beings, Public Life

Question 30

紀昀

Answer 30

Ji Yun | Check Wikipedia: What is Ji Yun most famous for?

Question 31

閲微

Answer 31

yue4wei1 | examining minutiae

Question 32

草堂

Answer 32

cao3tang2 | the grass hut

Question 33

筆記

Answer 33

bi3ji4 | notes, jottings

Question 34

滄州

Answer 34

Cang1zhou1 | Cangzhou [A place in present-day Hebei province]

Question 35

劉士玉

Answer 35

Liu2 Shi4yu4 | A person’s name

Question 36

孝廉

Answer 36

xiao4lian2 Filial and Incorrupt, a recommendation category for men nominated by local officials to be considered at the capital for selection and appointment; usually the most prestigious such category.

Question 37

書室

Answer 37

shu1shi4 | study

Question 38

為…所

Answer 38

(construction of passive voice)

Question 39

狐

Answer 39

hu2 | species of fox

Question 40

據

Answer 40

ju4 | to occupy

Question 41

白晝

Answer 41

bai2zhou4 | daylight

Question 42

擲

Answer 42

``` zhi4 throw (down), hurl, cast, fling ```

Question 43

瓦

Answer 43

wa3 | tile; earthenware pottery; girl

Question 44

擊

Answer 44

ji1 | strike, hit, beat; attack, fight

Question 45

睹

Answer 45

du3 | look at, gaze at; observe

Question 46

知州

Answer 46

zhi1zhou1 | chief administrator of a unit of territorial administration called chou. Qing Dynasty: Department Magistrate,

Question 47

平原

Answer 47

Ping2yuan2 | Cangzhou [A place in present-day Shandong province]

Question 48

董思任

Answer 48

Dong3 Si1ren4 | A person’s name

Question 49

吏

Answer 49

li4 | government official, magistrate

Question 50

驅

Answer 50

qu1 | spur a horse on; expel, drive away

Question 51

方

Answer 51

fang1 | just, just then

Question 52

盛

Answer 52

sheng4 | to a full/excessive degree

Question 53

陳

Answer 53

chen2 | to extrapolate, to state

Question 54

簷

Answer 54

yan2 | eave

Question 55

際

Answer 55

ji4 | midst or among this and that;

Question 56

朗

Answer 56

lang3 | loud and clear

Question 57

好名

Answer 57

hao4ming2 | to be fond of [good] reputation

Question 58

畏

Answer 58

wei4 | fear, dread, awe, reverence

Question 59

後患

Answer 59

hou4huan4 | aftermath

Question 60

避

Answer 60

bi4 | avoid; turn aside; escape; hide

Question 61

休

Answer 61

xiu1 | rest, stop; retire; do not!

Question 62

取困

Answer 62

qu3kun4 | to invite trouble

Question 63

狼狽

Answer 63

lang2bei4 | Embarrassed, Cavalry

Question 64

咄咄

Answer 64

duo1duo1 | [sigh of dissatisfaction]

Question 65

不怡

Answer 65

bu4yi2 | unhappy

Question 66

僕婦

Answer 66

pu3fu4 | woman servant

Question 67

粗蠢

Answer 67

cu1chun3 | unpolished and boorish

Question 68

舉

Answer 68

ju3 | to raise [a question/issue to ask]

Question 69

下役

Answer 69

xia4yi4 | low-status servant/labor

Question 70

孝婦

Answer 70

Xiào fù | Filial wife

Question 71

斂

Answer 71

lian3 | to restrain [oneself]

Question 72

曹

Answer 72

cao2 | peer, category