Lesson 2.2

Question 1

刻

Answer 1

ke4
to carve (a mark)

Question 2

舟

Answer 2

zhou1

boat

Question 3

涉

Answer 3

she4
to wade (through shallow water); to cross (a river)

Question 4

江

Answer 4

jiang1

the Yangtze River

Question 5

自

Answer 5

zi4

from

Question 6

遽

Answer 6

ju4

hurriedly; hastily

Question 7

契

Answer 7

qi4
to cut (a mark)

Question 8

是

Answer 8

shi4

this; these; that; those

Question 9

所

Answer 9

suo3

a nominalizer of the verb or verb phrase that follows it

Question 10

從

Answer 10

cong2

from

Question 11

止

Answer 11

zhi3

to stop

Question 12

入

Answer 12

ru4

to enter

Question 13

已

Answer 13

yi3

already

Question 14

行

Answer 14

xing2

to move

Question 15

若 or 如

Answer 15

ruo4 or ru4

to be like

Question 16

不亦 X 乎

Answer 16

bu2yi4 X hu1

isn’t it X ?

Question 17

惑

Answer 17

huo4

confused; foolish

Question 18

呂氏春秋

Answer 18

lv3shi4 chun1qiu1

an encyclopedic work compiled during the late warring states period named after prime minister 呂不韋 of the state Qin

Question 19

察今

Answer 19

cha2jin1

investigating contemporary matters, a chapter title from 呂氏春秋