Lesson 9 禮記

Question 1

有子

Answer 1

you3zi3

a disciple of Confucius

Question 2

曾子

Answer 2

zeng1zi3

a disciple of Confucius

Question 3

喪

Answer 3

sang4

to lose, to leave one’s office

Question 4

速

Answer 4

su4

quick, quickly

Question 5

貧

Answer 5

pin2

poor

Question 6

朽

Answer 6

xiu3

to rot, to decompose

Question 7

參

Answer 7

shen1

to formal name of 曾子

Question 8

然則

Answer 8

ran2ze2

if so, then…

Question 9

斯

Answer 9

si1

this

Question 10

甚

Answer 10

shen4

excessive, extreme

Question 11

桓

Answer 11

huan2

a family name

Question 12

司馬

Answer 12

si1ma3

an official title

Question 13

自

Answer 13

zi4

for oneself

Question 14

槨

Answer 14

guo3

the outer coffin

Question 15

若是

Answer 15

ruo4shi4

like this

Question 16

靡

Answer 16

mi3

extravagant, wasteful

Question 17

愈

Answer 17

yu4

better

Question 18

南宮敬叔

Answer 18

nan2gong1 jing4shu1

a lord of the Lu state

Question 19

反

Answer 19

fan3

to return; was later written as 返

Question 20

載

Answer 20

zai4

to carry in a vehicle

Question 21

寳

Answer 21

bao3

treasure

Question 22

朝

Answer 22

chao2

to have an audience with the prince

Question 23

載寶而朝

Answer 23

zai4 bao3 er2 chao2

to go to court with treasures (for bribes)

Question 24

貨

Answer 24

huo4

to bribe, to present gifts

Question 25

檀弓

Answer 25

tan2gong1 | name of a person; a chapter title from the 禮記

Question 26

苛

Answer 26

ke1 | harsh, cruel

Question 27

政

Answer 27

zheng4 | government

Question 28

猛於虎

Answer 28

meng3 yu2 hu3 | fiercer than a tiger

Question 29

過

Answer 29

guo4 | to pass by

Question 30

泰山

Answer 30

tai4shan1 | name of a mountain in Shandong

Question 31

側

Answer 31

ce4 | side

Question 32

哀

Answer 32

ai1 | sad

Question 33

式

Answer 33

shi4 crossbar in the carriage; to bow and to lean on the crossbar as a gesture of respect later written as 軾

Question 34

壹似

Answer 34

yi1si4 | to be very much like

Question 35

重

Answer 35

chong2 | doubly, repeatedly

Question 36

憂

Answer 36

you1 | sorrow

Question 37

而曰

Answer 37

er2yue1 | and (he/she) said

Question 38

然

Answer 38

ran2 | it is so, yes

Question 39

舅

Answer 39

jiu4 | father-in-law

Question 40

夫

Answer 40

fu1 | husband

Question 41

焉

Answer 41

yan1 | equivalent to 於之

Question 42

小子

Answer 42

xiao3zi3 | young fellows. (a term elders may use when addressing youngsters)

Question 43

識

Answer 43

zhi4 | to remember, to mark