Meditations — Page 9

Vocabulary

自古以来

zì gǔ yǐ lái — Since ancient times; from time immemorial.

便

biàn — Then; consequently; as a result.

是

shì — To be; is, am, are.

东西方

dōng xī fāng — East and West; Eastern and Western worlds.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

交汇

jiāo huì — To converge; a meeting or junction of things.

之地

zhī dì — A place of; land of (classical expression).

尽管

jǐn guǎn — Although; even though; despite the fact that.

我们

wǒ men — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

无法

wú fǎ — Unable to; cannot; have no way to.

赋予

fù yǔ — To endow with; to grant or bestow significance.

他

tā — He; him; third-person singular male pronoun.

身上

shēn shàng — On one's body; on a person; about someone.

可能

kě néng — Possible; possibly; may or might be.

存在

cún zài — To exist; existence; to be present.

血统

xuè tǒng — Bloodline; ancestry; ethnic or familial lineage.

任何

rèn hé — Any; whatever; whichever without restriction.

重要

zhòng yào — Important; significant; of great consequence.

意义

yì yì — Meaning; significance; importance of something.

因为

yīn wèi — Because; due to; for the reason that.

并非

bìng fēi — Not at all; definitely not; by no means.

哲学家

zhé xué jiā — Philosopher; a person who studies philosophy.

但

dàn — But; however; yet, indicating contrast.

很

hěn — Very; quite; highly, degree adverb.

通过

tōng guò — Through; by means of; to pass through.

与

yǔ — And; with; together with.

远东

Yuǎn Dōng — Far East; eastern Asia region including China and Japan.

有所

yǒu suǒ — To have some; to some extent; somewhat.

接触

jiē chù — To contact; to come into contact with something.

师从

shī cóng — To study under; to learn from a teacher.

并未

bìng wèi — Did not; has not; emphatically did not.

忽视

hū shì — To ignore; to neglect; to overlook something.

其他

qí tā — Other; the rest; remaining others.

哲学

zhé xué — Philosophy; the study of fundamental questions about existence.

流派

liú pài — School of thought; faction; style or tradition.

经过

jīng guò — After; through; to pass through a process.

多年

duō nián — Many years; multiple years of time.

研习

yán xí — To study and practice; to research diligently.

在

zài — At; in; located at a place.

一处

yī chù — A place; one location; a certain spot.

开设

kāi shè — To establish; to open and set up an institution.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself; one's own; self.

学校

xué xiào — School; educational institution.

该

gāi — This; that; the said; the aforementioned.

称为

chēng wéi — To be called; to be known as something.

或

huò — Or; alternatively; either one option.

由此

yóu cǐ — From this; thus; hence resulting from this.

得名

dé míng — To get its name; to be named after something.

中

zhōng — Among; in the middle of; within a group.

仅次于

jǐn cì yú — Second only to; ranking just below someone.

对

duì — Toward; regarding; in relation to something.

贡献

gòng xiàn — Contribution; to contribute to a cause or field.

最大

zuì dà — Greatest; largest; the biggest in degree.

公元前

gōng yuán qián — Before the Common Era; BC in Western calendar.

年

nián — Year; a unit of time measurement.

将

jiāng — To take; to use; indicating future or action.

主义

zhǔ yì — Doctrine; ideology; an -ism or philosophical system.

整理

zhěng lǐ — To organize; to sort out; to systematize information.

成

chéng — Into; to become; forming a result.

一套

yī tào — A complete set; a system of interconnected things.

体系

tǐ xì — System; framework; an organized structured whole.

关于

guān yú — Regarding; about; concerning a topic.

曾有人

céng yǒu rén — Someone once said; there was a person who.

说道

shuō dào — To say; to speak; to utter words.

若无

ruò wú — If without; if there were no; were it not for.

则

zé — Then; in that case; conditional consequential particle.

不复存在

bù fù cún zài — Would no longer exist; cease to exist entirely.

思辨

sī biàn — Speculative reasoning; philosophical speculation and dialectical thinking.

视为

shì wéi — To regard as; to consider something to be.

达成

dá chéng — To achieve; to reach; to accomplish a goal.

目的

mù dì — Purpose; goal; objective of an action.

手段

shǒu duàn — Means; method; a way of achieving something.

而

ér — And; but; yet; connecting clauses with contrast.

这一

zhè yī — This; this particular one; referring to specific thing.

正如

zhèng rú — Just as; exactly as; as stated by someone.

所言

suǒ yán — As stated; what was said; the words spoken.

一致地

yī zhì de — Consistently; in a unified manner; harmoniously together.

生活

shēng huó — Life; to live; daily existence and livelihood.

如

rú — As; like; such as; in accordance with.

后来

hòu lái — Later; afterward; subsequently in time.

所

suǒ — Particle used before verbs in passive or nominal structures.

解释

jiě shì — To explain; to interpret; an explanation or clarification.

依照

yī zhào — According to; in accordance with; following a principle.

自然

zì rán — Nature; natural; in accordance with the natural order.

这种

zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of; such a kind.

使

shǐ — To cause; to make; to enable something to happen.

相

xiāng — Mutually; each other; reciprocally between two things.

符合

fú hé — To conform to; to be in line with; comply.

观念

guān niàn — Concept; notion; idea or way of thinking.

正是

zhèng shì — Is exactly; precisely is; that is exactly.

美德

měi dé — Virtue; moral excellence; admirable moral quality.

理念

lǐ niàn — Ideal; guiding principle; philosophical idea or concept.

格言

gé yán — Maxim; motto; a concise statement of principle.

容易

róng yì — Easy; easily; likely to happen without difficulty.

被

bèi — By; passive marker indicating action done to subject.

理解

lǐ jiě — To understand; to comprehend; understanding of something.

为

wéi — As; to be; to regard as something.

在于

zài yú — To lie in; to consist in; the key is.

顺从

shùn cóng — To obey; to submit; compliant and yielding behavior.

每一种

měi yī zhǒng — Every kind; each type; each and every variety.

冲动

chōng dòng — Impulse; urge; an impulsive instinctive drive.

这

zhè — This; these; referring to something nearby.

本意

běn yì — Original meaning; true intention; what was actually meant.

相去甚远

xiāng qù shèn yuǎn — Far apart; vastly different; worlds apart from each other.