Classical Chinese/Lesson 4

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道德经 1 章:

道德经 12 章:


老子 (Laozi).

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    • 道 (dao4) - The first & third: noun the dao, the way, the path; the second: verb to say
    • 可 (ke3) - that can be, can
    • 非 (fei1) - is not
    • 常 (chang2) - Eternal, common
    • 名 (ming2) - The first & third: noun the name; the second: verb to name
    • 無 (wu2) - without
    • 天 (tian1) - heaven, the heavens
    • 地 (di4) - land, earth
    • 之 (zhi1) - posessive
    • 始 (shi3) - start, beginning
    • 有 (you3) - to have
    • 萬 (wan4) - 10,000
    • 物 (wu4) - things,
    • 萬物 (wan4 wu4) - the myriad things
    • 母 (mu3) - mother
    • 故 - ancient
    • 欲 - desire
    • 以 - thereby
    • 觀 - to see
    • 其 - third person pronoun
    • 妙 - mystery

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