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說 shuo *(N) explanation; (V) to explain, to speak

明 míng *(V) to understand

變 bìan (N) change; (V) to change

極 jí (Adv) extremely; (N) the extreme (of something)

易 yì (Adj/SV) easy, simple; (V) to change; (N) change

老子 lăozǐ Lăozǐ, legendary Spring and Autumn period Daoist thinker

嘆 tàn (V) to sigh [also written 歎]

急 jí (Adv) quickly, in agitation; (Adj/SV) agitated

氣 qì (N) life breath, bodily or spiritual energy, vapor

鄉 xiang (N) village

童 tóng (N) a youth

擊 jí (V) to strike, hit (also pronounced ji)

鹿 lù (N) a deer

林 lín (N) woods, a forest

欲 yù *(Adv) to be about to (close in use to modern Mandarin yào 要)

若 rùo *(Pronoun) you

猶 yóu (Adv) still [like yì 亦 in structure: 雖 X 亦 Y]; (V) to resemble

情 qíng (N) spontaneous feelings or responses

農 nóng (N) a farmer, the farmer class, agriculture

識 shì (V) to know, to recognize

字 zì (N) written characters

識 字 shìzì: (V-O) to be literate