Class 2

  • 塔
    • 大楼：towel
    • 宗教：Pagoda (Chan Buddihism) (Zen Buddihism)
    • 白塔：dagoba
  • 灵隐寺 Soul's Retreat
  • 佛经的经 scriptures / sutras
  • x末x初 at the turn of the x and x dynasties
  • 三国演义 Romance of three kingdoms
  • embroidery 修饰的
  • first name 名 second/last name 姓
  • Martin Luther King: first name, middle/Baptist name, last name
  • capricious 善变的
  • Lay Monk 业余monk
  • 山西：Shanxi 陕西：Shaanxi
  • Yan'an Road 延安路
  • reign ...年间
  • 《易经》Book of Changes / I Ching(transliteration)
  • 罗汉 Arhat 哪吒 Nalakubala
  • Pilgrimage to the West 朝圣
  • 传教士 missionary
  • 信、达、雅
    • faithfulness
    • expressiveness
    • elegance
  • 物竞天择，适者生存 natural selection & the survival of the fittest
  • as ... as ...
    • as fit as a fiddle 强壮
    • as white as snow
    • as hot as fire
    • as cool as cucumber 冷静
    • as sure as fate 千真万确
    • as tight as drum 铁公鸡
      • Rooster 公鸡
      • henpeck 妻管严（啄食）
  • make scenes 做戏
  • body 尸体
  • study of natrue 格致
  • 肺炎 pneumonia
  • TB 肺结核
  • bronchitis 气管炎
  • measles 麻疹
  • mumps 腮腺炎
  • dwellings(栖息之地)/hermitage(隐士的生活) in the Funchun Mountain 富春山居图
  • mimicking 临摹
  • picnicking
  • trafficking 走私 smuggling
  • There are a lot of stories to tell about the places I visited and the people I met.