Classical Words of the Day: March 30th, 2015

必bi4
Necessarily, must

若ruo4
like, similar to

桀jie2; 紂zhou1
(Proper nouns)

必若桀紂者也
...will necessarily be one like Jie or Zhou.  (Mencius 5A/6)



固gu4
certainly, definitely

願yuan4
desire, want

所suo3
this, it (this is a demonstrative pronoun)

固所願也
It is certainly what I want (Mencius 2B/10)




Reference:  Pulleyblank, Edwin G. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver [B.C.: UBC, 1995. Print.