New Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 3.29 - Page 1

idea, suggestion

to welcome

study

wall

hang

calligraphy and painting

character; handwriting

bookshelf

ancient book

ancient

neat; tidy

(used to form an adverbial adjunct)

to put; to place

miniature trees and rocks, bonsai

pot

pleasant to look at; good-looking

grow

bloom

kaffir lily

leaf

grow, raise

comparatively; quite/compare

people

work of literature or art

to water

to prune, to trim

art

horticulturist

gardening

person skillful at a certain profession; expert; master

practice

calligrapher

specialist in a certain field

disciples are not necessarily inferior to teachers

disciple, follower, pupil

not necessarily

teachers are not necessarily more capable than disciples

virtuous, able

sentence

sentence

meaning, idea

to be not as good as; to be inferior to

brilliant, wise

writer

mutually; one another

modest

Tang Dynasty

pleasure

feel bad/sad; upset

courtyard