New Mandarin Chinese Lesson: Dao De Jing 1

Way Virtue Classic - One
Dàodéjīng Yī
道德经一

Not
Fēi
非

Frequent or Constant
Cháng
常

Path can walk not constant path
Dào kě dào fēi cháng dào
道可道非常道

Name can name not constant name
Míng kě míng fēi cháng míng
名可名非常名

Possessive particle
Zhī
之

Begin
Shǐ
始

No name - beginning of - heaven - earth
Wú míng tiān dì zhī shǐ
无名天地之始

Ten thousand things
Wànwù
万物

Have name - mother of universe
Yǒu míng wànwù zhī mǔ
有名万物之母

Cause or Because
Gù
故

Desire
Yù
欲

Because constant not desire
Gù cháng wú yù
故常无欲

Thus
Yǐ
以

To look at
Guān
观

Its
Qí
其

Wonder
Miào
妙

Thus view its wonder
Yǐ guān qí miào
以观其妙

Constant have desire
Cháng yǒu yù
常有欲

Boundary
Jiào
徼

Thus view its boundary
Yǐ guān qí jiào
以观其徼

This or These
Cǐ
此

Both of something
Liǎngzhě
两者

Different
Yì
异

These two aspects - develop together - yet different names
Cǐ liǎngzhě tóngchū ér yì míng
此两者同出而异名

To give a name to something
Wèi
谓

It
Zhī
之

Together call it mystery
Tóng wèi zhī xuán
同谓之玄

Mystery it again mystery
Xuán zhī yòu xuán
玄之又玄

All
Zhòng
众

All wonder's door
Zhòng miào zhī mén

衆妙之门 

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