a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
當年
dong1 nin4
at that time
明知
ming4 zi1
knowing full well
道
dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
肥仔
fei4 zai2
fatty; fatso; a fat boy
喜歡
hei2 fun1
like
你
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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