An Umbrella for a Roof
zhāng张1
sǎn伞2
wéi为3
wū屋4
To open an umbrella and use it as a roof.
1. to open, to spread out
2. umbrella
3. to serve as, to act as
4. house, roof
Wenyan
A Cartload of Firewood Is Not Seen
yú舆1
xīn薪2
zhī之3
bù不4
jiàn见5
Yet he does not see a whole cartload of firewood.
1. телегу (cartload, cart)
2. дров (firewood)
3. direct object position marker [particle]
4. не
5. видно (to see, to perceive)
Insight of the Elder
sǒu叟1
zhī之2
suǒ所3
zhī知4
yě也5
This is what the elder knows.
3. то, что (nominalizing particle [turns following verb into object/that which])
4. ведомо, известно (to know, to understand)
1. старец / старцу (elderly man, venerable elder)
2. ['s] (possessive particle [linking subject to nominalized verb])
5. final assertion particle
S не поднимет ни пера
yī一1
yǔ羽2
zhī之3
bù不4
jǔ举5
He would not lift even a single feather.
1. одного (one, single)
2. пера (feather)
3. (маркер прямого дополнения) [particle]
4. не
5. поднимет (он)
Exclusivity of the Way
shě舍1
cǐ此2
wú无3
tā他4
tú途5
Setting this aside, there is no other path. / Apart from this, there is no other way.
1. to set aside, to abandon, to discard
2. this [demonstrative pronoun]
3. there is no, to lack
4. other, another
5. path, road, way