Chinese Course Session One

Characters

人,ren2: human, humanity

法 (simplified),灋 (traditional), fa3: law, way, method, principle.

地, di4: earth, land

天, tian1: sky, cosmos, nature

道,dao4: Tao, or Dao, road, journey, method, pathway, the way of nature, the way of evolution

大, da4: big, large, universal

家, jia1: family

好, hao4: good, fine. verb: like, love

Phrases and Sentences

大家好:Hello everyone! (Literal : big, family, good)

人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然:Human follows the guidance of the Earth. Earth follows the guidance of the cosmos. Cosmos follows the guidance of the Dao. Dao follows the guidance of what is natural.