| Term | Definition |
| rújiā (confucian school) | 儒家 |
| xìnyǎng (religious/political belief) | 信仰 |
| kǒngfūzǐ (confucius) | 孔夫子 |
| rénjiān (human world) | 人间 |
| yǔzhòu (universe, the cosmos) | 宇宙 |
| huó zhe (living, stay alive) | 活着 |
| zěnyàng (what is like) | 怎样 |
| fǒudìng (deny, negate) | 否定 |
| guǐ (ghost) | 鬼 |
| shén (god and spirits) | 神 |
| jìng guǐshén ér yuǎn zhī (stay at a respectful distance from gods and ghosts) | 敬鬼神而远之 |
| jìngwèi (revere, hold reverence in) in | 敬畏 |
| xīnlǐ (mentality, feeling) | 心理 |
| bǎochí (keep, maintain) | 保持 |
| jùlí (distance) | 距离 |
| rénshēng (human life) | 人生 |
| shíjì (practical, realistic) | 实际 |
| shìsú (secular, vulgar, worldly) | 世俗 |
| fǒurèn (deny, repudiate) | 否认 |
| chāo... (super-, transcendental) | 超 |
| zhǔzǎi (dominate, dictate, charge) | 主宰 |
| yīqiè (everything, all) | 一切 |
| lì liang (power, physical strength) | 力量 |
| ...jiè (realm, a particular area) | ...界 |
| tiānlǐnánróng (impossible for the laws of nature to tolerate) | 天理难容 |
| tiānlǐ (justice, heavenly principles) | 天理 |
| zuì è (sin, guilt, evil) | 罪恶 |
| tāotiāndàzuì (monstrous crimes, great sins) | 滔天大罪 |
| xiūyǎng (cultivate oneself, self-cultivation) | 修养 |
| tiāndào (laws of nature, heavenly law) | 天道 |
| xiūshēn (cultivate oneself to improve one's moral character) | 修身 |
| jǐnguǎn (although, even though) | 尽管 |
| fúcóng (obey, be subordinated to) | 服从 |
| jīnshēng jīnshì (present life) | 今生今世 |
| láishēngláishì (next life) | 来生来世 |
| tiāntáng (heaven, paradise) | 天堂 |
| méiyǒu...kěyán (used with an abstract noun, there is no...to speak of) | 没有...可言 |
| hǎo sǐ bùrú lài huózhe (even a good death is not as good as a wretched existence) | 好死不如赖活着 |
| zhéxué (philosophy) | 哲学 |
| wúlùnrúhé (in any case, no matter what) | 无论如何 |