Vocabulary: 一 一~二 〇
from 菜根谭
- 似x2 | Chapter Rank #32to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) thanused in 似的[shi4 de5]
- 挥霍x1 | Chapter Rank #116to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile
- 全x1 | Chapter Rank #117all; whole; entire; every; completesurname Quan
- 没x1 | Chapter Rank #118drowned; to end; to die; to inundate(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 半点x1 | Chapter Rank #119the least bit
- 真心x1 | Chapter Rank #120wholeheartedness; sincerity
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #121five; 5
- 糟糠x1 | Chapter Rank #122chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
- 彘x1 | Chapter Rank #123swine
- 肥x1 | Chapter Rank #124fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
- 何事x1 | Chapter Rank #125
- 偏x1 | Chapter Rank #126to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- 贪x1 | Chapter Rank #127to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- 钩下x1 | Chapter Rank #128
- 饵x1 | Chapter Rank #129pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure
- 锦x1 | Chapter Rank #130brocade; embroidered work; bright
- 绮x1 | Chapter Rank #131beautiful; open-work silk
- 岂x2 | Chapter Rank #33how? (emphatic question)
- 牺x1 | Chapter Rank #132sacrifice
- 贵x1 | Chapter Rank #133expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) yourshort name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #134who; also pr. [shui2]
- 能x1 | Chapter Rank #135can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 解x1 | Chapter Rank #136to transport under guardacrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissectionsurname Xie
- 笼x1 | Chapter Rank #137to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #138within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 囮x3 | Chapter Rank #14decoy
- 用来x1 | Chapter Rank #139to be used for
- 诱捕x1 | Chapter Rank #140to trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap
- 同类x1 | Chapter Rank #141similar; same type; alike
- 的x1 | Chapter Rank #142really and trulyof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 称x1 | Chapter Rank #143to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praiseto fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #144noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 六x1 | Chapter Rank #145used in place namessix; 6
- 琴书x1 | Chapter Rank #146traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
- 诗x1 | Chapter Rank #147abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songspoem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- 画x1 | Chapter Rank #148to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- 达x1 | Chapter Rank #149to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminentsurname Da
- 士x2 | Chapter Rank #34surname Shimember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
- 之x10 | Chapter Rank #2(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 养x1 | Chapter Rank #150to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 性灵x1 | Chapter Rank #151
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #35and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 庸夫x1 | Chapter Rank #152
- 徒x2 | Chapter Rank #36surname Tu(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence
- 赏x1 | Chapter Rank #153to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- 其x4 | Chapter Rank #8his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 迹象x1 | Chapter Rank #154sign; indication; mark; indicator
- 山川x1 | Chapter Rank #155mountains and rivers; landscape
- 云x1 | Chapter Rank #156(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #157(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself