Vocabulary: 三 一~四 〇
from 菜根谭
- 尘土x1 | Chapter Rank #134dust
- 竹x1 | Chapter Rank #135(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- 坚x1 | Chapter Rank #136strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
- 雅x1 | Chapter Rank #137elegant
- 操x1 | Chapter Rank #138to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)
- 几x2 | Chapter Rank #32small table(literary) almosthow many; how much; several; a few
- 朝x2 | Chapter Rank #33abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Koreaimperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsmorning
- 霜x1 | Chapter Rank #139frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- 雪x1 | Chapter Rank #140surname Xuesnow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- 傲x1 | Chapter Rank #141proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy
- 就x1 | Chapter Rank #142(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 琅玕x1 | Chapter Rank #143
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #144five; 5
- 富贵x1 | Chapter Rank #145riches and honor
- 是x4 | Chapter Rank #9to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 无情x1 | Chapter Rank #146pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #147(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #148to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #34to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 他x4 | Chapter Rank #10(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #149heavy; serious; to attach importance toto repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- 害x1 | Chapter Rank #150to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #35you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 越x1 | Chapter Rank #151to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the moregeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 大x3 | Chapter Rank #17see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 贫贱x1 | Chapter Rank #152poor and lowly
- 耐久x1 | Chapter Rank #153durable; long-lasting
- 交x1 | Chapter Rank #154to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- 好x1 | Chapter Rank #155to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 益x1 | Chapter Rank #156surname Yibenefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- 反x2 | Chapter Rank #36contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 深x1 | Chapter Rank #157(lit. and fig.) deep
- 故x2 | Chapter Rank #37happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 贪x1 | Chapter Rank #158to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- 商x1 | Chapter Rank #159commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 於x1 | Chapter Rank #160(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) bysurname Yu; Taiwan pr. [Yu2](literary) Oh!; Ah!
- 恋x1 | Chapter Rank #161to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- 金谷x1 | Chapter Rank #162
- 者x2 | Chapter Rank #38(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 竟x1 | Chapter Rank #163unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #164quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 一时x1 | Chapter Rank #165a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- 显x1 | Chapter Rank #166to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- 戮x1 | Chapter Rank #167to peel with a knife(bound form) to kill
- 乐x1 | Chapter Rank #168musicsurname Lesurname Yueused in place nameshappy; cheerful; to laugh
- 箪x1 | Chapter Rank #169round basket for cooked rice
- 瓢x1 | Chapter Rank #170dipper; ladle
- 甘x1 | Chapter Rank #171surname Gan; short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4](bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
- 敝x1 | Chapter Rank #172my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
- 缊x1 | Chapter Rank #173hemp; vague; mysteriousorange color; used in 絪縕|𬘡缊[yin1 yun1]