Vocabulary: 四 一~四 八
from 菜根谭
- 方x1 | Chapter Rank #94surname Fangsquare; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- 为x6 | Chapter Rank #5as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 心x3 | Chapter Rank #24heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 地上x1 | Chapter Rank #95on the ground; on the floor
- 工夫x1 | Chapter Rank #96period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort(old) laborer
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #97surname Santhree; 3
- 人生x2 | Chapter Rank #36life (one's time on earth)
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #98only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 欲x2 | Chapter Rank #37desire; appetite; passion; lust; greedto wish for; to desire
- 字x2 | Chapter Rank #38letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 所x1 | Chapter Rank #99actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 累x1 | Chapter Rank #100tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hardto accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeatedrope; to bind together; to twist around
- 便x2 | Chapter Rank #39used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 如x2 | Chapter Rank #40as; as if; such as
- 马x1 | Chapter Rank #101surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 牛x1 | Chapter Rank #102ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesomesurname Niu
- 听x1 | Chapter Rank #103smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 羁x1 | Chapter Rank #104bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn
- 络x1 | Chapter Rank #105small netnet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind; to twist; (TCM) channels in the human body
- 鹰x1 | Chapter Rank #106general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
- 犬x1 | Chapter Rank #107(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #108to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 物x2 | Chapter Rank #41(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 鞭笞x1 | Chapter Rank #109to flog; to lash; to whip; to urge or goad along
- 若果x1 | Chapter Rank #110(literary) if; supposing that
- 念x1 | Chapter Rank #111to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- 清明x1 | Chapter Rank #112clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well orderedQingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
- 淡然x1 | Chapter Rank #113tranquil and calm; indifferent
- 无x2 | Chapter Rank #42used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 天地x2 | Chapter Rank #43heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #8also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 不能x2 | Chapter Rank #44cannot; must not; should not
- 转动x1 | Chapter Rank #114to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrateto turn sth around; to swivel
- 我x2 | Chapter Rank #45I; me; my
- 鬼神x1 | Chapter Rank #115supernatural beings
- 役使x1 | Chapter Rank #116to put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor
- 况x1 | Chapter Rank #117moreover; situation
- 一切x1 | Chapter Rank #118everything; every; all
- 区区x1 | Chapter Rank #119insignificant; trifling; merely
- 事物x1 | Chapter Rank #120thing; object
- 乎x1 | Chapter Rank #121(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 贪得x1 | Chapter Rank #122
- 者x2 | Chapter Rank #46(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
- 身x2 | Chapter Rank #47body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 富x2 | Chapter Rank #48rich; abundant; wealthysurname Fu
- 而x7 | Chapter Rank #3and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 知足者x1 | Chapter Rank #123
- 居x1 | Chapter Rank #124(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitudeto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedroomssurname Ju
- 高者x1 | Chapter Rank #125
- 形x2 | Chapter Rank #49to appear; to look; form; shape