Vocabulary: 一三一~一四〇
from 菜根谭
- 天地x1 | Chapter Rank #116heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 立x1 | Chapter Rank #117surname Lito stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 为生x1 | Chapter Rank #118to make a living
- 民x1 | Chapter Rank #119(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a countrysurname Min
- 立命x1 | Chapter Rank #120
- 子孙x1 | Chapter Rank #121offspring; posterity
- 造福x1 | Chapter Rank #122to benefit (e.g. the people)
- 六x1 | Chapter Rank #123used in place namessix; 6
- 居官x1 | Chapter Rank #124to secure a position; to take an official appointment
- 语x2 | Chapter Rank #26dialect; language; speech(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- 曰x2 | Chapter Rank #27to speak; to say
- 惟x4 | Chapter Rank #7-ism; only
- 公x1 | Chapter Rank #125public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 则x4 | Chapter Rank #8(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 生x1 | Chapter Rank #126to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 明x1 | Chapter Rank #127Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 廉x1 | Chapter Rank #128surname Lianincorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
- 生威x1 | Chapter Rank #129
- 居家x1 | Chapter Rank #130to live at home; to stay at home; home (schooling etc); in-home (care etc); household (repairs etc); living (environment etc)
- 恕x1 | Chapter Rank #131to forgive
- 平x1 | Chapter Rank #132surname Pingflat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 情x1 | Chapter Rank #133(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- 俭x1 | Chapter Rank #134(bound form) frugal; thrifty
- 足x1 | Chapter Rank #135excessive(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #136to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 三七x1 | Chapter Rank #137pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
- 富贵x1 | Chapter Rank #138riches and honor
- 地x1 | Chapter Rank #139-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 要x3 | Chapter Rank #15(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 知x1 | Chapter Rank #140to know; to be aware
- 贫贱x1 | Chapter Rank #141poor and lowly
- 痛痒x1 | Chapter Rank #142pain and itch; sufferings; importance; consequence
- 当x2 | Chapter Rank #28(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 少壮x1 | Chapter Rank #143young and strong; in the prime of youth
- 之时x1 | Chapter Rank #144
- 须x1 | Chapter Rank #145must; to have to; to waitbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 衰老x1 | Chapter Rank #146to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- 辛酸x1 | Chapter Rank #147pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
- 三八x1 | Chapter Rank #148International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid
- 持身x1 | Chapter Rank #149
- 不可x2 | Chapter Rank #29cannot; should not; must not
- 太x2 | Chapter Rank #30highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 皎洁x1 | Chapter Rank #150shining clean; bright (moonlight)
- 一切x2 | Chapter Rank #31everything; every; all
- 污辱x1 | Chapter Rank #151to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully
- 垢x1 | Chapter Rank #152dirt; disgrace
- 秽x1 | Chapter Rank #153(bound form) dirty; filthy
- 茹x1 | Chapter Rank #154surname Ruto eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
- 纳x1 | Chapter Rank #155surname Nato receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #32used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need tostructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished