Vocabulary: 一八一~一九〇
from 菜根谭
- 观x2 | Chapter Rank #41Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platformto look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlooksurname Guan
- 纷纷x1 | Chapter Rank #170one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- 各异x1 | Chapter Rank #171all different; each unto his own
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #172road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 种种x1 | Chapter Rank #173all kinds of
- 常x1 | Chapter Rank #174always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constantsurname Chang
- 何须x2 | Chapter Rank #42there is no need; why should
- 分别x1 | Chapter Rank #175to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually; respectively
- 取舍x1 | Chapter Rank #176to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
- 八七x1 | Chapter Rank #177
- 缠x1 | Chapter Rank #178to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- 脱x1 | Chapter Rank #179to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #180only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 在x3 | Chapter Rank #19to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 心x2 | Chapter Rank #43heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 了x1 | Chapter Rank #181(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 则x2 | Chapter Rank #44(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
- 屠x2 | Chapter Rank #45surname Tuto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
- 肆x2 | Chapter Rank #46four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
- 糟糠x1 | Chapter Rank #182chaff, 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
- 居然x1 | Chapter Rank #183unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- 净土x1 | Chapter Rank #184(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
- 不然x1 | Chapter Rank #185not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?
- 一琴一鹤x1 | Chapter Rank #186carrying very little luggage (idiom); honest and incorruptible (government officials)
- 花x1 | Chapter Rank #187flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulsurname Huaflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 嗜好x1 | Chapter Rank #188hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #189although; even though
- 清x1 | Chapter Rank #190(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- 魔障x1 | Chapter Rank #191Mara (the demon of temptation)
- 终x1 | Chapter Rank #192end; finish
- 语云x1 | Chapter Rank #193as the saying goes...
- 能x1 | Chapter Rank #194can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 休x1 | Chapter Rank #195surname Xiuto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
- 尘x1 | Chapter Rank #196dust; dirt; earth
- 为x1 | Chapter Rank #197as (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
- 未了x1 | Chapter Rank #198unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled
- 僧x1 | Chapter Rank #199(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
- 俗家x1 | Chapter Rank #200layman; layperson; original home of a monk
- 屠宰场x1 | Chapter Rank #201slaughterhouse; abattoir
- 肉x1 | Chapter Rank #202meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- 市x1 | Chapter Rank #203market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- 八x1 | Chapter Rank #204eight
- 我x2 | Chapter Rank #47I; me; my
- 转x1 | Chapter Rank #205to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actionsto turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- 物x3 | Chapter Rank #20(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 者x3 | Chapter Rank #21(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
- 得x1 | Chapter Rank #206to 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
- 固x2 | Chapter Rank #48hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- 喜x1 | Chapter Rank #207to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- 失x1 | Chapter Rank #208to lose; to miss; to fail