Vocabulary: 三 一~三 八
from 菜根谭
- 舍x2 | Chapter Rank #34to give up; to abandon; to give alms(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]surname She
- 则x2 | Chapter Rank #35(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
- 不x2 | Chapter Rank #36no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 可见x1 | Chapter Rank #113it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 公x1 | Chapter Rank #114public; 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)
- 理x2 | Chapter Rank #37texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 不可x1 | Chapter Rank #115cannot; should not; must not
- 故x1 | Chapter Rank #116happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 君子x1 | Chapter Rank #117nobleman; person of noble character
- 不能x2 | Chapter Rank #38cannot; must not; should not
- 灭x1 | Chapter Rank #118to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 惟x2 | Chapter Rank #39-ism; only
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #119matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 平x2 | Chapter Rank #40surname Pingflat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 而已x2 | Chapter Rank #41that's all; nothing more
- 绝x1 | Chapter Rank #120to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
- 期x1 | Chapter Rank #121period; cyclea period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- 寡欲x1 | Chapter Rank #122
- 六x1 | Chapter Rank #123used in place namessix; 6
- 遇x1 | Chapter Rank #124(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receivesurname Yu
- 变x1 | Chapter Rank #125to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 无x2 | Chapter Rank #42not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -lessused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 仓x1 | Chapter Rank #126barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
- 忙x1 | Chapter Rank #127busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- 须x2 | Chapter Rank #43must; to have to; to waitbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 向x3 | Chapter Rank #14towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...surname Xiangto tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 常时x1 | Chapter Rank #128frequently; often; usually; regularly
- 念念x1 | Chapter Rank #129
- 守x1 | Chapter Rank #130to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 定x1 | Chapter Rank #131to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 临死x1 | Chapter Rank #132facing death; at death's door
- 贪恋x1 | Chapter Rank #133to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
- 生x1 | Chapter Rank #134to 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])
- 事事x1 | Chapter Rank #135everything
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #136to 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
- 轻x1 | Chapter Rank #137light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 七x1 | Chapter Rank #138seven; 7
- 念x1 | Chapter Rank #139to 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])
- 过x1 | Chapter Rank #140to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-surname Guo(experienced action marker)
- 差x1 | Chapter Rank #141to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official postdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- 足x1 | Chapter Rank #142excessive(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
- 丧生x1 | Chapter Rank #143to die; to lose one's life
- 善x1 | Chapter Rank #144good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 终身x1 | Chapter Rank #145lifelong; all one's life; marriage
- 检x1 | Chapter Rank #146to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint
- 饬x1 | Chapter Rank #147(bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect; well-behaved; to give (sb) an order
- 难x1 | Chapter Rank #148disaster; distress; to scolddifficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 盖x1 | Chapter Rank #149surname Gelid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- 一事x1 | Chapter Rank #150
- 愆x1 | Chapter Rank #151fault; transgression