Vocabulary: 重刻《菜根谭》原序
from 菜根谭
- 教x3 | Chapter Rank #26(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)surname Jiaoto teach; to instruct
- 于x7 | Chapter Rank #6to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(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) by
- 不x3 | Chapter Rank #27no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 翁x3 | Chapter Rank #28elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)surname Weng
- 老人x3 | Chapter Rank #29old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- 参x1 | Chapter Rank #104ginseng; one of the 28 constellationsto take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper Houseused in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- 请x2 | Chapter Rank #49to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 暇x1 | Chapter Rank #105leisure
- 私x1 | Chapter Rank #106personal; private; selfish
- 诫x1 | Chapter Rank #107commandment; to prohibit
- 大德x1 | Chapter Rank #108
- 聪明x1 | Chapter Rank #109intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- 过x1 | Chapter Rank #110to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)surname Guo
- 人x3 | Chapter Rank #30person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 应x2 | Chapter Rank #50to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- 久x2 | Chapter Rank #51(of a period of time) long
- 律x3 | Chapter Rank #31surname Lülaw
- 席x1 | Chapter Rank #111woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etcsurname Xi
- 调x1 | Chapter Rank #112to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melodyto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- 伏x1 | Chapter Rank #113surname Futo lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- 身心x1 | Chapter Rank #114body and mind; mental and physical
- 遵x1 | Chapter Rank #115to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #116five; 5
- 夏x1 | Chapter Rank #117the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xiasummer
- 制x1 | Chapter Rank #118system; to control; to regulateto manufacture; to make
- 熟x1 | Chapter Rank #119ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- 三聚x1 | Chapter Rank #120
- 文x1 | Chapter Rank #121surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 菩提x1 | Chapter Rank #122bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism)
- 本x1 | Chapter Rank #123(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #124(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 定x3 | Chapter Rank #32to 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
- 慧x1 | Chapter Rank #125intelligent
- 基x1 | Chapter Rank #126(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 何x2 | Chapter Rank #52what; how; why; which; carrysurname He
- 急急x1 | Chapter Rank #127
- 哉x2 | Chapter Rank #53(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- 居x1 | Chapter Rank #128surname Juto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- 未几x1 | Chapter Rank #129soon; before long
- 不善x1 | Chapter Rank #130bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
- 用心x1 | Chapter Rank #131motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- 失血x1 | Chapter Rank #132to lose blood; to hemorrhage; (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
- 莫x2 | Chapter Rank #54surname Modo not; there is none who
- 医x1 | Chapter Rank #133medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
- 自知x1 | Chapter Rank #134
- 法x1 | Chapter Rank #135France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])law
- 缘x1 | Chapter Rank #136cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- 微薄x1 | Chapter Rank #137scanty; meager
- 辞x1 | Chapter Rank #138to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #139surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return