Vocabulary: 重刻《菜根谭》原序
from 菜根谭
- 善x1 | Chapter Rank #140good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 察x1 | Chapter Rank #141short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident
- 尔x2 | Chapter Rank #55thus; so; like that; you; thou
- 因缘x1 | Chapter Rank #142chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
- 彼x1 | Chapter Rank #143that; those; (one) another
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #144(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
- 有x15 | Chapter Rank #2to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #145see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 振作x1 | Chapter Rank #146to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #56but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 恐x1 | Chapter Rank #147afraid; frightened; to fear
- 心x2 | Chapter Rank #57heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #148matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 役x1 | Chapter Rank #149forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- 不暇x1 | Chapter Rank #150to have no time (for sth); to be too busy (to do sth)
- 研究x1 | Chapter Rank #151research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 部x1 | Chapter Rank #152ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 吾x1 | Chapter Rank #153surname Wu(old) I; my
- 一x1 | Chapter Rank #154one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 首x3 | Chapter Rank #33head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 题x1 | Chapter Rank #155surname Titopic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
- 系x1 | Chapter Rank #156to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)system; department; facultyto connect; to arrest; to worryto tie; to fasten; to button up
- 洪应明x2 | Chapter Rank #58
- 著x1 | Chapter Rank #157to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding ina move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addused in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- 其间x1 | Chapter Rank #158in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- 持身x1 | Chapter Rank #159
- 语x12 | Chapter Rank #3dialect; language; speech(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- 涉世x1 | Chapter Rank #160to see the world; to go out into society; to gain experience
- 隐逸x1 | Chapter Rank #161to live in seclusion; reclusive; hermit; recluse
- 显达x1 | Chapter Rank #162illustrious; influential; prestigious
- 迁善x1 | Chapter Rank #163
- 介x1 | Chapter Rank #164to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
- 节x1 | Chapter Rank #165joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- 仁x1 | Chapter Rank #166humane; kernel
- 义x1 | Chapter Rank #167surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 禅语x1 | Chapter Rank #168
- 有趣x1 | Chapter Rank #169interesting; fascinating; amusing
- 学x1 | Chapter Rank #170to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 道x3 | Chapter Rank #34road; 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)
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #171to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 词x1 | Chapter Rank #172word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 约x1 | Chapter Rank #173to weigh in a balance or on a scaleto make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- 意x2 | Chapter Rank #59(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 明x1 | Chapter Rank #174bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the godsMing 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 God
- 文简x1 | Chapter Rank #175
- 理x3 | Chapter Rank #35texture; 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
- 设x1 | Chapter Rank #176to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 能x2 | Chapter Rank #60surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 熟习x1 | Chapter Rank #177to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack
- 沉x2 | Chapter Rank #61to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy