Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- beloved
- father and mother; parents
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- 策 cè: 策 ce4: policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy策 Cè: 策 Ce4: surname Ce
- country; nation; state
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- that; those; (one) another
- to think over; to consider; anxiety
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- deep pool; deep; profound
- 胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- suddenly; abruptly
- to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of
- (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- distance between two poles; poles apart
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
- vastly different; poles apart
- 百 Bǎi: 百 Bai3: surname Bai百 bǎi: 百 bai3: hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- 福 Fú: 福 Fu2: surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]福 fú: 福 fu2: good fortune; happiness; luck
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
- 门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men
- (literary) to scoop up; to ladle out; (literary) to draw toward oneself
- (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold
- 路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu
- 辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- morality; righteousness and justice
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- mundane world
- shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- 担 dān: 担 dan1: to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility担 dàn: 担 dan4: picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
- to melt; to thaw; to blend; to merge; to be in harmony