Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- nature; temperament
- to practice favoritism
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- hostility; animosity
- skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- trouble; difficulty; problem
- to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
- oar (archaic); scull; paddle; to row; a boat
- 精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 似 shì: 似 shi4: used in 似的[shi4 de5]似 sì: 似 si4: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than
- to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
- 沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- 获 hùo: 获 huo4: (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win获 hùo: 获 huo4: (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
- accommodating; (Buddhism) completely integrated
- good fortune; official salary
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- rash; hasty
- 寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice)
- 士 shì: 士 shi4: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker士 Shì: 士 Shi4: surname Shi
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- mental or spiritual cultivation
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to reverse a desperate situation
- ability and wisdom
- 英 Yīng: 英 Ying1: United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]英 yīng: 英 ying1: hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
- (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- 宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi
- impatient; hot-tempered
- impassioned; worked up
- 德性 dé xìng: 德性 de2 xing4: moral integrity德性 dé xing: 德性 de2 xing5: (coll.) revolting behavior; CL:副[fu4]
- to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- mist; clouds; smoke
- picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- to appear; present; now; existing; current
- the real body (of Buddha or a God); true effigy