Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- 倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- (literary) why; how
- lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to hinder; to obstruct; to block
- lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
- true; real
- nature; natural; naturally
- to see the world; to go out into society; to gain experience
- trusted aide; confidant
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to peep; to pry into
- love and hate
- in all cases; know
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- to lean on; to rely upon
- behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
- (geometry) projection; see 蜮[yu4]
- (bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 照 zhào: 照 zhao4: to shine; to illuminate照 zhào: 照 zhao4: according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
- 澄 dèng: 澄 deng4: (of liquid) to settle; to become clear澄 chéng: 澄 cheng2: clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify澄 Chéng: 澄 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- can't
- (bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
- peace; peaceful
- 丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea
- sunlight
- inside; within
- repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable
- right and wrong; quarrel
- demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal
- 正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
- to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
- value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty