Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- clear; distinct; evidently; clearly
- personal; private; selfish
- to comply with; to obey
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- housefly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 捷 jié: 捷 jie2: quick; nimble捷 jié: 捷 jie2: victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt捷 Jié: 捷 Jie2: Czech; Czech Republic; abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4]
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- shy; ashamed; shame; bashful; delicacies
- parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry
- radish
- to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- 松 sōng: 松 song1: pine; CL:棵[ke1]松 Sōng: 松 Song1: surname Song松 sōng: 松 song1: loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- unavoidably; can't help; really; rather
- 仰 Yǎng: 仰 Yang3: surname Yang仰 yǎng: 仰 yang3: to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on
- to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
- (bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
- wind and frost; fig. hardships
- (bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
- 毋 wú: 毋 wu2: (literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody毋 Wú: 毋 Wu2: surname Wu
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- one's close relatives
- to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- 亲 qīn: 亲 qin1: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear亲 qìng: 亲 qing4: parents-in-law of one's offspring
- astute; shrewd; smart
- simple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 益 Yì: 益 Yi4: surname Yi益 yì: 益 yi4: benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with
- 量 liàng: 量 liang4: capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word量 liáng: 量 liang2: to measure
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 迟 Chí: 迟 Chi2: surname Chi迟 chí: 迟 chi2: late; delayed; slow
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control