Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- knife blade; crucial point
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- lust; desire; sensual
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
- to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to
- to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- to forgive
- modern people
- 察 chá: 察 cha2: to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident察 Chá: 察 Cha2: short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
- brave
- cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- 和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- intense heat; extremely hot weather
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- free from vulgarity; refined; outstanding
- (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- to fit in with; to suit; appropriate
- contemporary expectations
- to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- turbid; muddy; impure
- to be versed in; to know well
- taste; flavor; feeling
- empty and silent; desolate
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- interesting; to interest
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- to fail to pay sufficient attention to; to be negligent in regard to; to be lacking in
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]