Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- to swell; to bulge
- to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- 畜 chù: 畜 chu4: livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal畜 xù: 畜 xu4: to raise (animals)
- blood; (fig.) lifeblood
- 仇 qíu: 仇 qiu2: spouse; companion仇 chóu: 仇 chou2: hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)仇 Qíu: 仇 Qiu2: surname Qiu
- 边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality
- crossbow
- 戈 gē: 戈 ge1: dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]戈 Gē: 戈 Ge1: surname Ge
- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- 乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh
- pitfall; trap
- (bound form) dirty; filthy
- fly; musca; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket
- 嘬 zūo: 嘬 zuo1: (coll.) to suck嘬 chuài: 嘬 chuai4: (literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously
- bee; wasp
- (bound form) butterfly
- to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 业 yè: 业 ye4: line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already业 Yè: 业 Ye4: surname Ye
- vigor; strength; vitality
- completely; absolutely; undivided; totally mixed up; muddled
- 露 lù: 露 lu4: dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose露 Lù: 露 Lu4: surname Lu露 lòu: 露 lou4: to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
- comfortable niche
- to bite; to nip
- to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
- jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial; (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
- jade
- edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner
- tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard
- to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
- 偷闲 tōu xián: 偷闲 tou1 xian2: to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work; also written 偷閒|偷闲[tou1 xian2]偷闲 tōu xián: 偷闲 tou1 xian2: to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work
- noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
- to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- to hope; to admire
- 荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited