Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- 丑 Chǒu: 丑 Chou3: surname Chou丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: shameful; ugly; disgraceful
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- dread; fear; dislike
- (bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
- pleased
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- arrogant
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- the least bit
- misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
- vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- official career (formal)
- although; even though
- distinctive flavor; distinctive style
- power; influence
- way; route; road
- circumstances; scene; about; probably
- cupidity
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- to arrive; most; to; until
- to help; to assist; to aid
- rabbit
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to shout; to call out
- (literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
- to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- bank; shore; beach; coast
- everywhere
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li