Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- bustling with noise and excitement; lively
- 言语 yán yǔ: 言语 yan2 yu3: words; speech; (spoken) language言语 yán yu: 言语 yan2 yu5: to speak; to tell
- unlimited; unbounded
- desire to commit murder; great danger
- of humble origin
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- warmhearted; willing to help others
- to cultivate; to train; cultivation; training
- many; a lot of; much
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- to go with the flow; to accept things as they come
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- to dance; to wield; to brandish
- (of a baby) to reach one month of age; (fig.) to reach the one-month mark since the start, launch or implementation of sth; the full moon
- in company with
- basin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
- living a simple life
- (of colors) garish; rich
- 中试 zhòng shì: 中试 zhong4 shi4: to pass a test中试 zhōng shì: 中试 zhong1 shi4: pilot test (in product development etc)
- calm; unperturbed; cool
- 还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- diverse and muddled; many and confused
- not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?
- undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- 坛 tán: 坛 tan2: altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world坛 tán: 坛 tan2: earthen jar
- top-quality
- honorific title for a Buddhist monk
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 廉 Lián: 廉 Lian2: surname Lian廉 lián: 廉 lian2: incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- there is no need; why should
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- to raise eyebrows; to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation); shocked; surprised
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for
- to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- archery target; (fig.) target of criticism, pressure, attack or blame