Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to shrink back; to cower
- to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- how
- friend
- room; universe
- how about; what kind of
- blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood
- to trust; to believe in
- 舌 jī: 舌 ji1: used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"舌 shé: 舌 she2: tongue
- commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently
- (bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
- firm; unyielding
- weak; delicate
- a household; door; family
- rotten
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
- insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
- extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
- greatest; most important
- the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- 水上 shǔi shàng: 水上 shui3 shang4: on water; aquatic水上 Shǔi shàng: 水上 Shui3 shang4: Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- duckweed
- to greet by raising clasped hands
- 征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
- 唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain
- 虞 Yú: 虞 Yu2: surname Yu虞 yú: 虞 yu2: (literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe
- 汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang
- 武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
- (lit. and fig.) field of vision; scope; horizon
- to take in and send out (in large quantities)
- 六合 Lù hé: 六合 Lu4 he2: see 六合區|六合区[Lu4 he2 Qu1]六合 lìu hé: 六合 liu4 he2: the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe; everything under the sun
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
- 沤 òu: 沤 ou4: to steep; to macerate沤 ōu: 沤 ou1: bubble; froth
- sea; ocean