Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- (literary) the vast sky; (finance) eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term
- to abdicate
- 怀 huái: 怀 huai2: bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)怀 Huái: 怀 Huai2: surname Huai
- old friend; the deceased
- to cheat; to swindle; to pretend; to feign; to draw sb out; to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
- no good
- to ridicule
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 恶 wù: 恶 wu4: to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander恶 è: 恶 e4: evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm恶 ě: 恶 e3: used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- 伏 Fú: 伏 Fu2: surname Fu伏 fú: 伏 fu2: to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- 绵 mián: 绵 mian2: silk floss; continuous; soft; weak; mild-mannered (dialect)绵 mián: 绵 mian2: cotton
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- self-respect; self-love; self-regard; regard for oneself; to cherish one's good name; to take good care of one's health
- 远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- conflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[chang2]
- cool breeze; fig. pure and honest
- amicable; amiable
- haze
- feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
- intelligent
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- to know; to be aware
- to give up; to part with
- (literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times
- improper; presumptuous; assuming; overstepping one's bounds; also written 非份[fei1 fen4]
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- 省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to