Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- brilliance; splendor; magnificence
- thing; object
- knowledge and experience
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- tactful; discreet
- beautiful woman
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- 疏 shū: 疏 shu1: to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation疏 Shū: 疏 Shu1: surname Shu
- 梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
- pond; pool
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- each; every
- near; close to; approximately
- to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
- magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking
- imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
- 洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible
- 逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to compel; to pressure逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- (idiom) innocent and unaffected
- poetry and literature
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- from now on; since then; henceforth
- careful; thorough; meticulous
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- cunning; dexterous; ingenious
- uninhibited; unrestrained; unbridled
- willful; headstrong; unruly
- life or death
- bluish-green; green jade
- dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
- to injure; injury; wound
- 冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash冲 chòng: 冲 chong4: powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of
- elegant
- 红 Hóng: 红 Hong2: surname Hong红 gōng: 红 gong1: used in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]红 hóng: 红 hong2: red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
- lotus
- gorgeous; garish and beautiful
- 何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry