Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- poor and lowly
- to extend kindness
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- loyal; devoted; faithful
- imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple
- mountain and fields
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- side; adjacent place
- to wait; to wait for
- to follow
- 戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: sorrowful; distressed戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- leisurely and comfortable; relaxed
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to fritter away (one's time)
- generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
- to indulge in; to delay
- (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- sweet wine
- root; source; origin
- person committed to a noble cause or ideal
- colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object
- brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- young and strong; in the prime of youth
- intention; purpose
- mallard; Anas platyrhyncha
- 云霄 Yún xiāo: 云霄 Yun2 xiao1: see 雲霄縣|云霄县[Yun2 xiao1 Xian4]云霄 yún xiāo: 云霄 yun2 xiao1: (the) skies
- quill
- to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- matters; arrangements
- unmoved; indifferent; unruffled by sentiment
- ordinary; commonplace; busy; bustling about