Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- colt
- (of a horse etc) to break free from the reins; (fig.) to become unconstrained
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- wing; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4]
- 帆 fān: 帆 fan1: sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas帆 fān: 帆 fan1: to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- 扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang
- 安 ān: 安 an1: (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])安 ān: 安 An1: surname An
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- settled; steady; stable
- Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to capture
- Lu Ji (261-303), Chinese writer and literary critic
- 霍 hùo: 霍 huo4: (literary) suddenly霍 Hùo: 霍 Huo4: surname Huo
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 崇 chóng: 崇 chong2: high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship崇 Chóng: 崇 Chong2: surname Chong
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- government revenue; tributary goods and finances; finances and taxes; wealth; property; belongings
- enemy country
- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- to drink wine
- 教 jiāo: 教 jiao1: to teach; to instruct教 Jiào: 教 Jiao4: surname Jiao教 jiào: 教 jiao4: (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- blind drunk
- 花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic
- (of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring; (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
- to steal; secretly; (humble) I
- see 虰蛵[ding1 xing2]
- to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
- snobbish
- thus