Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- intestines
- parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
- to lose blood; to hemorrhage; (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
- orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
- 巢 cháo: 巢 chao2: nest巢 Cháo: 巢 Chao2: surname Chao
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking
- a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
- it could even be said
- aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
- companion
- and then; and thereby; and in turn
- blind in one eye; blind; tiny; humble; to stare
- since childhood; from a young age
- 凤 fèng: 凤 feng4: phoenix凤 Fèng: 凤 Feng4: surname Feng
- lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness
- minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal
- greedy
- winner
- beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- 雀 què: 雀 que4: (bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. [qiao3]雀 qiāo: 雀 qiao1: a freckle; lentigo
- not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- suspicion; to suspect
- to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- 蛇 yí: 蛇 yi2: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]蛇 shé: 蛇 she2: snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- like this; so; such
- to rush indiscriminately into action
- (bound form) moth
- 焦 jiāo: 焦 jiao1: burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])焦 Jiāo: 焦 Jiao1: surname Jiao
- to grow flowers; (dialect) to vaccinate; (dialect) to grow cotton
- 结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit
- key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- 车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
- danger; dangerous; rugged