Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- precious stone; gem
- (semiprecious stone); extraordinary
- (literary) fine jade
- 行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- ominous; inauspicious
- usual; common; ordinary
- 历 lì: 历 li4: calendar历 lì: 历 li4: to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- 民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- dark and quiet; disappear
- dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- everyday life; regular pattern of life
- to enlighten; lattice window
- inner feelings
- excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- (literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate
- (literary) to induce; to entice
- to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- daytime
- idle person; idler; person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place
- melodious; mellifluous
- unconsciously
- base of the ear; ear; (Buddhism) sense of hearing
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- affairs of life; things of the world
- state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
- expert; past master; dab hand
- to break; to smash
- (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- to rear; to raise (animals)
- to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat