Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- rank and emolument of nobility
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
- wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
- to float in the air; swiftly; nimbly; easy and relaxed
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- to raise; to rear
- to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- ancient times
- cruelty; torture
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
- resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly
- time available
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- (bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center; eccentric
- red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- 冷 Lěng: 冷 Leng3: surname Leng冷 lěng: 冷 leng3: cold
- dream of golden millet; fig. illusions of wealth and glory; pipe dream
- whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
- see 雲浮市|云浮市[Yun2 fu2 Shi4]
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- good friend; companion
- carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
- stove; furnace
- cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- 蓬 Péng: 蓬 Peng2: surname Peng蓬 péng: 蓬 peng2: fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
- every day
- to meet (socially)
- goblet; bottle; wine-jar
- large earthenware wine jar
- 造化 zào hua: 造化 zao4 hua5: good luck造化 zào huà: 造化 zao4 hua4: (literary) Nature; the Creator
- (literary) (of smoke, mist) dense; thick