Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- 场 cháng: 场 chang2: threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout场 chǎng: 场 chang3: large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams
- bleak; desolate; devoid of liveliness
- also
- 槁 gǎo: 槁 gao3: dried up槁 gǎo: 槁 gao3: dried up (wood); dead tree
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- scholar
- 栖 qī: 栖 qi1: to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay栖 xī: 栖 xi1: used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1 xi1]
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- silent; to write from memory
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 吾 wú: 吾 wu2: (old) I; my吾 Wú: 吾 Wu2: surname Wu
- 适 kùo: 适 kuo4: see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]适 Shì: 适 Shi4: surname Shi适 shì: 适 shi4: to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue
- quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- pleased
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- black; mysterious
- seven; 7
- yesterday
- cannot; should not; must not
- to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) cinders; ashes
- (bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- end; finish
- 累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- today
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
- eight
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- (employee) having no fixed duties
- 否 fǒu: 否 fou3: to negate; to deny; not否 pǐ: 否 pi3: clogged; evil
- to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
- 粗 cū: 粗 cu1: (of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude粗 cū: 粗 cu1: remote; distant
- proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent