Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 匮 kùi: 匮 kui4: to lack; lacking; empty; exhausted匮 Kùi: 匮 Kui4: surname Kui
- path; route; method; ways and means
- narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2])
- to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
- somewhat; to some degree
- addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile
- bliss; extreme happiness
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- lofty
- gentry; celebrities
- to increase; (electronics) gain; (gaming) buff
- to reduce; to lessen (pain etc); to deduct (from taxes)
- to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost; (used in commercials)
- to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over
- exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
- to deduct points; to lose points
- to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- personal profit; to benefit oneself
- foundation
- unrivalled; matchless
- contribution; meritorious service; credit
- to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
- filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
- sin; offense
- the whole body; (typography) em
- bad reputation; stigma
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- full; filled; surplus
- 佛 Fó: 佛 Fo2: Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])佛 fú: 佛 fu2: used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛 fú: 佛 fu2: used in 彷彿|仿佛[fang3 fu2]佛 fú: 佛 fu2: (female) head ornament
- daily expenses; of everyday use
- to have guts; to have courage; to be brave
- sincerity
- tactful; diplomatic; mild and indirect
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- figure; physique; form and structure