Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- manure; dung
- to change into
- cicada
- decay; rotten
- a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling; fluorescence; phosphorescence; perplexed; dazzled and confused; planet Mars (arch.)
- brilliant; glorious
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- a close friend over many years
- arrogant
- polite; courteous; formal; modest
- to subdue; to vanquish; to tame
- after that; then
- healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
- to stretch; to extend
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- blood and vital breath; bloodline (i.e. parentage); valor
- to eat till full; satisfied
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- male-female; male and female
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
- to repent
- infatuated; obsessed
- 轩 Xuān: 轩 Xuan1: surname Xuan轩 xuān: 轩 xuan1: pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)
- crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
- wooded mountain; mountain forest
- odor; scent
- imperial court
- 徼 jiào: 徼 jiao4: boundary; to go around徼 jiǎo: 徼 jiao3: by mere luck
- don't!; must not
- 勤 qín: 勤 qin2: diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance勤 qín: 勤 qin2: industrious; solicitous
- 美德 měi dé: 美德 mei3 de2: virtue美德 Měi Dé: 美德 Mei3 De2: USA and Germany
- to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate; distressed
- dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days
- 克 Kè: 克 Ke4: abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia克 kè: 克 ke4: to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares克 Kè: 克 Ke4: Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- dazzling; to show off; to flaunt