Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- mutual
- character
- clean; neat
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- good actions
- good words
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 藉 jí: 藉 ji2: (literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉[lang2 ji2]藉 Jí: 藉 Ji2: surname Ji藉 jiè: 藉 jie4: (literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
- to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 赍 jī: 赍 ji1: to present (a gift); to harbor (a feeling)赍 jī: 赍 ji1: (literary) to harbor (a feeling); (literary) to present as a gift
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- 将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- weaponry; weapons; arms
- to lend to sb
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- robber
- pest; vermin; animal that is harmful to crops or to another species; enemy; predator
- extravagant
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
- to look down; to stoop
- 铅 qiān: 铅 qian1: lead (chemistry)铅 yán: 铅 yan2: used in 鉛山|铅山[Yan2 shan1] (the name of a place in Jiangxi)
- wooden tablet; edition
- 佣 yòng: 佣 yong4: commission (for middleman); brokerage fee佣 yōng: 佣 yong1: to hire; to employ; servant; hired laborer; domestic help
- to secure a position; to take an official appointment
- people
- hat and clothes; attire
- to lecture (on branch of learning)
- to personally undertake or manage
- Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
- to write
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- chalk; CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- 片 piān: 片 pian1: disk; sheet片 piàn: 片 pian4: thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- erotic dance
- to bury; to submerge; to pass into oblivion; to obliterate; to annihilate (physics)