Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- (literary) to seek; to find
- 受用 shòu yòng: 受用 shou4 yong4: to enjoy; to reap the benefits (of sth)受用 shòu yong: 受用 shou4 yong5: comfortable; feeling well
- painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- 徐 xú: 徐 xu2: slowly; gently徐 Xú: 徐 Xu2: surname Xu
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- 槛 kǎn: 槛 kan3: door sill; threshold槛 jiàn: 槛 jian4: banister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner; to transport caged prisoner on a cart
- to migrate; to move
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- power; authority
- to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- 铺 pù: 铺 pu4: store铺 pù: 铺 pu4: plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station铺 pū: 铺 pu1: to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker
- to want sex; given to lust; lecherous; lascivious; horny
- to sing (of birds or insects); to warble; to chirp; to twitter
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: fortunate; lucky幸 Xìng: 幸 Xing4: surname Xing
- to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- youngster's talent; brilliance of youth
- to have enough food and warm clothes; adequately provided
- to be alive
- just like; exactly like
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- 束 shù: 束 shu4: to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control束 Shù: 束 Shu4: surname Shu
- 秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- to develop; to mature; growth; development; (sexually) mature
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official)
- obscure; remaining unenlightened
- malicious spirit; devil
- well-known; famous
- position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- nameless; obscure
- 缄 jiān: 缄 jian1: (wooden) box; cup; letter缄 jiān: 缄 jian1: letters; to close; to seal
- to order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
- to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- hero; towering figure
- to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
- to think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)