Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- raging flames
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- blaze; flame
- to burn
- inevitably
- to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) to fall from the sky
- metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze
- to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- to only have
- repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance
- to live alone; to live a solitary existence
- to accomplish; to achieve
- as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- (bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. [ji1]
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- limb; limbs and trunk; body
- 委 Wěi: 委 Wei3: surname Wei委 wěi: 委 wei3: to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly委 wēi: 委 wei1: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
- bridle; reins; halter
- fresh and tasty
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- calamity
- to have no regrets
- duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- shameful secret
- old wrong; past grievance; wickedness of former times
- no more; no longer
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- disease; sickness; ailment
- 壮 zhuàng: 壮 zhuang4: to strengthen; strong; robust壮 Zhuàng: 壮 Zhuang4: Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- 尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You
- where; how
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- public discussion
- new knowledge; new friend
- kindhearted; place name
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- secret virtue
- fair; impartial
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)