Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- all ages
- 窦 Dòu: 窦 Dou4: surname Dou窦 dòu: 窦 dou4: (literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
- to stain; to sully; to tarnish
- against one's will; willy-nilly
- father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- cogent; to the point; earnest; conscientious
- earnest; sincere
- to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort
- seepage; leakage
- secret place
- idle; lazy; negligent; careless
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- to be amazed; to be surprised; to wonder
- far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising
- constant; persistent; long-lasting; eternal
- rage; fury; hot anger
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- evil spirit
- 奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: wicked; crafty; traitor奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape
- shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points
- 曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- to cover up mistakes or crimes; to stitch up; to fix
- to teach; to instruct; to induce
- jealousy; to be jealous of
- deeply; heavily
- (literary) not to speak
- to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
- angry; resentful
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important
- to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]; used in 憧憧[chong1 chong1]
- to disturb
- sky clearing up
- sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
- rapid; fast