Vocabulary: 菜根谭

• hé chánghe2 chang2何尝x2 | Book Rank #1429(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
• níng zhìning2 zhi4凝滞x1 | Book Rank #2908to stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze
• Tài xū, tài xūTai4 xu1, tai4 xu1太虚x1 | Book Rank #2909太虚 Tài xū: 太虚 Tai4 xu1: Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)太虚 tài xū: 太虚 tai4 xu1: great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos
• yuēyue1曰x9 | Book Rank #243to speak; to say
• bù yìbu4 yi4不易x1 | Book Rank #2910not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
• yī bǎyi1 ba3一把x1 | Book Rank #2911
• yī fùyi1 fu4一副x1 | Book Rank #2912
• shēn xīnshen1 xin1身心x6 | Book Rank #379body and mind; mental and physical
• hài rénhai4 ren2害人x1 | Book Rank #2913to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious
• fáng rén zhī xīnfang2 ren2 zhi1 xin1防人之心x1 | Book Rank #2914
• bìng cúnbing4 cun2并存x1 | Book Rank #2915to exist at the same time; to coexist
• zǔzu3阻x1 | Book Rank #2916to hinder; to block; to obstruct
• fèi rénfei4 ren2废人x1 | Book Rank #2917handicapped person; useless person
• xiǎo huìxiao3 hui4小惠x1 | Book Rank #2918
• dà tǐda4 ti3大体x1 | Book Rank #2919in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
• gōng lùngong1 lun4公论x1 | Book Rank #2920public opinion
• sī qíngsi1 qing2私情x1 | Book Rank #2921personal considerations; love affair
• wèi néngwei4 neng2未能x2 | Book Rank #1430cannot; to fail to; unable to
• chánchan2谗x1 | Book Rank #2922to slander; to defame; to misrepresent; to speak maliciously
• zènzen4谮x1 | Book Rank #2923to slander
• niènie4糵x2 | Book Rank #1431(literary) yeast used for brewing wine
• jiǔ mǔjiu3 mu3酒母x1 | Book Rank #2924
• jiè duānjie4 duan1借端x1 | Book Rank #2925to use as pretext
• wūwu1诬x1 | Book Rank #2926to accuse falsely
• wǎngwang3罔x1 | Book Rank #2927to deceive; there is none
• gòu xiàngou4 xian4构陷x1 | Book Rank #2928to frame; to bring false charges against
• niàng chéngniang4 cheng2酿成x2 | Book Rank #1432to make (wine or spirits); (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
• zùizui4罪x1 | Book Rank #2929guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
• qīng tiān bái rìqing1 tian1 bai2 ri4青天白日x1 | Book Rank #2930(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
• àn shì wū lòuan4 shi4 wu1 lou4暗室屋漏x1 | Book Rank #2931
• péipei2培x2 | Book Rank #1433to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• lín shēn lǚ bólin2 shen1 lv3 bo2临深履薄x1 | Book Rank #2932
• fù cí zǐ xiàofu4 ci2 zi3 xiao4父慈子孝x1 | Book Rank #2933benevolent father, filial son (idiom); natural love between parents and children
• xiōng yǒu dì gōngxiong1 you3 di4 gong1兄友弟恭x1 | Book Rank #2934
• gǎn jīgan3 ji1感激x1 | Book Rank #2935to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful
• Shī, shīShi1, shi1施x3 | Book Rank #901施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
• shòu zhěshou4 zhe3受者x1 | Book Rank #2936
• dù jìdu4 ji4妒忌x1 | Book Rank #2937to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy
• hěnhen3狠x1 | Book Rank #2938ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• wài rénwai4 ren2外人x1 | Book Rank #2939outsider; foreigner; stranger
• fán nǎofan2 nao3烦恼x3 | Book Rank #902to be worried; to be distressed; worries
• yī yīyi1 yi1一一x8 | Book Rank #276one by one; one after another
• gōng gùogong1 guo4功过x1 | Book Rank #2940merits and demerits; contributions and errors
• hūihui1隳x3 | Book Rank #903destroy; overthrow
• ēn chóuen1 chou2恩仇x1 | Book Rank #2941debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
• xiéxie2携x3 | Book Rank #904to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
• èrer4贰x2 | Book Rank #1434two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray
• xiè dàixie4 dai4懈怠x1 | Book Rank #2942slack; lazy; remiss
• lí xīnli2 xin1离心x1 | Book Rank #2943to be at odds with; centrifugal (force)
• yángyang2阳x1 | Book Rank #2944positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]