Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- 浅 jiān: 浅 jian1: sound of moving water浅 qiǎn: 浅 qian3: shallow; light (color)
- slave
- geometry; (literary) how much
- sprites and goblins; monsters and demons
- savage; furious
- to weed out the traitors
- 杜 Dù: 杜 Du4: surname Du杜 dù: 杜 du4: birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
- the way one is following; outlet
- to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation
- measureless; immeasurable
- achievements and virtue
- 浚 xùn: 浚 xun4: used in 浚縣|浚县[Xun4 Xian4] (the name of a place in Henan)浚 jùn: 浚 jun4: to dredge (a river)
- 诸 Zhū: 诸 Zhu1: surname Zhu诸 zhū: 诸 zhu1: all; various
- to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one
- to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
- to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- happen to; sorrow; suffer from
- among; in; included among these
- mantis; praying mantis
- 乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- next; later; after that
- (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- earnest
- beggar (old term)
- 禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid
- to ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees); to lead to; to form gradually; wine; stuffed vegetables (cooking method)
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- clear sky; fig. high official position; noble
- to smelt; to fuse
- technical ability; skill
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram
- is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented