Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- branch and leaf
- luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
- public
- (literary) affair; matter; business; (dialect) item; thing; stuff
- to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
- beginning; first day of lunar month; north
- (bound form) stingy
- 符 fú: 符 fu2: mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide符 Fú: 符 Fu2: surname Fu
- to gain from corrupt dealing; to engage in graft; to feather one's nest
- to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- see 二七區|二七区[Er4 qi1 Qu1]
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip
- intention; motive; state of mind; ambition; aspiration; heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
- 党 dǎng: 党 dang3: party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]党 Dǎng: 党 Dang3: surname Dang
- drastic; extreme; aggressive
- (scorpion); an insect
- to cheat
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- ruthless
- (of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs; to fumigate
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions
- spotlessly white; pure white
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
- odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- 习 xí: 习 xi2: (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom习 Xí: 习 Xi2: surname Xi
- primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic; (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded
- to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering
- (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- to go for a walk in the snow