Vocabulary: 菜根谭

• fánfan2凡x2 | Book Rank #1471ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
• shàn yòngshan4 yong4善用x2 | Book Rank #1472to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use
• shēng jīsheng1 ji1生机x1 | Book Rank #3147opportunity to live; hope of success; vigor; vitality
• wǔ jiǔwu3 jiu3五九x1 | Book Rank #3148
• qū yán fù shìqu1 yan2 fu4 shi4趋炎附势x1 | Book Rank #3149to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
• zuì zhǎngzui4 zhang3最长x1 | Book Rank #3150
• sè yùse4 yu4色欲x1 | Book Rank #3151sexual desire; lust
• huǒ chìhuo3 chi4火炽x1 | Book Rank #3152
• niàn jínian4 ji2念及x1 | Book Rank #3153
• míng lìming2 li4名利x1 | Book Rank #3154fame and profit
• sǐ dìsi3 di4死地x1 | Book Rank #3155
• wèi rú jiáo làwei4 ru2 jiao2 la4味如嚼蜡x1 | Book Rank #3156
• liù yīliu4 yi1六一x1 | Book Rank #3157
• zhēng xiānzheng1 xian1争先x2 | Book Rank #1473to compete to be first; to contest first place
• jìng lùjing4 lu4径路x1 | Book Rank #3158route; path
• tùi hòutui4 hou4退后x1 | Book Rank #3159to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
• qīng dànqing1 dan4清淡x1 | Book Rank #3160light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
• yōu chángyou1 chang2悠长x1 | Book Rank #3161long; drawn-out; prolonged; lingering
• liù èrliu4 er4六二x1 | Book Rank #3162
• yǐn yìyin3 yi4隐逸x2 | Book Rank #1474to live in seclusion; reclusive; hermit; recluse
• róng rǔrong2 ru3荣辱x2 | Book Rank #1475honor and disgrace; reputation
• mǐnmin3泯x1 | Book Rank #3163(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
• fānfan1藩x1 | Book Rank #3164fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
• zhúo shǒuzhuo2 shou3着手x2 | Book Rank #1476to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
• jì, qíji4, qi2骑x1 | Book Rank #3165骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• liù sānliu4 san1六三x1 | Book Rank #3166
• hèn bu dehen4 bu5 de5恨不得x1 | Book Rank #3167wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
• shòushou4授x3 | Book Rank #910(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• quán háoquan2 hao2权豪x1 | Book Rank #3168
• zì gānzi4 gan1自甘x1 | Book Rank #3169
• qǐ gàiqi3 gai4乞丐x1 | Book Rank #3170beggar
• gēnggeng1羹x1 | Book Rank #3171thick soup
• gāo liánggao1 liang2膏粱x1 | Book Rank #3172fatty meat and fine grains; (by extension) exquisite food
• bùbu4布x1 | Book Rank #3173布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
• páopao2袍x1 | Book Rank #3174gown (lined)
• húhu2狐x3 | Book Rank #911fox
• hé, mòhe2, mo4貉x1 | Book Rank #3175貉 hé: 貉 he2: raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki); also pr. [hao2]貉 mò: 貉 mo4: old term for northern peoples; silent
• biānbian1编x2 | Book Rank #1477to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
• bù ràngbu4 rang4不让x1 | Book Rank #3176
• biān rùbian1 ru4编入x1 | Book Rank #3177to include (in a list etc); to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
• hù jíhu4 ji2户籍x1 | Book Rank #3178census register; household register
• Lìu SìLiu4 Si4六四x1 | Book Rank #3179refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
• gūgu1孤x1 | Book Rank #3180lone; lonely
• xìuxiu4岫x1 | Book Rank #3181cave; mountain peak
• qù líuqu4 liu2去留x2 | Book Rank #1478going or staying
• xuán kōngxuan2 kong1悬空x1 | Book Rank #3182to hang in the air; suspended in midair; (fig.) uncertain
• liǎng bù xiāng gānliang3 bu4 xiang1 gan1两不相干x1 | Book Rank #3183
• liù wǔliu4 wu3六五x1 | Book Rank #3184
• shèng dìsheng4 di4胜地x1 | Book Rank #3185well-known scenic spot
• shū huàshu1 hua4书画x1 | Book Rank #3186painting and calligraphy