Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)
- merchant
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- to remember; to recall; memory
- to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
- (bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如[huang3 ru2] and 恍若[huang3 ruo4]
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- reed catkin; reed flower
- to lie; to crouch
- to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard
- nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
- lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- with all of one's heart
- to lose heart; to be discouraged
- gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- to send (on errand)
- to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
- wealth and official post
- (literary) to serve as an official
- 步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu
- (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
- inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- all kinds of
- predecessor; forebears; the person facing you
- (literary) suddenly
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- former days; in the past