Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- (dialect) today; (literary) the present; this age
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- bird catching net; to bind; to hang
- relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- to multiply (math.); multiplication
- raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
- (bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
- naked sword
- Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- ferocious beast; fierce animal
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- creek; rivulet
- gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
- big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2]
- 青山 qīng shān: 青山 qing1 shan1: green hills; (the good) life青山 Qīng shān: 青山 Qing1 shan1: see 青山區|青山区[Qing1 shan1 Qu1]
- trees; greenery
- 砌 qì: 砌 qi4: to build by laying bricks or stones砌 qiè: 砌 qie4: used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]
- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- 当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- singing and dancing
- yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl)
- in former times; the olden days
- fight
- to flourish then decline; rise and fall
- strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
- inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- 天外 tiān wài: 天外 tian1 wai4: beyond the earth; outer space天外 Tiān Wài: 天外 Tian1 Wai4: abbr. for 天津外國語大學|天津外国语大学[Tian1 jin1 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2]
- to soar; to wheel about in the sky
- clear spring