Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- free and unfettered
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- to detest
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- silent; quiet
- excellent; superior
- 傅 fù: 傅 fu4: (bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach; to apply (makeup etc)傅 Fù: 傅 Fu4: surname Fu
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- 朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- 俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]
- 罢 bà: 罢 ba4: to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish罢 ba: 罢 ba5: (final particle, same as 吧)
- ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
- male and female
- to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- to be eradicated; to vanish; extinct; to break off relations
- hubbub; hustle and bustle
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- mixed in as part of a community; hiding one's identity; occupying a position while not deserving it
- windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- unmanned; uninhabited
- 区 qū: 区 qu1: area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]区 ōu: 区 Ou1: surname Ou
- to bring about; to create; to cause
- to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious
- pit of fire; fig. living hell
- (fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc); (literary) to sink into water
- to realize suddenly; to wake up with a start
- boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly
- the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
- incautious; inattentive
- rope; CL:根[gen1]
- dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- to exert; to strive
- 索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
- when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time