Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- 付 Fù: 付 Fu4: surname Fu付 fù: 付 fu4: to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
- (lit. and fig.) puppet
- so long as; provided; if
- handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
- front line
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks
- hardly; not in the least; not at all
- another person; sb else; other people
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- to pick up; to collect; to gather up
- to light a lamp
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
- to be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
- worldly affairs; the ways of the world
- stereotypical pattern; rut
- surname Tan
- (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- to be ill; to be in poor health
- to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat
- 琮 Cóng: 琮 Cong2: surname Cong琮 cóng: 琮 cong2: jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
- 京 Jīng: 京 Jing1: surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam京 jīng: 京 jing1: capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
- 顾 Gù: 顾 Gu4: surname Gu顾 gù: 顾 gu4: to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me
- gem
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- commandment; to prohibit
- 律 Lǜ: 律 Lu:4: surname Lü律 lǜ: 律 lu:4: law
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism)