Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- soon; before long
- bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
- motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
- scanty; meager
- chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
- to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- to have no time (for sth); to be too busy (to do sth)
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 题 tí: 题 ti2: topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]题 Tí: 题 Ti2: surname Ti
- illustrious; influential; prestigious
- interesting; fascinating; amusing
- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack
- to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- during; at the time of
- to make up for an earlier mistake; to make amends
- to treasure; to cherish; to value highly; (in parting) take good care of yourself
- (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- to shame
- key job; important position
- overhead; up in the sky
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
- serious illness
- 瘥 chài: 瘥 chai4: to recover from disease瘥 cúo: 瘥 cuo2: disease
- 郁 Yù: 郁 Yu4: surname Yu郁 yù: 郁 yu4: (bound form) strongly fragrant郁 yù: 郁 yu4: (bound form) (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; (bound form) melancholy; depressed
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- damaged by moths or worms
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing
- 稽 qǐ: 稽 qi3: to bow to the ground稽 jī: 稽 ji1: (bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger; (literary) to dispute; to argue稽 Jī: 稽 Ji1: surname Ji
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence