Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- to copy; to transcribe
- (old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
- later generations
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- to read aloud; to recite
- to practice what one preaches (idiom)
- tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- 卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)卷 juàn: 卷 juan4: scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- (literary) what kind of person
- proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
- 拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitate拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- to grow vegetables
- necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- (loanword) bacon
- (literary) not; used in transliteration
- (literary) (final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 呢[ne5] or 啊[a1])
- 唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes
- meditation
- player
- whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
- (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735–1799
- Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
- sick man
- (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- old Buddhist temple
- 拾 shè: 拾 she4: to ascend in light steps拾 shí: 拾 shi2: to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- Zen Buddhism
- faint; indistinct
- inventor
- 亟 jí: 亟 ji2: (literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly亟 qì: 亟 qi4: repeatedly; frequently
- 校 xiào: 校 xiao4: (bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officer校 jiào: 校 jiao4: to check; to collate; to proofread
- 帙 zhì: 帙 zhi4: book cover帙 Zhì: 帙 Zhi4: surname Zhi帙 zhì: 帙 zhi4: (classifier) ten years
- regular; orderly; successive; in order