Vocabulary: 菜根谭
- scene; sight (to behold)
- 波 bō: 波 bo1: wave; ripple; storm; surge波 Bō: 波 Bo1: (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo
- wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble
- scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect)
- 齐 Qí: 齐 Qi2: (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi齐 qí: 齐 qi2: neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- clever; wonderful
- will; resolution; aspiration
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- to lose; to forfeit
- pearl; jewel (of great value)
- material desire; craving for material things
- to obstruct
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- 混 hùn: 混 hun4: to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless混 hún: 混 hun2: Taiwan pr. [hun4]
- silt
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- to rinse; to wash; washing
- 识 zhì: 识 zhi4: to record; to write a footnote识 shí: 识 shi2: to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- (of garments) against the skin; to line; lining; to contrast with; to assist financially
- to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
- to wash away; to eliminate; to do away with
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- dirt; disgrace
- illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- clean
- unafraid; to defy
- to block; to hinder; to obstruct
- to fear
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- the body (as opposed to the soul)
- I; me; my
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
- 居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms
- life
- to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- actually; in fact