Vocabulary: 张之洞：生于末世的一代儒臣
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 回避x1 | Chapter Rank #787to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- 话x2 | Chapter Rank #403dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 说不定x1 | Chapter Rank #788can't say for sure; maybe
- 能x9 | Chapter Rank #79can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 点x2 | Chapter Rank #404to 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
- 翰林x4 | Chapter Rank #197refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 正途x5 | Chapter Rank #155see 正路[zheng4 lu4]
- 出身x11 | Chapter Rank #60to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- 少年得志x2 | Chapter Rank #405
- 这x21 | Chapter Rank #28(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 一生x3 | Chapter Rank #279all one's life; throughout one's life
- 引以为豪x1 | Chapter Rank #789
- 自信x2 | Chapter Rank #406to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- 满满x1 | Chapter Rank #790full; closely packed
- 清末x6 | Chapter Rank #128the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- 那x5 | Chapter Rank #156(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nasurname Nuo
- 大名鼎鼎x1 | Chapter Rank #791grand reputation; renowned; famous
- 治世x2 | Chapter Rank #407
- 除了x4 | Chapter Rank #198apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 二甲x3 | Chapter Rank #2802nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
- 勉强x1 | Chapter Rank #792to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- 功名x1 | Chapter Rank #793scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- 差x1 | Chapter Rank #794used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightlydifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post
- 几个x4 | Chapter Rank #199a few; several; how many
- 层次x1 | Chapter Rank #795layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing
- 名气x1 | Chapter Rank #796reputation; fame
- 最大的x3 | Chapter Rank #281
- 虽然x9 | Chapter Rank #80although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 入x9 | Chapter Rank #81to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 门x2 | Chapter Rank #408surname Mengate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- 成绩x1 | Chapter Rank #797achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 却x4 | Chapter Rank #200but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 三甲x2 | Chapter Rank #4093rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
- 赐x2 | Chapter Rank #410(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]
- 同进士x2 | Chapter Rank #411
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #798that's all; nothing more
- 曾x1 | Chapter Rank #799great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 公x2 | Chapter Rank #412public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 常常x3 | Chapter Rank #282frequently; often
- 引以为耻x1 | Chapter Rank #800
- 自卑x2 | Chapter Rank #413to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
- 感x2 | Chapter Rank #414to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
- 功勋x1 | Chapter Rank #801meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
- 显著x1 | Chapter Rank #802outstanding; notable; remarkable; statistically significant
- 湘军x1 | Chapter Rank #803Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 将领x2 | Chapter Rank #415high-ranking military officer
- 后来x9 | Chapter Rank #82afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 担任x2 | Chapter Rank #416to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- 另x5 | Chapter Rank #157other; another; separate; separately
- 级别x1 | Chapter Rank #804(military) rank; level; grade