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
- 成为x12 | Chapter Rank #53to become; to turn into
- 张佩纶x2 | Chapter Rank #437
- 齐名x2 | Chapter Rank #438equally famous
- 大将x1 | Chapter Rank #861a general or admiral
- 个个x2 | Chapter Rank #439each one individually; each and every
- 满腹经纶x1 | Chapter Rank #862full of political wisdom (idiom); politically astute; with encyclopedic experience of state policy
- 当时x3 | Chapter Rank #292immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 炙手可热x1 | Chapter Rank #863lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- 浊流x3 | Chapter Rank #293turbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person; fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
- 洋务派x8 | Chapter Rank #95the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
- 讥笑x2 | Chapter Rank #440to sneer
- 不过x4 | Chapter Rank #204only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 粗x1 | Chapter Rank #864(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; ruderemote; distant
- 才x6 | Chapter Rank #130ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 俗x1 | Chapter Rank #865custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 吏x4 | Chapter Rank #205minor government official or functionary (old)
- 各x6 | Chapter Rank #131each; every
- 成x1 | Chapter Rank #866surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 交往x1 | Chapter Rank #867to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- 圈子x1 | Chapter Rank #868circle; ring; (social) circle
- 趣味x1 | Chapter Rank #869fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
- 做派x2 | Chapter Rank #441way of doing sth; behavior; to act in an affected manner; mannerism; gestures in opera
- 光x3 | Chapter Rank #294light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 年间x6 | Chapter Rank #132in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- 死对头x1 | Chapter Rank #870arch-enemy; sworn enemy
- 执掌x2 | Chapter Rank #442to wield (power etc)
- 帝x8 | Chapter Rank #96(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- 印x1 | Chapter Rank #871to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; imagesurname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India
- 乐见x1 | Chapter Rank #872to be pleased to see (a circumstance, occurrence etc); to look favorably on
- 借助x1 | Chapter Rank #873to draw support from; with the help of
- 势力x2 | Chapter Rank #443power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- 牵制x1 | Chapter Rank #874to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- 如日中天x1 | Chapter Rank #875lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
- 恭亲王x1 | Chapter Rank #876Grand Prince (Qing title)
- 官员x5 | Chapter Rank #160official (in an organization or government); administrator
- 说起x1 | Chapter Rank #877to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- 而言x4 | Chapter Rank #206(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 不啻x1 | Chapter Rank #878just as; no less than; like (sth momentous); as good as; tantamount to
- 知遇之恩x2 | Chapter Rank #444lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection
- 名声在外x1 | Chapter Rank #879
- 连慈禧x1 | Chapter Rank #880
- 耳闻x1 | Chapter Rank #881to hear of; to hear about
- 据传x1 | Chapter Rank #882it is rumored that ...; it is reported that ...
- 西太后x1 | Chapter Rank #883
- 还x5 | Chapter Rank #161surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 当面x1 | Chapter Rank #884to sb's face; in sb's presence
- 问x3 | Chapter Rank #295to ask; to inquire
- 过x4 | Chapter Rank #207to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-surname Guo(experienced action marker)
- 她x1 | Chapter Rank #885she
- 宠臣x1 | Chapter Rank #886favored minister