Vocabulary: 前言 一
from 白居易诗选
- 少年时代x1 | Chapter Rank #199
- 因x2 | Chapter Rank #88cause; reason; because
- 藩镇x1 | Chapter Rank #200lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3]
- 乱x1 | Chapter Rank #201in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- 十二岁x1 | Chapter Rank #202
- 避难x1 | Chapter Rank #203to take refuge; to seek asylum
- 越x2 | Chapter Rank #89generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 中x10 | Chapter Rank #9to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 一带x1 | Chapter Rank #204region; area
- 经受x1 | Chapter Rank #205to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- 了x16 | Chapter Rank #3(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 颠沛流离x1 | Chapter Rank #206homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
- 苦x1 | Chapter Rank #207bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 对x7 | Chapter Rank #16right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 社会现状x1 | Chapter Rank #208
- 有x7 | Chapter Rank #17to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 清醒x1 | Chapter Rank #209clear-headed; sober; awake
- 的x26 | Chapter Rank #1a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and truly
- 认识x1 | Chapter Rank #210to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- 素有x1 | Chapter Rank #211to have; to have always had
- 远大抱负x1 | Chapter Rank #212
- 长期x1 | Chapter Rank #213long-term; for a protracted period
- 潜心x1 | Chapter Rank #214to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded
- 苦读x1 | Chapter Rank #215
- 终于x1 | Chapter Rank #216at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- 在x14 | Chapter Rank #4to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 贞元x1 | Chapter Rank #217
- 十六x1 | Chapter Rank #218sixteen; 16
- 年x12 | Chapter Rank #5year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 二十八岁x1 | Chapter Rank #219
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #90o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 考x1 | Chapter Rank #220to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an examto check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #221successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 十八x1 | Chapter Rank #222eighteen; 18
- 应x1 | Chapter Rank #223to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- 拔萃x1 | Chapter Rank #224to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
- 科x2 | Chapter Rank #91branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 考试x2 | Chapter Rank #92to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- 入x3 | Chapter Rank #41to 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")
- 甲等x1 | Chapter Rank #225grade A; first-class
- 授x3 | Chapter Rank #42(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 秘书x2 | Chapter Rank #93secretary
- 省x1 | Chapter Rank #226(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
- 校x1 | Chapter Rank #227(bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officerto check; to collate; to proofread
- 书x2 | Chapter Rank #94abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 郎x1 | Chapter Rank #228surname Lang(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- 与x3 | Chapter Rank #43to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 密友x1 | Chapter Rank #229close friend
- 元x8 | Chapter Rank #12currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eonsurname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 稹x1 | Chapter Rank #230to accumulate; fine and close