Vocabulary: 前言 一
from 白居易诗选
- 有名无实x1 | Chapter Rank #334lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name; nominal
- 清闲x1 | Chapter Rank #335idle; leisurely
- 十x1 | Chapter Rank #336ten; 10
- 宰相x2 | Chapter Rank #121prime minister (in feudal China)
- 武元衡x1 | Chapter Rank #337
- 被x3 | Chapter Rank #56quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 刺x1 | Chapter Rank #338thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder(onom.) whoosh
- 职x1 | Chapter Rank #339office; duty
- 事x4 | Chapter Rank #32matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 早年x6 | Chapter Rank #19many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- 得罪x1 | Chapter Rank #340to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得罪[de2 zui5]
- 过x1 | Chapter Rank #341to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)surname Guo
- 小人x1 | Chapter Rank #342person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- 趁机x1 | Chapter Rank #343to seize an opportunity
- 诬陷x1 | Chapter Rank #344to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
- 赏花x2 | Chapter Rank #122
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #123and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 坠x1 | Chapter Rank #345to fall; to drop; to weigh down
- 井x2 | Chapter Rank #124Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jinga well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- 却x2 | Chapter Rank #125but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #126used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 新井x1 | Chapter Rank #346Arai (Japanese surname)
- 诸x1 | Chapter Rank #347all; varioussurname Zhu
- 不孝x1 | Chapter Rank #348unfilial
- 有伤x1 | Chapter Rank #349
- 名教x1 | Chapter Rank #350
- 遂x1 | Chapter Rank #351used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- 贬为x2 | Chapter Rank #127
- 江州x4 | Chapter Rank #33see 江州區|江州区[Jiang1 zhou1 Qu1]
- 舍人x2 | Chapter Rank #128ancient office title; rich and important person
- 涯x1 | Chapter Rank #352border; horizon; shore
- 上书x1 | Chapter Rank #353to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #354to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 不宜x1 | Chapter Rank #355not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate
- 治x1 | Chapter Rank #356to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 郡x1 | Chapter Rank #357canton; county; region
- 于是x1 | Chapter Rank #358thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 追x1 | Chapter Rank #359to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- 司马x2 | Chapter Rank #129Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
- 这次x1 | Chapter Rank #360
- 贬谪x1 | Chapter Rank #361to banish from the court; to relegate
- 打击x1 | Chapter Rank #362to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)
- 很大x3 | Chapter Rank #57
- 由x1 | Chapter Rank #363to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 志在x1 | Chapter Rank #364
- 兼济x1 | Chapter Rank #365
- 为主x2 | Chapter Rank #130to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- 转向x1 | Chapter Rank #366to change direction; fig. to change one's stanceto get lost; to lose one's way
- 以x11 | Chapter Rank #8abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 独善其身x1 | Chapter Rank #367(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests