Vocabulary: 读史五首（选二）
from 白居易诗选
- 不能x1 | Chapter Rank #153cannot; must not; should not
- 施展x1 | Chapter Rank #154to use fully; to put to use
- 怀抱x1 | Chapter Rank #155to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- 却是x1 | Chapter Rank #156nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #157to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 遗憾x1 | Chapter Rank #158regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- 据此x1 | Chapter Rank #159accordingly; in view of the above
- 说x1 | Chapter Rank #160to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 在x1 | Chapter Rank #161to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 入仕x1 | Chapter Rank #162(literary) to become an official
- 初x2 | Chapter Rank #61(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 对x4 | Chapter Rank #20right; 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
- 皇帝x1 | Chapter Rank #163emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 充满x1 | Chapter Rank #164full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 信心x1 | Chapter Rank #165confidence; faith (in sb or sth); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 以为x1 | Chapter Rank #166to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 自己x2 | Chapter Rank #62oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 得x1 | Chapter Rank #167to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 遇x1 | Chapter Rank #168(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receivesurname Yu
- 明x1 | Chapter Rank #169bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the godsMing Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 君x1 | Chapter Rank #170monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 可x1 | Chapter Rank #171used in 可汗[ke4 han2](prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 现实x1 | Chapter Rank #172reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- 让x1 | Chapter Rank #173to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 越来越x1 | Chapter Rank #174more and more
- 失望x1 | Chapter Rank #175disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
- 虽然x1 | Chapter Rank #176although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 其中x1 | Chapter Rank #177among; in; included among these
- 也x1 | Chapter Rank #178surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 寄寓x1 | Chapter Rank #179
- 着x1 | Chapter Rank #180aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding into wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applya move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 命运x1 | Chapter Rank #181fate; destiny
- 感慨x2 | Chapter Rank #63to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 祸患x2 | Chapter Rank #64disaster; calamity
- 如x1 | Chapter Rank #182as; as if; such as
- 棼x2 | Chapter Rank #65beams in roof; confused
- 丝x2 | Chapter Rank #66silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- 其x1 | Chapter Rank #183his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #184to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 无x2 | Chapter Rank #67not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -lessused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 端绪x1 | Chapter Rank #185start and development; thread (of a story); general outline; clue
- 马x2 | Chapter Rank #68surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 迁x2 | Chapter Rank #69to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- 下x1 | Chapter Rank #186down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 蚕室x2 | Chapter Rank #70
- 嵇x3 | Chapter Rank #34surname Ji; name of a mountain
- 康x3 | Chapter Rank #35surname Kanghealthy; peaceful; abundant
- 就x1 | Chapter Rank #187(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 囹圄x2 | Chapter Rank #71(literary) prison
- 抱x1 | Chapter Rank #188to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely