Vocabulary: 袁氏五姊妹寄语读者
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 实在x1 | Chapter Rank #240really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #241highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 大x4 | Chapter Rank #62big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 了x43 | 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
- 真是x2 | Chapter Rank #132indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- 百x5 | Chapter Rank #41surname Baihundred; numerous; all kinds of
- 年x27 | Chapter Rank #8year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 沧桑x1 | Chapter Rank #242great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2]
- 一言难尽x1 | Chapter Rank #243hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- 经历x9 | Chapter Rank #26to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 抗日战争x1 | Chapter Rank #244(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
- 解放战争x1 | Chapter Rank #245War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
- 其中x1 | Chapter Rank #246among; in; included among these
- 有x13 | Chapter Rank #18to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 四位x1 | Chapter Rank #247
- 文化大革命x4 | Chapter Rank #63Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
- 其x2 | Chapter Rank #133his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 遭遇x1 | Chapter Rank #248to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- 可想而知x1 | Chapter Rank #249(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- 改革开放x4 | Chapter Rank #64to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
- 三十多年x1 | Chapter Rank #250
- 国家x16 | Chapter Rank #15country; nation; state
- 发生x2 | Chapter Rank #134to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 翻天覆地x1 | Chapter Rank #251sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
- 变化x2 | Chapter Rank #135(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- 邓小平x2 | Chapter Rank #136Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
- 先生x2 | Chapter Rank #137teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 提出x1 | Chapter Rank #252to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- 要x1 | Chapter Rank #253to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 实事求是x1 | Chapter Rank #254lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic
- 对x8 | Chapter Rank #28right; 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
- 历史x4 | Chapter Rank #65history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 评价x2 | Chapter Rank #138to evaluate; to assess
- 客观x2 | Chapter Rank #139objective; impartial
- 多x1 | Chapter Rank #255many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 不是x1 | Chapter Rank #256no; is not; notfault; blame
- 研究x1 | Chapter Rank #257research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 相信x1 | Chapter Rank #258to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 随着x1 | Chapter Rank #259along with; in the wake of; following
- 发展x4 | Chapter Rank #66development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 与x7 | Chapter Rank #31to 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
- 进步x3 | Chapter Rank #92progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- 包括x3 | Chapter Rank #93to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- 是非功过x1 | Chapter Rank #260
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #261can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 一x5 | Chapter Rank #42one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x5 | Chapter Rank #43(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 比较x1 | Chapter Rank #262to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 真实x2 | Chapter Rank #140true; real
- 祖x1 | Chapter Rank #263surname Zuancestor; forefather; grandparents