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
- 其余x4 | Chapter Rank #69the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #331(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 天津x4 | Chapter Rank #70Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- 大营门x1 | Chapter Rank #332
- 大院x1 | Chapter Rank #333courtyard; compound
- 印象x3 | Chapter Rank #97impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- 中x11 | Chapter Rank #22(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 很x22 | Chapter Rank #11very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 威严x1 | Chapter Rank #334dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- 惧怕x1 | Chapter Rank #335to be afraid
- 于x4 | Chapter Rank #71surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 病故x5 | Chapter Rank #49to die of an illness
- 葬礼x2 | Chapter Rank #158burial; funeral
- 十分x2 | Chapter Rank #159very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 隆重x2 | Chapter Rank #160grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn
- 早年x1 | Chapter Rank #336many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- 留学x1 | Chapter Rank #337to study abroad
- 后来x1 | Chapter Rank #338afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 兄弟x1 | Chapter Rank #339brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- 等x4 | Chapter Rank #72to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 支持x5 | Chapter Rank #50to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #161down; 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
- 振兴x2 | Chapter Rank #162to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energizesee 振興區|振兴区[Zhen4 xing1 Qu1]
- 长期x1 | Chapter Rank #340long-term; for a protracted period
- 担任x5 | Chapter Rank #51to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- 北方x2 | Chapter Rank #163north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- 重工业x2 | Chapter Rank #164heavy industry; manufacturing
- 企业x2 | Chapter Rank #165company; firm; enterprise; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- 合资x1 | Chapter Rank #341joint venture
- 开滦x1 | Chapter Rank #342
- 矿务局x1 | Chapter Rank #343mining affairs bureau
- 中方x1 | Chapter Rank #344the Chinese side (in an international venture)
- 董事长x4 | Chapter Rank #73chairman of the board of directors
- 日本x4 | Chapter Rank #74Japan
- 人x6 | Chapter Rank #35person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 占领x2 | Chapter Rank #166to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- 期间x2 | Chapter Rank #167period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 唐x1 | Chapter Rank #345Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tangto exaggerate; empty; in vain
- 山x2 | Chapter Rank #168surname Shanmountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- 洋灰x1 | Chapter Rank #346cement
- 总经理x1 | Chapter Rank #347general manager; CEO
- 南京x4 | Chapter Rank #75see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- 江南x3 | Chapter Rank #98region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- 水泥厂x3 | Chapter Rank #99
- 日军x1 | Chapter Rank #348Japanese army; Japanese troops
- 南京大屠杀x1 | Chapter Rank #349the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
- 里x1 | Chapter Rank #350lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 受雇x1 | Chapter Rank #351to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid
- 丹麦x1 | Chapter Rank #352Denmark
- 史密斯x1 | Chapter Rank #353Smith (name)