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
- 往返x1 | Chapter Rank #462to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
- 京沪x1 | Chapter Rank #463Beijing and Shanghai
- 豪华x1 | Chapter Rank #464luxurious
- 锦江x1 | Chapter Rank #465see 錦江區|锦江区[Jin3 jiang1 Qu1]
- 饭店x1 | Chapter Rank #466restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1]
- 京剧x1 | Chapter Rank #467Beijing opera; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
- 越剧x1 | Chapter Rank #468Shaoxing opera
- 曲艺x1 | Chapter Rank #469folk musical theater
- 确定x1 | Chapter Rank #470definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- 知名人士x1 | Chapter Rank #471public figure; celebrity
- 家属x1 | Chapter Rank #472family member; (family) dependent
- 每周x1 | Chapter Rank #473every week
- 到x4 | Chapter Rank #80to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 政协x2 | Chapter Rank #193CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference); abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議|中国人民政治协商会议[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 zhi4 Xie2 shang1 Hui4 yi4]
- 学习x1 | Chapter Rank #474to learn; to study
- 文革x1 | Chapter Rank #475Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #476although; even though
- 冲击x2 | Chapter Rank #194to attack; to batter; (of waves) to pound against; shock; impact
- 但x5 | Chapter Rank #54but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 保护x1 | Chapter Rank #477to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 人士x1 | Chapter Rank #478person; figure; public figure
- 加上x1 | Chapter Rank #479plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- 大姐x6 | Chapter Rank #37big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
- 定期x1 | Chapter Rank #480at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- 寄x1 | Chapter Rank #481to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- 外汇x1 | Chapter Rank #482foreign (currency) exchange
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #483still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 不错x1 | Chapter Rank #484correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #485apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 一段时间x1 | Chapter Rank #486
- 赶到x1 | Chapter Rank #487to hurry (to some place)
- 地下室x1 | Chapter Rank #488basement; cellar
- 大道x1 | Chapter Rank #489main street; avenue
- 独x1 | Chapter Rank #490alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 所x1 | Chapter Rank #491actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 小x1 | Chapter Rank #492small; tiny; few; young
- 洋楼x1 | Chapter Rank #493
- 美籍x1 | Chapter Rank #494American (i.e. of US nationality)
- 物理学家x1 | Chapter Rank #495physicist
- 袁家骝x1 | Chapter Rank #496
- 吴健雄x1 | Chapter Rank #497
- 首度x1 | Chapter Rank #498first time
- 回国x2 | Chapter Rank #195to return to one's home country
- 特别x1 | Chapter Rank #499unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #500to 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])
- 拜见x1 | Chapter Rank #501to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior
- 六x3 | Chapter Rank #110six; 6used in place names
- 婶x1 | Chapter Rank #502wife of father's younger brother
- 政府x1 | Chapter Rank #503government; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 好x4 | Chapter Rank #81to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello