Vocabulary: 北海静心斋的生活
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 遭到x1 | Chapter Rank #189to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- 破坏x1 | Chapter Rank #190destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #191two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 后x4 | Chapter Rank #26surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 慈禧x4 | Chapter Rank #27Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- 下令x2 | Chapter Rank #70to give an order; to issue an order
- 修葺x1 | Chapter Rank #192to repair; to renovate
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #71only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 敏感x1 | Chapter Rank #193sensitive; susceptible
- 认为x2 | Chapter Rank #72to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 靖x1 | Chapter Rank #194surname Jing(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
- 谐音x1 | Chapter Rank #195homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound)
- 忌x1 | Chapter Rank #196to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- 于是x1 | Chapter Rank #197thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 竣工x1 | Chapter Rank #198to complete a project
- 之际x1 | Chapter Rank #199during; at the time of
- 改x1 | Chapter Rank #200to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 为x9 | Chapter Rank #12because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 一经x1 | Chapter Rank #201as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- 改名x1 | Chapter Rank #202to rename
- 因素x1 | Chapter Rank #203element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 减少x1 | Chapter Rank #204to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 了x13 | Chapter Rank #9to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #205but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 一x8 | Chapter Rank #14one; 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
- 种x3 | Chapter Rank #40seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 禅x1 | Chapter Rank #206dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)to abdicate
- 意味x1 | Chapter Rank #207meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of
- 似乎x1 | Chapter Rank #208it seems; seemingly; as if
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #209to 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
- 适合x1 | Chapter Rank #210to fit; to suit
- 王子x1 | Chapter Rank #211prince; son of a king
- 观照x1 | Chapter Rank #212
- 使x2 | Chapter Rank #73to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 人x4 | Chapter Rank #28person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 超脱x1 | Chapter Rank #213to stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness; untrammeled; unconventional
- 观心x1 | Chapter Rank #214
- 心x2 | Chapter Rank #74heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 宁静x1 | Chapter Rank #215tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- 从x1 | Chapter Rank #216surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 北门x1 | Chapter Rank #217
- 进x1 | Chapter Rank #218to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 北海公园x2 | Chapter Rank #75Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
- 往右x1 | Chapter Rank #219
- 大约x1 | Chapter Rank #220approximately; probably
- 二百多米x1 | Chapter Rank #221
- 就x1 | Chapter Rank #222(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 ...
- 到x2 | Chapter Rank #76to 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
- 春天x1 | Chapter Rank #223spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 海棠x1 | Chapter Rank #224Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)see 海棠區|海棠区[Hai3 tang2 Qu1]