Vocabulary: 宰相肚里能撑船
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 日子x1 | Chapter Rank #243day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- 后来x3 | Chapter Rank #61afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 重病x1 | Chapter Rank #244serious illness
- 期间x1 | Chapter Rank #245period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 因为x3 | Chapter Rank #62because; owing to; on account of
- 儿孙x1 | Chapter Rank #246descendant
- 陪伴x1 | Chapter Rank #247to accompany
- 一生x1 | Chapter Rank #248all one's life; throughout one's life
- 幸福x1 | Chapter Rank #249happiness; happy; blessed
- 知足x1 | Chapter Rank #250content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- 最x2 | Chapter Rank #97(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 爱x2 | Chapter Rank #98to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 地方x3 | Chapter Rank #63place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 北京x2 | Chapter Rank #99Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 上海x4 | Chapter Rank #43Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪[Hu4])
- 坐x1 | Chapter Rank #251to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo
- 霸王x2 | Chapter Rank #100hegemon; overlord; despot
- 号x2 | Chapter Rank #101(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 飞机x2 | Chapter Rank #102airplane; CL:架[jia4]
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #103then; at that timeimmediately; right then
- 不知x1 | Chapter Rank #252not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 多x4 | Chapter Rank #44many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 贵x1 | Chapter Rank #253short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
- 啊x1 | Chapter Rank #254interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consentinterjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?
- 从x4 | Chapter Rank #45from; 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 ancestorsurname Cong
- 回来x1 | Chapter Rank #255to return; to come back
- 时候x5 | Chapter Rank #34time; length of time; moment; period
- 满满的x1 | Chapter Rank #256
- 箱子x1 | Chapter Rank #257suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- 衣服x1 | Chapter Rank #258clothes; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- 料子x1 | Chapter Rank #259material
- 音乐x1 | Chapter Rank #260music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #261(bound form) to reckon accountscan; 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])
- 弹x1 | Chapter Rank #262crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ballto pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)
- 风琴x1 | Chapter Rank #263pipe organ (musical instrument)
- 看x3 | Chapter Rank #64to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 梅兰芳x2 | Chapter Rank #104Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
- 京剧x1 | Chapter Rank #264Beijing opera; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
- 存有x1 | Chapter Rank #265to hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (sentiments); (of abstract things) to exist; there is
- 一批x1 | Chapter Rank #266
- 剧照x1 | Chapter Rank #267photo taken during a theatrical production; a still (from a movie)
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #105only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #106quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 抄x1 | Chapter Rank #268to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms
- 走x2 | Chapter Rank #107to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 爱看x1 | Chapter Rank #269
- 红楼梦x1 | Chapter Rank #270A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- 聊斋志异x1 | Chapter Rank #271Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #65handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 书x1 | Chapter Rank #272abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write