Vocabulary: 金童玉女，政治联姻
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 着x2 | Chapter Rank #50a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
- 克x6 | Chapter Rank #14abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatiato be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 aresKe (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- 桓x6 | Chapter Rank #15Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)surname Huan
- 右x4 | Chapter Rank #30(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 三x3 | Chapter Rank #38surname Santhree; 3
- 陈x1 | Chapter Rank #111surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2](bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- 徵x1 | Chapter Rank #112to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], corresponding to sol
- 二x2 | Chapter Rank #51two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 如x1 | Chapter Rank #113as; as if; such as
- 夫人x1 | Chapter Rank #114lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- 孙x2 | Chapter Rank #52surname Sungrandson; descendant
- 氏x1 | Chapter Rank #115used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1](bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- 一x4 | Chapter Rank #31one; 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
- 身旁x1 | Chapter Rank #116
- 为x5 | Chapter Rank #20as (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)because of; for; to
- 伴娘x1 | Chapter Rank #117bridesmaid; maid of honor; matron of honor
- 英x2 | Chapter Rank #53hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossomUnited Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
- 前排x1 | Chapter Rank #118front row
- 左x2 | Chapter Rank #54surname Zuoleft; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- 菽x1 | Chapter Rank #119legumes (peas and beans)
- 芯x1 | Chapter Rank #120used in 芯子[xin4 zi5]; Taiwan pr. [xin1](bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
- 弘x6 | Chapter Rank #16great; liberal
- 哲x4 | Chapter Rank #32wise; a sage
- 提供x4 | Chapter Rank #33to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 父亲x1 | Chapter Rank #121father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 王x8 | Chapter Rank #9surname Wangking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 迺x7 | Chapter Rank #11
- 斌x7 | Chapter Rank #12
- 曾x3 | Chapter Rank #39surname Zenggreat- (grandfather, grandchild etc)once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #122to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 清末x1 | Chapter Rank #123the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- 承德x1 | Chapter Rank #124see 承德市[Cheng2 de2 Shi4]; see 承德縣|承德县[Cheng2 de2 Xian4]
- 知府x1 | Chapter Rank #125prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- 热河x1 | Chapter Rank #126Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia; refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde; see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄[bi4 shu3 shan1 zhuang1] (history)
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #127road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 尹x1 | Chapter Rank #128(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)surname Yin
- 是x14 | Chapter Rank #3to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 东北x1 | Chapter Rank #129Northeast China; Manchurianortheast
- 大x4 | Chapter Rank #34see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 地主x2 | Chapter Rank #55landlord; landowner; host
- 土地x1 | Chapter Rank #130local god; genius lociland; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- 大概x1 | Chapter Rank #131roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 有x4 | Chapter Rank #35to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 几千顷x1 | Chapter Rank #132
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #133this (person)
- 特大x1 | Chapter Rank #134exceptionally big
- 于x1 | Chapter Rank #135surname 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
- 两度x1 | Chapter Rank #136
- 出任x1 | Chapter Rank #137to take up a post; to start in a new job
- 国民政府x1 | Chapter Rank #138Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925–1948)