Vocabulary: 大姐风范
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 抗美援朝x1 | Chapter Rank #264Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
- 中美关系x4 | Chapter Rank #65
- 大门x3 | Chapter Rank #92the Doors, US rock bandentrance; door; gate; large and influential family
- 已经x2 | Chapter Rank #146already
- 紧紧x1 | Chapter Rank #265closely; tightly
- 关闭x1 | Chapter Rank #266to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
- 那时x3 | Chapter Rank #93then; at that time; in those days
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #147although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 国内新闻x1 | Chapter Rank #267
- 闭塞x1 | Chapter Rank #268to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking
- 但x5 | Chapter Rank #42but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 对x5 | Chapter Rank #43right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 文革x7 | Chapter Rank #36Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- 时x5 | Chapter Rank #44surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 境遇x1 | Chapter Rank #269circumstance
- 报道x1 | Chapter Rank #270to report (news); report; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4]
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #271still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 十分x2 | Chapter Rank #148very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 充分x1 | Chapter Rank #272ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
- 决心x1 | Chapter Rank #273determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #274(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])to desire; to invite; to request
- 儿子x1 | Chapter Rank #275son
- 接x1 | Chapter Rank #276to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #149to 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])
- 所幸x1 | Chapter Rank #277fortunately (formal writing)
- 与x12 | Chapter Rank #17(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 国内x8 | Chapter Rank #28domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- 家人x5 | Chapter Rank #45family member; (old) servant
- 通信x1 | Chapter Rank #278to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- 并x5 | Chapter Rank #46and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 没有x3 | Chapter Rank #94haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 中断x1 | Chapter Rank #279to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- 月x11 | Chapter Rank #20moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 一x6 | Chapter Rank #39one; 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
- 开始x5 | Chapter Rank #47to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 当x4 | Chapter Rank #66(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 知道x3 | Chapter Rank #95to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 抄家x1 | Chapter Rank #280to search a house and confiscate possessions
- 情况x1 | Chapter Rank #281circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #48(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 ...
- 每隔x1 | Chapter Rank #282at intervals of; every (so often)
- 一周x1 | Chapter Rank #283one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #96to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 陈x12 | Chapter Rank #18surname 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x12 | Chapter Rank #19to 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
- 寄x5 | Chapter Rank #49to 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
- 美金x2 | Chapter Rank #150American dollar; US dollar
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #284although; even though
- 处在x1 | Chapter Rank #285to be situated at; to find oneself at
- 高潮x2 | Chapter Rank #151high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm