Vocabulary: 一个男人和十位夫人
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 点缀x1 | Chapter Rank #881to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- 位置x1 | Chapter Rank #882position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 形同虚设x1 | Chapter Rank #883to exist in name only; empty shell; useless (idiom)
- 另外x1 | Chapter Rank #884additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- 女性x1 | Chapter Rank #885woman; the female sex
- 赋予x1 | Chapter Rank #886to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
- 重要x1 | Chapter Rank #887important; significant; major
- 相夫教子x1 | Chapter Rank #888to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom); the traditional roles of a good wife
- 是否x1 | Chapter Rank #889whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- 出息x1 | Chapter Rank #890future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow upto yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)
- 重大x2 | Chapter Rank #350great; important; major; significant
- 最初x1 | Chapter Rank #891first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- 几年x1 | Chapter Rank #892a few years; several years; how many years?
- 不顺x1 | Chapter Rank #893unfavorable; adverse
- 落第x1 | Chapter Rank #894to fail an exam
- 进京x1 | Chapter Rank #895to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- 报x1 | Chapter Rank #896to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram
- 捐x1 | Chapter Rank #897to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
- 不成x1 | Chapter Rank #898won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- 并且x1 | Chapter Rank #899and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
- 以及x2 | Chapter Rank #351and; as well as
- 家人x2 | Chapter Rank #352family member; (old) servant
- 奚落x1 | Chapter Rank #900to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
- 自尊x1 | Chapter Rank #901self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
- 因此x3 | Chapter Rank #203thus; consequently; as a result
- 很大x2 | Chapter Rank #353
- 伤害x1 | Chapter Rank #902to injure; to harm
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #903regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #904highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 感情x1 | Chapter Rank #905emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
- 寄托x1 | Chapter Rank #906to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- 母以子贵x1 | Chapter Rank #907
- 长房x1 | Chapter Rank #908
- 不可动摇x1 | Chapter Rank #909
- 决定x1 | Chapter Rank #910to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 恢复x1 | Chapter Rank #911to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate
- 帝制x3 | Chapter Rank #204autocratic monarchy; imperial regime
- 自然x1 | Chapter Rank #912nature; natural; naturally
- 正x2 | Chapter Rank #354first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 宫娘娘x1 | Chapter Rank #913
- 大家庭x5 | Chapter Rank #102extended family; big family; harmonious group
- 等级x2 | Chapter Rank #355grade; rank; status
- 观念x1 | Chapter Rank #914notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- 极其x1 | Chapter Rank #915extremely
- 森严x1 | Chapter Rank #916strict; rigid; tight (security)
- 比如x3 | Chapter Rank #205for example; for instance; such assee 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]
- 拜x1 | Chapter Rank #917to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 祖宗x1 | Chapter Rank #918ancestor; forebear
- 每逢x1 | Chapter Rank #919every time; on each occasion; whenever
- 过年x3 | Chapter Rank #206to celebrate the Chinese New Year