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
- 返x1 | Chapter Rank #494to return (to)
- 继续x1 | Chapter Rank #495to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 任职x1 | Chapter Rank #496to hold a post; to take office
- 一直x1 | Chapter Rank #497straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 奉养x2 | Chapter Rank #254to look after (elderly parents); Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4]
- 到x5 | Chapter Rank #91to 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
- 中日x1 | Chapter Rank #498China-Japan
- 甲午战争x1 | Chapter Rank #499First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
- 爆发x1 | Chapter Rank #500to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
- 才x4 | Chapter Rank #111ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 派x2 | Chapter Rank #255used in 派司[pa1 si5](literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- 人x13 | Chapter Rank #29person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #256will; 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])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 送回x1 | Chapter Rank #501
- 国内x1 | Chapter Rank #502domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- 年底x4 | Chapter Rank #112the end of the year; year-end
- 清x1 | Chapter Rank #503Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- 朝廷x2 | Chapter Rank #257court; imperial household; dynasty
- 任命x1 | Chapter Rank #504to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- 山东x2 | Chapter Rank #258see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- 巡抚x1 | Chapter Rank #505inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- 济南x1 | Chapter Rank #506see 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4]
- 病故x1 | Chapter Rank #507to die of an illness
- 很x5 | Chapter Rank #92very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 悲痛x1 | Chapter Rank #508grieved; sorrowful
- 请求x1 | Chapter Rank #509to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 开缺x2 | Chapter Rank #259
- 准许x1 | Chapter Rank #510to allow; to grant; to permit
- 回老家x1 | Chapter Rank #511to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
- 守x1 | Chapter Rank #512to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 丧x1 | Chapter Rank #513mourning; funeral; (old) corpseto lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- 为了x1 | Chapter Rank #514for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 父亲x9 | Chapter Rank #43father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 合葬x1 | Chapter Rank #515to bury husband and wife together; joint interment
- 项城x3 | Chapter Rank #153see 項城市|项城市[Xiang4 cheng2 Shi4]
- 由此x1 | Chapter Rank #516hereby; from this
- 导致x1 | Chapter Rank #517to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- 兄长x1 | Chapter Rank #518elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
- 世x2 | Chapter Rank #260life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noblesurname Shi
- 敦x1 | Chapter Rank #519kindhearted; place name
- 嫡x3 | Chapter Rank #154(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])
- 庶x2 | Chapter Rank #261(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- 争x1 | Chapter Rank #520to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- 从此x2 | Chapter Rank #262from now on; since then; henceforth
- 踏入x1 | Chapter Rank #521
- 老家x3 | Chapter Rank #155native place; place of origin; home state or region
- 一步x1 | Chapter Rank #522
- 如何x2 | Chapter Rank #263how; what way; what
- 孝顺x1 | Chapter Rank #523filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
- 次子x4 | Chapter Rank #113second son