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
- 只能x3 | Chapter Rank #168can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 是因为x1 | Chapter Rank #617
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #288only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 卫国x2 | Chapter Rank #289state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhouto defend one's country
- 能力x5 | Chapter Rank #95capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 才能x3 | Chapter Rank #169talent; ability; capacity
- 男性x1 | Chapter Rank #618the male sex; a male
- 同时x1 | Chapter Rank #619at the same time; simultaneously
- 庇护x3 | Chapter Rank #170to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum
- 者x1 | Chapter Rank #620(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 天生x1 | Chapter Rank #621nature; disposition; innate; natural
- 具有x3 | Chapter Rank #171to have; to possess
- 这样x4 | Chapter Rank #122this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 需要x2 | Chapter Rank #290to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 强者x1 | Chapter Rank #622
- 史书x1 | Chapter Rank #623history book
- 上x11 | Chapter Rank #34used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 其貌不扬x1 | Chapter Rank #624(idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
- 艳福不浅x1 | Chapter Rank #625
- 五短身材x1 | Chapter Rank #626(of a person) short in stature
- 体x1 | Chapter Rank #627body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- 胖x1 | Chapter Rank #628healthy; at easefat; plump
- 熊x1 | Chapter Rank #629surname Xiongbear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable
- 腰x1 | Chapter Rank #630the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- 戎马一生x1 | Chapter Rank #631
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #632to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 养成x1 | Chapter Rank #633to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- 正襟危坐x1 | Chapter Rank #634to sit upright and still (idiom)
- 无论x2 | Chapter Rank #291no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- 坐x2 | Chapter Rank #292surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 哪里x1 | Chapter Rank #635where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- 腰板x1 | Chapter Rank #636waist and back; physique
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #637straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 得x6 | Chapter Rank #73to have to; must; ought to; to need tostructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcused in 得瑟[de4 se5]to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 直x1 | Chapter Rank #638surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godstraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #639to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 他的x2 | Chapter Rank #293
- 儿女x2 | Chapter Rank #294children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
- 自己的x5 | Chapter Rank #96
- 第三x1 | Chapter Rank #640
- 叔x3 | Chapter Rank #172uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 祯x17 | Chapter Rank #21auspicious; lucky
- 改名x1 | Chapter Rank #641to rename
- 静x3 | Chapter Rank #173still; calm; quiet; not moving
- 雪x3 | Chapter Rank #174snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)surname Xue
- 坐下x2 | Chapter Rank #295to sit down
- 时候x6 | Chapter Rank #74time; length of time; moment; period
- 总是x4 | Chapter Rank #123always
- 一边x2 | Chapter Rank #296one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 鼻子x1 | Chapter Rank #642nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]