Vocabulary: 虽无大楼，幸有名师
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 任x2 | Chapter Rank #121to 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
- 数学教师x2 | Chapter Rank #122
- 十分x1 | Chapter Rank #256very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 聪明x1 | Chapter Rank #257intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- 思路清晰x1 | Chapter Rank #258
- 声音洪亮x1 | Chapter Rank #259
- 口齿清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #260clear diction; clear articulation
- 从小x1 | Chapter Rank #261from childhood; from a young age
- 练x1 | Chapter Rank #262to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- 过x1 | Chapter Rank #263surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)
- 汉字x1 | Chapter Rank #264Chinese character(s)
- 板x1 | Chapter Rank #265board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look seriousused in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- 书写x1 | Chapter Rank #266to write
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #82to 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
- 也x6 | Chapter Rank #38also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 很x5 | Chapter Rank #43very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #123to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 吃苦耐劳x1 | Chapter Rank #267hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
- 很快x2 | Chapter Rank #124
- 得到x1 | Chapter Rank #268to get; to obtain; to receive
- 重视x1 | Chapter Rank #269to attach importance to sth; to value
- 与x5 | Chapter Rank #44(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
- 信任x1 | Chapter Rank #270to trust; to have confidence in
- 尊敬x1 | Chapter Rank #271to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
- 主管x1 | Chapter Rank #272in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- 教学x13 | Chapter Rank #13teaching; instruction; CL:次[ci4]to teach (as a professor)
- 副校长x2 | Chapter Rank #125vice-principal
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #273to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 边x2 | Chapter Rank #126suffix of a noun of localityside; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- 叔x2 | Chapter Rank #127uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 杨x2 | Chapter Rank #128surname Yangpoplar
- 数学界x1 | Chapter Rank #274
- 号称x1 | Chapter Rank #275to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
- 四大x1 | Chapter Rank #276the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- 金刚x1 | Chapter Rank #277diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)King Kong
- 之一x2 | Chapter Rank #129one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- 教育家x1 | Chapter Rank #278educationalist
- 他x2 | Chapter Rank #130(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #131right; 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
- 要求x2 | Chapter Rank #132to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 极为x2 | Chapter Rank #133extremely; exceedingly
- 凡x1 | Chapter Rank #279ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- 大学毕业x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 必须x1 | Chapter Rank #281to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 从x6 | Chapter Rank #39from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 初中x5 | Chapter Rank #45junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])
- 一年级x1 | Chapter Rank #282
- 数学x6 | Chapter Rank #40mathematics
- 起x4 | Chapter Rank #56to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 至x1 | Chapter Rank #283to arrive; most; to; until