Vocabulary: 袁家芯丈夫柏均和：特殊的家庭
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 清朝x1 | Chapter Rank #112Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- 末年x1 | Chapter Rank #113the final years (of a regime)
- 李鸿章x5 | Chapter Rank #12Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 旗下x1 | Chapter Rank #114under the banner of
- 为官x3 | Chapter Rank #26
- 随x1 | Chapter Rank #115to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequentlysurname Sui
- 到x2 | Chapter Rank #50to 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
- 日本x1 | Chapter Rank #116Japan
- 马关x2 | Chapter Rank #51see 馬關縣|马关县[Ma3 guan1 Xian4]
- 俄国x1 | Chapter Rank #117Russia
- 尼布楚x3 | Chapter Rank #27
- 签订x1 | Chapter Rank #118to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
- 了x8 | Chapter Rank #7to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #119regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 古老x1 | Chapter Rank #120ancient; old; age-old
- 帝国x1 | Chapter Rank #121empire; imperial
- 来说x1 | Chapter Rank #122
- 犹如x1 | Chapter Rank #123similar to; like
- 晴天霹雳x1 | Chapter Rank #124lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue
- 不x2 | Chapter Rank #52no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 平等x1 | Chapter Rank #125equal; equality
- 条约x2 | Chapter Rank #53treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 马关条约x1 | Chapter Rank #126Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[Jia3 wu3 Zhan4 zheng1]
- 曾经x1 | Chapter Rank #127once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 看过x2 | Chapter Rank #54
- 给x4 | Chapter Rank #15to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 他x4 | Chapter Rank #16(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])
- 曾祖x3 | Chapter Rank #28great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #128
- 镶着x1 | Chapter Rank #129
- 玉x1 | Chapter Rank #130jade
- 题字x1 | Chapter Rank #131to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc); an inscription
- 也x2 | Chapter Rank #55also; 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
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #56immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 跟随x1 | Chapter Rank #132to follow
- 去x1 | Chapter Rank #133to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 照片x1 | Chapter Rank #134photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1],幅[fu2]
- 民国x1 | Chapter Rank #135Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
- 后x3 | Chapter Rank #29empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 其x1 | Chapter Rank #136his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 电报x1 | Chapter Rank #137telegram; cable; telegraph; CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]
- 总局x1 | Chapter Rank #138head office; general office; central office
- 父亲x1 | Chapter Rank #139father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 本x2 | Chapter Rank #57(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 彦x2 | Chapter Rank #58accomplished; elegant
- 中国x1 | Chapter Rank #140China
- 第一代x1 | Chapter Rank #141
- 视听x1 | Chapter Rank #142what people see and hear; public perception; audiovisual
- 专家x1 | Chapter Rank #143expert; specialist
- 被x5 | Chapter Rank #13quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")