Vocabulary: 袁弘哲：美国人眼中的“沉底鱼”
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 挑大梁x1 | Chapter Rank #554to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility
- 如果x4 | Chapter Rank #125if; in case; in the event that
- 你们x7 | Chapter Rank #71you (plural)
- 都x10 | Chapter Rank #50surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 会x5 | Chapter Rank #101(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 异族x3 | Chapter Rank #172different tribe
- 侵略x1 | Chapter Rank #555to invade; invasion
- 我们x3 | Chapter Rank #173we; us; ourselves; our
- 成为x3 | Chapter Rank #174to become; to turn into
- 亡国奴x1 | Chapter Rank #556slave of a foreign conqueror
- 何为x1 | Chapter Rank #557what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use(old) why
- 文革x1 | Chapter Rank #558Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- 时候x14 | Chapter Rank #32time; length of time; moment; period
- 美帝国主义x1 | Chapter Rank #559
- 初x5 | Chapter Rank #102(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 基辛格x1 | Chapter Rank #560Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
- 尼克松x1 | Chapter Rank #561Richard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974; surname Nixon
- 相继x1 | Chapter Rank #562in succession; following closely
- 访华x1 | Chapter Rank #563(formal) (international relations) to visit China
- 开创x2 | Chapter Rank #261to initiate; to start; to found
- 中美关系x1 | Chapter Rank #564
- 解冻x1 | Chapter Rank #565to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
- 之x2 | Chapter Rank #262(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 旅x2 | Chapter Rank #263trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- 但是x4 | Chapter Rank #126but; however
- 谁x2 | Chapter Rank #264who; also pr. [shui2]
- 知道x3 | Chapter Rank #175to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 美的x1 | Chapter Rank #566Midea (brand)
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #567to desire; to invite; to requestwill; 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)
- 往x2 | Chapter Rank #265to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 什么x6 | Chapter Rank #84what?; something; anything
- 方向x1 | Chapter Rank #568direction; orientation
- 发展x4 | Chapter Rank #127development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 早年x1 | Chapter Rank #569many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- 留x1 | Chapter Rank #570to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 学x6 | Chapter Rank #85to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #176used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to 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 etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 一口x1 | Chapter Rank #571readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- 字正腔圆x1 | Chapter Rank #572to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
- 美式英语x1 | Chapter Rank #573
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #574apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 教x4 | Chapter Rank #128surname Jiaoto teach; to instruct(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- 英文x6 | Chapter Rank #86English (language)
- 似乎x2 | Chapter Rank #266it seems; seemingly; as if
- 无用武之地x1 | Chapter Rank #575
- 学习x1 | Chapter Rank #576to learn; to study
- 无疑x1 | Chapter Rank #577undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- 最好x1 | Chapter Rank #578best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- 老师x1 | Chapter Rank #579teacher
- 当时x12 | Chapter Rank #39then; at that timeimmediately; right then