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
- 没有x15 | Chapter Rank #28haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 科班x1 | Chapter Rank #641(old) school for Chinese opera; formal professional education or training
- 文凭x1 | Chapter Rank #642diploma
- 一直x2 | Chapter Rank #284straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #643straight; 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
- 别扭x1 | Chapter Rank #644awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche
- 后来x4 | Chapter Rank #134afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 长岛x1 | Chapter Rank #645
- 商学院x1 | Chapter Rank #646business school; university of business studies
- 继续x2 | Chapter Rank #285to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 进修x1 | Chapter Rank #647to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course
- 两x7 | Chapter Rank #76two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 回忆x1 | Chapter Rank #648to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 情况x3 | Chapter Rank #183circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 我x88 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 相信x1 | Chapter Rank #649to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 录取x1 | Chapter Rank #650to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
- 背景x3 | Chapter Rank #184background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- 或者x3 | Chapter Rank #185or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 走后门x1 | Chapter Rank #651(lit.) to enter through the back door; (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections; (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
- 进去x2 | Chapter Rank #286to go in
- 最起码x1 | Chapter Rank #652
- 外国语x1 | Chapter Rank #653foreign language
- 学院x1 | Chapter Rank #654college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3]
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #135only 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")
- 任何x2 | Chapter Rank #287any; whatever; whichever
- 别人x2 | Chapter Rank #288other people; others; other person
- 接待x1 | Chapter Rank #655to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- 外宾x1 | Chapter Rank #656foreign guest; international visitor
- 不行x1 | Chapter Rank #657won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 问题x2 | Chapter Rank #289question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 太x2 | Chapter Rank #290highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 海外关系x2 | Chapter Rank #291
- 年底x1 | Chapter Rank #658the end of the year; year-end
- 第一批x1 | Chapter Rank #659
- 二十九名x1 | Chapter Rank #660
- 中国x8 | Chapter Rank #62China
- 船员x11 | Chapter Rank #45sailor; crew member
- 走向x1 | Chapter Rank #661direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- 国际x2 | Chapter Rank #292international
- 劳务市场x1 | Chapter Rank #662labor market
- 从而x1 | Chapter Rank #663thus; thereby
- 开辟x1 | Chapter Rank #664to open up; to set up; to establish
- 远洋x1 | Chapter Rank #665distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast)
- 外派x10 | Chapter Rank #51to send sb to work abroad or in a different location
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #293but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 语言x1 | Chapter Rank #666language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 沟通x1 | Chapter Rank #667to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- 桥梁x1 | Chapter Rank #668bridge (lit. and fig.)
- 作为x1 | Chapter Rank #669one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be