Vocabulary: 人要活个明白
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 萧x1 | Chapter Rank #517(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; drearysurname Xiao
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #518two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 令x1 | Chapter Rank #519to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poemused in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])classifier for a ream of paper
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #520to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 诊脉x1 | Chapter Rank #521to feel the pulse (TCM); Taiwan pr. [zhen3 mo4]
- 良久x1 | Chapter Rank #522a good while; a long time
- 早饭x1 | Chapter Rank #523breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- 后x3 | Chapter Rank #83surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 清理x1 | Chapter Rank #524to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of
- 文件x2 | Chapter Rank #155document; file; CL:份[fen4]
- 阅x4 | Chapter Rank #48to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- 理学x3 | Chapter Rank #84scienceSchool of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
- 宗x4 | Chapter Rank #49surname Zongschool; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
- 传x3 | Chapter Rank #85to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- 围棋x2 | Chapter Rank #156the game of Go
- 二局x1 | Chapter Rank #525
- 上房x1 | Chapter Rank #526see 正房[zheng4 fang2]
- 坐x2 | Chapter Rank #157to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo
- 饭后x1 | Chapter Rank #527
- 本x1 | Chapter Rank #528(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
- 日x2 | Chapter Rank #158(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 李x1 | Chapter Rank #529surname Liplum
- 绂x1 | Chapter Rank #530ribbon for a seal; sash
- 生来x1 | Chapter Rank #531from birth; by one's nature
- 屡次x1 | Chapter Rank #532repeatedly; time and again
- 小睡x1 | Chapter Rank #533to nap; to doze
- 核x1 | Chapter Rank #534pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verifyto investigate
- 科x1 | Chapter Rank #535branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 房x1 | Chapter Rank #536house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)surname Fang
- 批x1 | Chapter Rank #537to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
- 稿x1 | Chapter Rank #538manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
- 簿x1 | Chapter Rank #539a book; a register; account-book
- 傍x1 | Chapter Rank #540near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- 夕x1 | Chapter Rank #541(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- 久x2 | Chapter Rank #159(of a period of time) long
- 睡x3 | Chapter Rank #86to sleep; to lie down
- 手颤x1 | Chapter Rank #542
- 摇x1 | Chapter Rank #543surname Yaoto shake; to rock; to row; to crank
- 象x1 | Chapter Rank #544elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- 吃x1 | Chapter Rank #545to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 点心x1 | Chapter Rank #546light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert
- 洋x1 | Chapter Rank #547ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
- 床x1 | Chapter Rank #548bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- 张x1 | Chapter Rank #549surname Zhangto open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #550son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 一卷x1 | Chapter Rank #551
- 二x1 | Chapter Rank #552two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 四点x1 | Chapter Rank #553
- 写下x1 | Chapter Rank #554to write down
- 篇x1 | Chapter Rank #555sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article