Vocabulary: 如何方能官运亨通
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 偌大x1 | Chapter Rank #341so big; such a big
- 不过x3 | Chapter Rank #74only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 以及x1 | Chapter Rank #342and; as well as
- 户部x2 | Chapter Rank #133Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- 最后x1 | Chapter Rank #343final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #344apart 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")
- 插进x1 | Chapter Rank #345to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device)
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #134hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #346outside; excluding
- 其余x1 | Chapter Rank #347the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- 五个x1 | Chapter Rank #348
- 部门x2 | Chapter Rank #135department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 领导x1 | Chapter Rank #349lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 统统x1 | Chapter Rank #350totally
- 老兄x1 | Chapter Rank #351elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- 这时候x1 | Chapter Rank #352
- 如果x1 | Chapter Rank #353if; in case; in the event that
- 谁x4 | Chapter Rank #50who; also pr. [shui2]
- 去x3 | Chapter Rank #75to 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)
- 办事x2 | Chapter Rank #136to handle (affairs); to work
- 走进x3 | Chapter Rank #76to enter; to step into
- 找x2 | Chapter Rank #137to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- 签字x2 | Chapter Rank #138to sign (one's name); signature
- 和x2 | Chapter Rank #139to complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbssurname Heto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese
- 看到x1 | Chapter Rank #354to see
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #355still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #77to 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])
- 群众x1 | Chapter Rank #356mass; multitude; the masses
- 非得x1 | Chapter Rank #357(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- 吓x1 | Chapter Rank #358to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)to frighten; to scare
- 疯x1 | Chapter Rank #359insane; mad; wild
- 不可x1 | Chapter Rank #360cannot; should not; must not
- 以为x1 | Chapter Rank #361to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 厮x1 | Chapter Rank #362(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
- 攻占x1 | Chapter Rank #363to seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm; to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
- 更为x1 | Chapter Rank #364even more
- 诡异x1 | Chapter Rank #365strange; weird
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #366time; length of time; moment; period
- 死x6 | Chapter Rank #24to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 咸丰x4 | Chapter Rank #51Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- 登基x2 | Chapter Rank #140to ascend the throne
- 而x1 | Chapter Rank #367and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 靠山x1 | Chapter Rank #368patron; backer; close to a mountain
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #52quilt; 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")
- 逐出x2 | Chapter Rank #141to expel; to evict; to drive out
- 革职x3 | Chapter Rank #78to sack; to remove from a position; to depose
- 起因于x1 | Chapter Rank #369
- 洪秀全x2 | Chapter Rank #142Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- 太平天国x1 | Chapter Rank #370Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
- 赶x1 | Chapter Rank #371to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)