Vocabulary: 笨爹也是爹
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 蒙x1 | Chapter Rank #213(literary) sincere; honest; genuinedrizzle; mistblind; dim-sightedto deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guesssurname MengMongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2](knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunnedto cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
- 当时x5 | Chapter Rank #42immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 相当于x1 | Chapter Rank #214equivalent to
- 六部x1 | Chapter Rank #215
- 二把手x1 | Chapter Rank #216deputy leader; the second-in-command
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #217to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 一把手x1 | Chapter Rank #218working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])
- 尚书x1 | Chapter Rank #219high official; government ministersame as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- 略低x1 | Chapter Rank #220
- 那么x2 | Chapter Rank #110like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 一x9 | Chapter Rank #20one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 格x1 | Chapter Rank #221used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit
- 但x6 | Chapter Rank #35but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #111can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 直接x1 | Chapter Rank #222direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #112right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 皇帝x16 | Chapter Rank #6emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 上x12 | Chapter Rank #11used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 疏x1 | Chapter Rank #223surname Shuto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
- 言x1 | Chapter Rank #224words; speech; to say; to talk
- 事x3 | Chapter Rank #70matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 炙手可热x1 | Chapter Rank #225lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- 不为过x1 | Chapter Rank #226not an exaggeration; not excessive; not wide of the mark
- 到x3 | Chapter Rank #71to 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
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #72to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 四十岁x1 | Chapter Rank #227
- 道光x7 | Chapter Rank #29reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
- 死x2 | Chapter Rank #113to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 咸丰帝x15 | Chapter Rank #8
- 登基x4 | Chapter Rank #51to ascend the throne
- 成为x1 | Chapter Rank #228to become; to turn into
- 朝x6 | Chapter Rank #36imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsmorningabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- 中x5 | Chapter Rank #43to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #229to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 占x1 | Chapter Rank #230to observe; to divineto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- 地方x1 | Chapter Rank #231place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 红x1 | Chapter Rank #232red; popular; revolutionary; bonussurname Hongused in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]
- 人x11 | Chapter Rank #14person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 说起x1 | Chapter Rank #233to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- 这x12 | Chapter Rank #12(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 道光帝x9 | Chapter Rank #21Daoguang Emperor
- 委实x1 | Chapter Rank #234indeed; really (very much so)
- 个x8 | Chapter Rank #22(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 怪物x1 | Chapter Rank #235monster; freak; eccentric person
- 家伙x1 | Chapter Rank #236household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #114although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #237(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 了x35 | Chapter Rank #2(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to 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(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 大x2 | Chapter Rank #115big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 玩x3 | Chapter Rank #73to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainmentTaiwan pr. [wan4]