Vocabulary: 乱世用重典，时势造煞星
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 一般x1 | Chapter Rank #524same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 旗人x1 | Chapter Rank #525Manchu; bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
- 弁x1 | Chapter Rank #526(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
- 腐败x1 | Chapter Rank #527corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
- 习气x1 | Chapter Rank #528custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
- 仗x1 | Chapter Rank #529weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
- 自己x2 | Chapter Rank #179oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 咸丰帝x3 | Chapter Rank #84
- 面前x1 | Chapter Rank #530in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 面子x1 | Chapter Rank #531outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face(medicinal) powder
- 一而再x1 | Chapter Rank #532
- 再而三x1 | Chapter Rank #533
- 替x1 | Chapter Rank #534to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- 保x2 | Chapter Rank #180Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- 奏x1 | Chapter Rank #535to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #536to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 保荐x1 | Chapter Rank #537
- 武士x1 | Chapter Rank #538warrior; samurai
- 大喜x3 | Chapter Rank #85exultation
- 立即x4 | Chapter Rank #44immediately
- 准奏x1 | Chapter Rank #539
- 于是x1 | Chapter Rank #540thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 自打x1 | Chapter Rank #541(coll.) since
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #542to meet; to run into; to come across
- 升职x1 | Chapter Rank #543to get promoted (at work etc); promotion
- 快车道x1 | Chapter Rank #544fast lane
- 先是x1 | Chapter Rank #545
- 升x3 | Chapter Rank #86to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 游击x1 | Chapter Rank #546guerrilla warfare
- 再x3 | Chapter Rank #87again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 让x1 | Chapter Rank #547to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 喜不自胜x1 | Chapter Rank #548unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
- 通过x1 | Chapter Rank #549to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 下令x1 | Chapter Rank #550to give an order; to issue an order
- 都要x1 | Chapter Rank #551
- 早早x1 | Chapter Rank #552
- 起床x1 | Chapter Rank #553to get out of bed; to get up
- 跟x3 | Chapter Rank #88heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 一道x1 | Chapter Rank #554together
- 校场x1 | Chapter Rank #555military drill ground
- 听x2 | Chapter Rank #181smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 讲话x1 | Chapter Rank #556a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 此x1 | Chapter Rank #557this; these
- 令x1 | Chapter Rank #558to 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 poemclassifier for a ream of paperused in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 一出x1 | Chapter Rank #559
- 哗然x1 | Chapter Rank #560in uproar; commotion; causing a storm of protest; tumultuous
- 正规军x1 | Chapter Rank #561regular army; standing army
- 训话x1 | Chapter Rank #562to admonish subordinates
- 有没有x1 | Chapter Rank #563(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
- 搞错x1 | Chapter Rank #564mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken