Vocabulary: 乱世用重典，时势造煞星
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 民兵x3 | Chapter Rank #76people's militia; militia; militiaman
- 连长x3 | Chapter Rank #77company commander
- 染指x3 | Chapter Rank #78to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
- 军队x6 | Chapter Rank #23armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #452but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 不服x2 | Chapter Rank #165not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to
- 气x1 | Chapter Rank #453gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #79to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 友人x1 | Chapter Rank #454friend
- 龙x1 | Chapter Rank #455surname LongChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 启x1 | Chapter Rank #456Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform
- 瑞x1 | Chapter Rank #457lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 写信x2 | Chapter Rank #166to write a letter
- 文绉绉x1 | Chapter Rank #458bookish; genteel; erudite
- 说x2 | Chapter Rank #167to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 一大堆x1 | Chapter Rank #459
- 大意x1 | Chapter Rank #460general idea; main ideacareless
- 曾x1 | Chapter Rank #461once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)surname Zenggreat- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- 胳膊x1 | Chapter Rank #462arm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]
- 生来x1 | Chapter Rank #463from birth; by one's nature
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #464long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 打定主意x1 | Chapter Rank #465to make up one's mind
- 插手x5 | Chapter Rank #31to get involved in; to meddle; interference
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #168you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 去x4 | Chapter Rank #43to 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)
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #466to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 之所以x1 | Chapter Rank #467(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 甘x1 | Chapter Rank #468surname Gan; short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4](bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
- 是因为x1 | Chapter Rank #469
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #470to 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]
- 任何人x1 | Chapter Rank #471
- 清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #472clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- 要x3 | Chapter Rank #80(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 想x3 | Chapter Rank #81to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 彻底x1 | Chapter Rank #473thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 铲平x1 | Chapter Rank #474to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
- 指望x1 | Chapter Rank #475to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- 训练x1 | Chapter Rank #476to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 一支x1 | Chapter Rank #477
- 具有x1 | Chapter Rank #478to have; to possess
- 强大x1 | Chapter Rank #479big and strong; formidable; powerful
- 战斗力x1 | Chapter Rank #480fighting strength
- 所以x1 | Chapter Rank #481therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 始x1 | Chapter Rank #482to begin; to start; then; only then
- 长沙x2 | Chapter Rank #169see 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4]; see 長沙縣|长沙县[Chang2 sha1 Xian4]
- 处心积虑x1 | Chapter Rank #483to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- 收入x1 | Chapter Rank #484to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- 囊中x1 | Chapter Rank #485
- 先x2 | Chapter Rank #170beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #486abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)