Vocabulary: 与人斗，其乐无穷
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 年x3 | Chapter Rank #58surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 四月x1 | Chapter Rank #232April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- 初十x1 | Chapter Rank #233
- 岳州x3 | Chapter Rank #59
- 太平军x9 | Chapter Rank #16
- 围困x1 | Chapter Rank #234to besiege
- 湘军x4 | Chapter Rank #39Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 城下x1 | Chapter Rank #235
- 知道x4 | Chapter Rank #40to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 坐视不理x1 | Chapter Rank #236to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
- 任由x1 | Chapter Rank #237to let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of
- 部x3 | Chapter Rank #60ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 弹尽粮绝x1 | Chapter Rank #238out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
- 陷入绝境x1 | Chapter Rank #239
- 左右x1 | Chapter Rank #240left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 将士x1 | Chapter Rank #241officers and soldiers
- 看不过去x1 | Chapter Rank #242cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer
- 没x2 | Chapter Rank #101(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 敢说话x1 | Chapter Rank #243
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #244only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #245to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 陈x4 | Chapter Rank #41surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2](bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- 士x4 | Chapter Rank #42surname Shimember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
- 杰x4 | Chapter Rank #43(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished
- 幕僚x1 | Chapter Rank #246aides and advisors of top officials
- 这里x1 | Chapter Rank #247here
- 水x1 | Chapter Rank #248water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 有多深x1 | Chapter Rank #249
- 上前x1 | Chapter Rank #250to advance; to step forward
- 建言x1 | Chapter Rank #251to make a suggestion; to state (one's views, ideas etc); suggestion; advice; idea
- 应该x1 | Chapter Rank #252ought to; should; must
- 援救x1 | Chapter Rank #253to come to the aid of; to save; to rescue from danger; to relieve
- 闻听x1 | Chapter Rank #254
- 此言x1 | Chapter Rank #255
- 勃然大怒x1 | Chapter Rank #256(idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
- 阴狠x1 | Chapter Rank #257
- 瞪x1 | Chapter Rank #258to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
- 一眼x1 | Chapter Rank #259a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- 掉头x1 | Chapter Rank #260to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
- 而x4 | Chapter Rank #44and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 差点x1 | Chapter Rank #261almost; nearly
- 活活x2 | Chapter Rank #102while still alive; simply; totally
- 吓死x1 | Chapter Rank #262
- 颤抖x1 | Chapter Rank #263to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
- 着x2 | Chapter Rank #103a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
- 回到x1 | Chapter Rank #264to return to
- 自己的x1 | Chapter Rank #265
- 卧房x1 | Chapter Rank #266bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train)
- 惊魂x1 | Chapter Rank #267in a panicked state; frightened
- 稍x2 | Chapter Rank #104used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]somewhat; a little