Vocabulary: 与人斗，其乐无穷
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 定x1 | Chapter Rank #268to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 忽然x1 | Chapter Rank #269suddenly; all of a sudden
- 间x1 | Chapter Rank #270between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for roomsgap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 读书人x1 | Chapter Rank #271scholar; intellectual
- 呆气x1 | Chapter Rank #272
- 发作x1 | Chapter Rank #273to flare up; to break out
- 跳x1 | Chapter Rank #274to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #275(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 为了x3 | Chapter Rank #61for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 国家x1 | Chapter Rank #276country; nation; state
- 大事x1 | Chapter Rank #277major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #105you (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.)
- 凭x1 | Chapter Rank #278to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- 什么x1 | Chapter Rank #279what?; something; anything
- 给x2 | Chapter Rank #106to 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)
- 冷脸x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #281to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #282immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 冲出x1 | Chapter Rank #283to rush out
- 门x1 | Chapter Rank #284surname Mengate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- 找到x1 | Chapter Rank #285to find
- 大吵大闹x1 | Chapter Rank #286to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene
- 如何x1 | Chapter Rank #287how; what way; what
- 自己x4 | Chapter Rank #45oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 理亏x1 | Chapter Rank #288in the wrong
- 只好x1 | Chapter Rank #289to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 下令x2 | Chapter Rank #107to give an order; to issue an order
- 营救x2 | Chapter Rank #108to rescue
- 简单x1 | Chapter Rank #290simple; not complicated
- 水师x1 | Chapter Rank #291navy (in Qing times)
- 出动x1 | Chapter Rank #292to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops
- 开x1 | Chapter Rank #293to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 岳阳楼x1 | Chapter Rank #294see 岳陽樓區|岳阳楼区[Yue4 yang2 lou2 Qu1]Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
- 下x3 | Chapter Rank #62down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 向着x1 | Chapter Rank #295towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor
- 麇x1 | Chapter Rank #296hornless deer(literary) in large numbers; thronging
- 集x1 | Chapter Rank #297to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- 于岳州x1 | Chapter Rank #298
- 轰x2 | Chapter Rank #109explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel
- 炮x1 | Chapter Rank #299cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecrackerto sauté; to fry; to dry by heatingto prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #63to have to; must; ought to; to need toto 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 etc
- 七零八落x1 | Chapter Rank #300(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
- 惨x1 | Chapter Rank #301miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- 号x1 | Chapter Rank #302(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 连天x1 | Chapter Rank #303reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly
- 才x2 | Chapter Rank #110ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 隙x1 | Chapter Rank #304crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift
- 率x2 | Chapter Rank #111(bound form) ratio; rate; proportionto lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually
- 残部x1 | Chapter Rank #305defeated remnants; scattered survivors
- 缒x1 | Chapter Rank #306to let down with a rope