Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 水师x1 | Chapter Rank #605navy (in Qing times)
- 杨载福x1 | Chapter Rank #606
- 当年x1 | Chapter Rank #607that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 招募x1 | Chapter Rank #608to recruit; to enlist
- 时x1 | Chapter Rank #609surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #167only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 千x1 | Chapter Rank #610thousandused in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 总x1 | Chapter Rank #611(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 升任x1 | Chapter Rank #612to be promoted to
- 穿x1 | Chapter Rank #613to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- 黄马褂x1 | Chapter Rank #614
- 始终x1 | Chapter Rank #615from beginning to end; all along
- 退休x1 | Chapter Rank #616to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- 老干部x1 | Chapter Rank #617
- 昔日x1 | Chapter Rank #618former days; in the past
- 部属x1 | Chapter Rank #619troops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry
- 个个x1 | Chapter Rank #620each one individually; each and every
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #621to 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]
- 写信x1 | Chapter Rank #622to write a letter
- 称呼x1 | Chapter Rank #623to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
- 成x1 | Chapter Rank #624surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 问题x1 | Chapter Rank #625question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 认输x3 | Chapter Rank #89to concede; to admit defeat
- 行x1 | Chapter Rank #626(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or linesused in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 这次x1 | Chapter Rank #627
- 不要x1 | Chapter Rank #628don't!; must not
- 只要x1 | Chapter Rank #629so long as; provided; if
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #630opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 别错过x1 | Chapter Rank #631
- 建功立业x1 | Chapter Rank #632to achieve or accomplish goals
- 好时机x1 | Chapter Rank #633
- 知足x1 | Chapter Rank #634content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- 及时x1 | Chapter Rank #635timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
- 央求x1 | Chapter Rank #636to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- 出山x1 | Chapter Rank #637to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
- 批复x1 | Chapter Rank #638to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
- 久x1 | Chapter Rank #639(of a period of time) long
- 进剿x1 | Chapter Rank #640
- 机宜x1 | Chapter Rank #641guidelines; what to do (under given circumstances)
- 能否x1 | Chapter Rank #642whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 确有x1 | Chapter Rank #643
- 把握x1 | Chapter Rank #644to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- 尚未可知x2 | Chapter Rank #168
- 睁眼x1 | Chapter Rank #645to open one's eyes
- 说瞎话x1 | Chapter Rank #646
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #647only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 本事x1 | Chapter Rank #648ability; skillsource material; original story
- 可是x1 | Chapter Rank #649but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 低头x1 | Chapter Rank #650to bow the head; to yield; to give in
- 好歹x1 | Chapter Rank #651good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever