Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 之x14 | Chapter Rank #7(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 责x1 | Chapter Rank #225duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #226to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 顺水推舟x2 | Chapter Rank #100lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
- 特x1 | Chapter Rank #227special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 赏x2 | Chapter Rank #101to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- 三个x2 | Chapter Rank #102
- 月x2 | Chapter Rank #103moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 假期x1 | Chapter Rank #228vacation
- 安心x1 | Chapter Rank #229at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- 守孝x1 | Chapter Rank #230to observe mourning for one's parents
- 眨眼x1 | Chapter Rank #231to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye
- 工夫x1 | Chapter Rank #232(old) laborerperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 就x10 | Chapter Rank #13(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 过去x2 | Chapter Rank #104(verb suffix)(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- 疏x1 | Chapter Rank #233to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotationsurname Shu
- 曰x1 | Chapter Rank #234to speak; to say
- 报国x1 | Chapter Rank #235to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #236long; (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
- 治军x3 | Chapter Rank #62running of armed forces; military management; to govern armed forces; to direct troops
- 才x2 | Chapter Rank #105ability; 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
- 短x1 | Chapter Rank #237short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 守制x1 | Chapter Rank #238to go into mourning for one's parents
- 日x6 | Chapter Rank #24(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 有限x1 | Chapter Rank #239limited; finite
- 事x4 | Chapter Rank #42matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 无穷x5 | Chapter Rank #35endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- 请求x1 | Chapter Rank #240to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 辞去x2 | Chapter Rank #106to resign; to quit
- 公职x1 | Chapter Rank #241civil service; public office; government job
- 干x9 | Chapter Rank #16dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shouldersurname Gan(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 前面x1 | Chapter Rank #242ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- 说x6 | Chapter Rank #25to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 后面x2 | Chapter Rank #107the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 两句话x1 | Chapter Rank #243
- 加x3 | Chapter Rank #63Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jiato add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #244to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](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]
- 意思x3 | Chapter Rank #64idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 再x4 | Chapter Rank #43again; 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
- 按x3 | Chapter Rank #65to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- 你x11 | Chapter Rank #12you (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.)
- 那x2 | Chapter Rank #108surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 招来x1 | Chapter Rank #245to attract; to incur
- 但x6 | Chapter Rank #26but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 如果x2 | Chapter Rank #109if; in case; in the event that
- 我的x1 | Chapter Rank #246
- 咱x3 | Chapter Rank #66see 咱[zan2]I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
- 实权x1 | Chapter Rank #247real power; genuine power
- 别x1 | Chapter Rank #248to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])surname Bieto make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 这么x3 | Chapter Rank #67so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this