Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 窝囊x1 | Chapter Rank #249to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly
- 下去x2 | Chapter Rank #110to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 还是x3 | Chapter Rank #68still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 一x6 | Chapter Rank #27one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 拍x1 | Chapter Rank #250to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 散x1 | Chapter Rank #251scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicineto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- 自己x1 | Chapter Rank #252oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 挑x1 | Chapter Rank #253to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir upto carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- 吧x4 | Chapter Rank #44(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 咸丰x5 | Chapter Rank #36Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- 英明x1 | Chapter Rank #254wise; brilliant
- 神武x1 | Chapter Rank #255
- 立即x2 | Chapter Rank #111immediately
- 发来x1 | Chapter Rank #256
- 圣谕x1 | Chapter Rank #257imperial edict; see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4]
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #258(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 兹x1 | Chapter Rank #259used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2](literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- 剿x1 | Chapter Rank #260to plagiarizeto destroy; to extirpate
- 贼x1 | Chapter Rank #261thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- 吃紧x1 | Chapter Rank #262in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important
- 亟x1 | Chapter Rank #263repeatedly; frequently(literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly
- 应x1 | Chapter Rank #264to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- 假x1 | Chapter Rank #265fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposeused in 假掰[gei1 bai1]vacationto borrow
- 满x1 | Chapter Rank #266to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contentedManchu ethnic group
- 回x2 | Chapter Rank #112to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesHui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to curve; to return; to revolve
- 营x2 | Chapter Rank #113camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- 力图x1 | Chapter Rank #267to try hard to; to strive to
- 报效x1 | Chapter Rank #268render service to repay kindness
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #269to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 即x1 | Chapter Rank #270namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 赴x1 | Chapter Rank #271to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- 江西x2 | Chapter Rank #114see 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 督办x1 | Chapter Rank #272to oversee; to supervise; superintendent
- 军务x1 | Chapter Rank #273military affairs
- 并x3 | Chapter Rank #69and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 署理x1 | Chapter Rank #274
- 兵部x4 | Chapter Rank #45Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 侍郎x3 | Chapter Rank #70(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
- 仍然x1 | Chapter Rank #275still; as before; yet
- 必须x2 | Chapter Rank #115to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 这下子x2 | Chapter Rank #116this time
- 可x3 | Chapter Rank #71used in 可汗[ke4 han2](prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 惹x1 | Chapter Rank #276to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 毛x1 | Chapter Rank #277surname Maohair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- 仰天长啸x1 | Chapter Rank #278
- 壮怀激烈x1 | Chapter Rank #279
- 一日x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 之内x2 | Chapter Rank #117inside; within
- 连写x1 | Chapter Rank #281to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
- 二折x1 | Chapter Rank #282