Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 烂x1 | Chapter Rank #283soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- 官x9 | Chapter Rank #17surname Guangovernment official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 折子x2 | Chapter Rank #118folding notebook; accounts book
- 另x1 | Chapter Rank #284other; another; separate; separately
- 沥x1 | Chapter Rank #285to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
- 陈x1 | Chapter Rank #286surname 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
- 办事x2 | Chapter Rank #119to handle (affairs); to work
- 艰难x4 | Chapter Rank #46difficult; hard; challenging
- 仍x1 | Chapter Rank #287still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 吁x1 | Chapter Rank #288sh; hushto implore
- 恳x1 | Chapter Rank #289earnest
- 在x6 | Chapter Rank #28to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 籍守制x2 | Chapter Rank #120
- 折x1 | Chapter Rank #290to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts bookto fold
- 这个x3 | Chapter Rank #72(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 典型x1 | Chapter Rank #291model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- 标题x1 | Chapter Rank #292title; heading; headline; caption; subject
- 党x1 | Chapter Rank #293surname Dangparty; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 明确x1 | Chapter Rank #294clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
- 不是x2 | Chapter Rank #121fault; blameno; is not; not
- 不想x2 | Chapter Rank #122unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 是因为x1 | Chapter Rank #295
- 怎么x3 | Chapter Rank #73how?; what?; why?
- 法x1 | Chapter Rank #296law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]law
- 呢x4 | Chapter Rank #47(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 奏折x2 | Chapter Rank #123memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #297within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 掰x1 | Chapter Rank #298to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
- 手指头x1 | Chapter Rank #299fingertip; finger
- 一五一十x1 | Chapter Rank #300lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
- 算账x1 | Chapter Rank #301(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge
- 权x4 | Chapter Rank #48surname Quanauthority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
- 少x6 | Chapter Rank #29youngfew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 没法x1 | Chapter Rank #302at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- 二x1 | Chapter Rank #303two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 太小x3 | Chapter Rank #74
- 干不了x1 | Chapter Rank #304
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #305surname Santhree; 3
- 其他x2 | Chapter Rank #124other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- 第一条x1 | Chapter Rank #306
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #307although; even though
- 居x1 | Chapter Rank #308(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitudeto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedroomssurname Ju
- 堂x1 | Chapter Rank #309(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 位x3 | Chapter Rank #75position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- 而x3 | Chapter Rank #76and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 事权x1 | Chapter Rank #310position; authority; responsibility
- 反x1 | Chapter Rank #311contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 不如x1 | Chapter Rank #312not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 提x1 | Chapter Rank #313to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquidused in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]
- 镇x1 | Chapter Rank #314to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)