Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 游戏x1 | Chapter Rank #357game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- 最后x2 | Chapter Rank #131final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 图穷匕见x1 | Chapter Rank #358lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom); fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
- 露出x1 | Chapter Rank #359to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- 一副x1 | Chapter Rank #360
- 陪你玩x1 | Chapter Rank #361
- 诚实x1 | Chapter Rank #362honest
- 嘴脸x1 | Chapter Rank #363features, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance; countenance
- 细察x1 | Chapter Rank #364to observe carefully
- 今日x1 | Chapter Rank #365today
- 局势x1 | Chapter Rank #366situation; state (of affairs)
- 非x1 | Chapter Rank #367abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #368surname Rento assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 巡抚x6 | Chapter Rank #30inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- 察x1 | Chapter Rank #369to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evidentshort name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]
- 吏x1 | Chapter Rank #370minor government official or functionary (old)
- 者x1 | Chapter Rank #371(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 决不能x2 | Chapter Rank #132
- 以x3 | Chapter Rank #78abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 纵x1 | Chapter Rank #372vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
- 能x3 | Chapter Rank #79surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 兼及x1 | Chapter Rank #373
- 筹x1 | Chapter Rank #374chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
- 饷x1 | Chapter Rank #375soldier's pay
- 臣x1 | Chapter Rank #376surname Chenstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
- 处x1 | Chapter Rank #377to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- 寄x1 | Chapter Rank #378to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- 又x2 | Chapter Rank #133(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 无x1 | Chapter Rank #379used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 圆通x1 | Chapter Rank #380flexible; accommodating
- 济x1 | Chapter Rank #381used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Jito cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
- 变x1 | Chapter Rank #382to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 恐x1 | Chapter Rank #383afraid; frightened; to fear
- 终x1 | Chapter Rank #384end; finish
- 不免x1 | Chapter Rank #385inevitably
- 贻误x1 | Chapter Rank #386to affect adversely; to delay or hinder; to waste (an opportunity); to mislead
- 大局x1 | Chapter Rank #387overall situation; the big picture
- 开出x1 | Chapter Rank #388
- 他的x2 | Chapter Rank #134
- 价码x1 | Chapter Rank #389price tag
- 想x1 | Chapter Rank #390to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 我x3 | Chapter Rank #80I; me; my
- 接着x1 | Chapter Rank #391to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #135can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 最小x1 | Chapter Rank #392
- 省x1 | Chapter Rank #393to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- 总督x1 | Chapter Rank #394governor-general; viceroy; governor
- 蛮x1 | Chapter Rank #395barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #136to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 钦差大臣x2 | Chapter Rank #137