Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 面x1 | Chapter Rank #396face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etcflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- 牌子x1 | Chapter Rank #397sign; trademark; brand
- 读书人x1 | Chapter Rank #398scholar; intellectual
- 呀x2 | Chapter Rank #138ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 讲究x1 | Chapter Rank #399to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- 笑x1 | Chapter Rank #400to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 露齿x1 | Chapter Rank #401to grin; also pr. [lou4 chi3]
- 坐x1 | Chapter Rank #402to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo
- 膝x1 | Chapter Rank #403knee
- 哪x2 | Chapter Rank #139which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]how; which
- 像x2 | Chapter Rank #140to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #404this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 直来直去x1 | Chapter Rank #405going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #406dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #81structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 明白x1 | Chapter Rank #407clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 真x1 | Chapter Rank #408really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 文化x1 | Chapter Rank #409culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 很x1 | Chapter Rank #410very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 显然x1 | Chapter Rank #411clearly; evidently; obviously
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #412immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 种x1 | Chapter Rank #413seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 感觉x1 | Chapter Rank #414feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
- 要命x1 | Chapter Rank #415to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
- 拣x1 | Chapter Rank #416to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- 节骨眼x2 | Chapter Rank #141(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
- 开价x2 | Chapter Rank #142to quote a price; seller's first offer
- 摆明x1 | Chapter Rank #417to show clearly
- 心眼x1 | Chapter Rank #418heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance
- 不够x1 | Chapter Rank #419not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #420to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 什么x3 | Chapter Rank #82what?; something; anything
- 太平军x2 | Chapter Rank #143
- 内部x1 | Chapter Rank #421interior; inside (part, section); internal
- 残杀x1 | Chapter Rank #422to massacre; to slaughter
- 已经x2 | Chapter Rank #144already
- 彻底x1 | Chapter Rank #423thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #424will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 其x4 | Chapter Rank #49his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 打x2 | Chapter Rank #145(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 原形x1 | Chapter Rank #425original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character
- 能征惯战x1 | Chapter Rank #426
- 猛将x1 | Chapter Rank #427fierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual
- 尸x1 | Chapter Rank #428(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)(bound form) corpse
- 横x1 | Chapter Rank #429harsh and unreasonable; unexpectedhorizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent
- 长江x1 | Chapter Rank #430Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 千里x1 | Chapter Rank #431a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- 逃亡x1 | Chapter Rank #432to flee; to go into exile
- 虽说x1 | Chapter Rank #433though; although
- 绿营x1 | Chapter Rank #434Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units