Vocabulary: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 兵x1 | Chapter Rank #435soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 为主x1 | Chapter Rank #436to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- 湘军x3 | Chapter Rank #83Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 为x2 | Chapter Rank #146as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 炮灰x1 | Chapter Rank #437cannon fodder
- 战略x1 | Chapter Rank #438strategy
- 推行x1 | Chapter Rank #439to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
- 极为x1 | Chapter Rank #440extremely; exceedingly
- 江南x2 | Chapter Rank #147region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- 大营x2 | Chapter Rank #148
- 屡x1 | Chapter Rank #441time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 被x7 | Chapter Rank #21quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 打破x4 | Chapter Rank #50to break; to smash
- 怕x1 | Chapter Rank #442surname Pato be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps
- 建x1 | Chapter Rank #443to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- 嘛x1 | Chapter Rank #444used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- 总之x1 | Chapter Rank #445in a word; in short; in brief
- 这时候x1 | Chapter Rank #446
- 正值x1 | Chapter Rank #447just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value
- 这边x1 | Chapter Rank #448this side; here
- 顺风x1 | Chapter Rank #449lit. tail wind; Bon voyage!
- 顺水x1 | Chapter Rank #450with the current
- 运气x1 | Chapter Rank #451luck (good or bad)
- 极佳x1 | Chapter Rank #452
- 缺x2 | Chapter Rank #149deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 不少x1 | Chapter Rank #453many; quite a few; a good number of
- 曾x3 | Chapter Rank #84surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- 屠户x1 | Chapter Rank #454butcher
- 不吃x1 | Chapter Rank #455
- 带x1 | Chapter Rank #456band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 毛猪x1 | Chapter Rank #457live pig
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #458more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 撒欢x1 | Chapter Rank #459to frolic; to gambol
- 吵吵嚷嚷x1 | Chapter Rank #460to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)
- 撂挑子x1 | Chapter Rank #461(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
- 吓唬x1 | Chapter Rank #462to scare; to frighten
- 哪个x1 | Chapter Rank #463which; who
- 眼珠x1 | Chapter Rank #464one's eyes; eyeball
- 转x1 | Chapter Rank #465see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- 嗯x1 | Chapter Rank #466interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement(nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?(a groaning sound)
- 不能x2 | Chapter Rank #150cannot; must not; should not
- 老x3 | Chapter Rank #85prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 搞x1 | Chapter Rank #467to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 长官意志x1 | Chapter Rank #468
- 一言堂x1 | Chapter Rank #469(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old); having things decided by the will of a single individual; autocratic rule; (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
- 听听x1 | Chapter Rank #470
- 群众x2 | Chapter Rank #151mass; multitude; the masses
- 于是x1 | Chapter Rank #471thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 几日x1 | Chapter Rank #472
- 连续x2 | Chapter Rank #152continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive