Vocabulary: 传统必有道理
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 个x6 | Chapter Rank #38used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 江湖x2 | Chapter Rank #117rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 绰号x2 | Chapter Rank #118nickname
- 闭眼x1 | Chapter Rank #226
- 蛇x1 | Chapter Rank #227snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- 小小年纪x1 | Chapter Rank #228
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #229but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 享受x1 | Chapter Rank #230to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 到x3 | Chapter Rank #74to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 乡x2 | Chapter Rank #119country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- 赠送x1 | Chapter Rank #231to present as a gift
- 待遇x1 | Chapter Rank #232treatment; pay; salary; status; rank
- 可知x3 | Chapter Rank #75evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable
- 这x16 | Chapter Rank #8(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 绝不x1 | Chapter Rank #233in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- 是x26 | Chapter Rank #6to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 盏x1 | Chapter Rank #234a small cup; classifier for lamps
- 省油的灯x1 | Chapter Rank #235sb who is easy to deal with (usu. in the negative, e.g. after 不是[bu4 shi4])
- 九岁x2 | Chapter Rank #120
- 那x6 | Chapter Rank #39surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 年x14 | Chapter Rank #12year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 阴暗x2 | Chapter Rank #121dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- 少年x2 | Chapter Rank #122early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 跟随x1 | Chapter Rank #236to follow
- 父亲x2 | Chapter Rank #123father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 赴x1 | Chapter Rank #237to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- 桂花x1 | Chapter Rank #238osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
- 塘x1 | Chapter Rank #239dyke; embankment; pool or pond; hot-water bathing pool
- 那里x1 | Chapter Rank #240there; that place
- 户x1 | Chapter Rank #241a household; door; family
- 有钱人x1 | Chapter Rank #242rich person; the rich
- 诚聘x1 | Chapter Rank #243to seek to recruit; to invite job applications from
- 麟x7 | Chapter Rank #29see 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
- 书x8 | Chapter Rank #22abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 为x1 | Chapter Rank #244as (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
- 私塾x2 | Chapter Rank #124private school (in former times)
- 先生x1 | Chapter Rank #245teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 于是x5 | Chapter Rank #46thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 就x8 | Chapter Rank #23(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 把x7 | Chapter Rank #30to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 儿子x10 | Chapter Rank #19son
- 捎x1 | Chapter Rank #246to bring sth to sb; to deliver
- 可x1 | Chapter Rank #247used 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
- 不知x2 | Chapter Rank #125not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 怎么回事x1 | Chapter Rank #248what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 跟x1 | Chapter Rank #249heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 主人家x4 | Chapter Rank #57
- 小朋友x1 | Chapter Rank #250child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- 打x3 | Chapter Rank #76a 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")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 起来x3 | Chapter Rank #77to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]