Vocabulary: 民欺官恶性事件
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 中举x2 | Chapter Rank #103to pass the provincial level imperial examination
- 同时x1 | Chapter Rank #214at the same time; simultaneously
- 又x3 | Chapter Rank #67(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 老乡x1 | Chapter Rank #215fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
- 郭嵩焘x4 | Chapter Rank #50Guo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877–1879
- 日x2 | Chapter Rank #104(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 记载x1 | Chapter Rank #216to write down; to record; written account
- 命x1 | Chapter Rank #217life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 尚书x1 | Chapter Rank #218high official; government ministersame as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- 房x1 | Chapter Rank #219surname Fanghouse; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)
- 行走x1 | Chapter Rank #220to walk
- 不止一次x1 | Chapter Rank #221many times; on more than one occasion
- 地x3 | Chapter Rank #68earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 问x2 | Chapter Rank #105to ask; to inquire
- 这个x2 | Chapter Rank #106(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 到底x1 | Chapter Rank #222finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 怎么回事x1 | Chapter Rank #223what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 为什么x2 | Chapter Rank #107why?; for what reason?
- 出来x5 | Chapter Rank #34to come out; to appear; to arise(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
- 做官x2 | Chapter Rank #108to take an official post; to become a government employee
- 是不是x1 | Chapter Rank #224is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 功名x4 | Chapter Rank #51scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- 心x4 | Chapter Rank #52heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 太x3 | Chapter Rank #69highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 淡x2 | Chapter Rank #109insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- 你x6 | Chapter Rank #24you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 马上x1 | Chapter Rank #225at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- 给x5 | Chapter Rank #35to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 写信x1 | Chapter Rank #226to write a letter
- 让x5 | Chapter Rank #36to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 做事x1 | Chapter Rank #227to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 快点x2 | Chapter Rank #110to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #111used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 唯唯诺诺x1 | Chapter Rank #228(idiom) to be a yes-man
- 却x8 | Chapter Rank #20but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 有x12 | Chapter Rank #12to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 苦x2 | Chapter Rank #112bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 说不出x1 | Chapter Rank #229unable to say
- 肯x1 | Chapter Rank #230to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 不是x3 | Chapter Rank #70no; is not; notfault; blame
- 因为x2 | Chapter Rank #113because; owing to; on account of
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #231rather
- 太重x1 | Chapter Rank #232
- 可以x1 | Chapter Rank #233can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 咸丰x1 | Chapter Rank #234Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- 首先x1 | Chapter Rank #235first of all; in the first place
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #114to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 像样x1 | Chapter Rank #236presentable; decent; up to par
- 至少x2 | Chapter Rank #115at least; (to say the) least
- 不能x1 | Chapter Rank #237cannot; must not; should not