Vocabulary: 稻草人事件
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 北上x1 | Chapter Rank #137to go up north
- 护驾x1 | Chapter Rank #138
- 之后x1 | Chapter Rank #139after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #140to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 自己x3 | Chapter Rank #35oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 已经x2 | Chapter Rank #65already
- 有x3 | Chapter Rank #36to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 足够x1 | Chapter Rank #141enough; sufficient
- 资本x1 | Chapter Rank #142capital (economics)
- 跟x2 | Chapter Rank #66heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 叫板x2 | Chapter Rank #67to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- 想x1 | Chapter Rank #143to 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)
- 总是x1 | Chapter Rank #144always
- 缺x1 | Chapter Rank #145deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 近视眼x3 | Chapter Rank #37
- 李x22 | Chapter Rank #3surname Liplum
- 元x22 | Chapter Rank #4currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eonsurname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 度x22 | Chapter Rank #5to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
- 成为x2 | Chapter Rank #68to become; to turn into
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #69to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 师徒x1 | Chapter Rank #146master and disciple
- 争吵x1 | Chapter Rank #147to quarrel; dispute
- 导火索x1 | Chapter Rank #148fuse (for explosive)
- 建x1 | Chapter Rank #149to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- 湘军x2 | Chapter Rank #70Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 士兵x1 | Chapter Rank #150soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 易x1 | Chapter Rank #151easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
- 募x1 | Chapter Rank #152to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
- 将才x2 | Chapter Rank #71talented field commander (military)
- 难x1 | Chapter Rank #153difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not gooddisaster; distress; to scold
- 求x1 | Chapter Rank #154to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- 搞x1 | Chapter Rank #155to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 到x3 | Chapter Rank #38to 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
- 最后x1 | Chapter Rank #156final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 高度x3 | Chapter Rank #39height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 近视x3 | Chapter Rank #40shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia
- 硬着头皮x1 | Chapter Rank #157to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- 出来x2 | Chapter Rank #72(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)to come out; to appear; to arise
- 带兵x1 | Chapter Rank #158to lead troops
- 居然x2 | Chapter Rank #73unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #159(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 不可或缺x1 | Chapter Rank #160necessary; must have
- 中流砥柱x1 | Chapter Rank #161mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
- 但x6 | Chapter Rank #15but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 终究x1 | Chapter Rank #162in the end; after all; eventually
- 不是x2 | Chapter Rank #74fault; blameno; is not; not
- 能x3 | Chapter Rank #41can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #42to 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
- 一支x1 | Chapter Rank #163
- 军队x1 | Chapter Rank #164armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]