Vocabulary: 稻草人事件
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 当回事x1 | Chapter Rank #235to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously
- 叛军x1 | Chapter Rank #236rebel army
- 攻x1 | Chapter Rank #237to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- 打死x1 | Chapter Rank #238to kill; to beat to death
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #29surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 不要x1 | Chapter Rank #239don't!; must not
- 他们x1 | Chapter Rank #240they; them
- 开门x1 | Chapter Rank #241(lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- 记住x2 | Chapter Rank #84to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #242haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 确实x2 | Chapter Rank #85indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- 问题x1 | Chapter Rank #243question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #244to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 一x1 | Chapter Rank #245one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 书生x1 | Chapter Rank #246scholar; intellectual; egghead
- 身份x1 | Chapter Rank #247identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 压制x1 | Chapter Rank #248to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 杀人不眨眼x1 | Chapter Rank #249to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded
- 大头x1 | Chapter Rank #250big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] on the obverse side
- 兵x1 | Chapter Rank #251soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 难度x1 | Chapter Rank #252degree of difficulty
- 低x1 | Chapter Rank #253low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- 结果x2 | Chapter Rank #86outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatchto bear fruit
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #254(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 侍x1 | Chapter Rank #255to serve; to attend upon
- 王x2 | Chapter Rank #87surname Wang(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- 李世贤x2 | Chapter Rank #88
- 率x1 | Chapter Rank #256(bound form) ratio; rate; proportionto lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually
- 大军x1 | Chapter Rank #257army; main forces
- 气势汹汹x1 | Chapter Rank #258aggressive; truculent; overbearing
- 赶到x1 | Chapter Rank #259to hurry (to some place)
- 顶不住x2 | Chapter Rank #89
- 部属x1 | Chapter Rank #260troops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry
- 急于x1 | Chapter Rank #261eager to; in a hurry to
- 立功x1 | Chapter Rank #262to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 压力x1 | Chapter Rank #263pressure
- 打开x1 | Chapter Rank #264to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 城门x1 | Chapter Rank #265city gate
- 说起x1 | Chapter Rank #266to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #90although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 名将x1 | Chapter Rank #267famous general; (sports) renowned athlete
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #268Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 强x1 | Chapter Rank #269to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effortsurname Qiangstubborn; unyieldingstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
- 多x2 | Chapter Rank #91many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 双方x1 | Chapter Rank #270bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- 一出x1 | Chapter Rank #271
- 真x1 | Chapter Rank #272really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 招x1 | Chapter Rank #273to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 这边x2 | Chapter Rank #92this side; here
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #274immediately; right thenthen; at that time