Vocabulary: 命悬刀口之下
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 压制x1 | Chapter Rank #478to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 心想x1 | Chapter Rank #479to think to oneself; to think
- 以x3 | Chapter Rank #86abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 满洲x1 | Chapter Rank #480Manchuria
- 武士x1 | Chapter Rank #481warrior; samurai
- 主体x1 | Chapter Rank #482main part; bulk; body; subject; agent
- 绿营x2 | Chapter Rank #158Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
- 抢x1 | Chapter Rank #483(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contraryto fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch
- 头彩x1 | Chapter Rank #484first prize in a lottery
- 江南x1 | Chapter Rank #485region 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]
- 覆灭x1 | Chapter Rank #486destruction
- 之后x2 | Chapter Rank #159after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 当机立断x1 | Chapter Rank #487to make prompt decisions (idiom)
- 立即x2 | Chapter Rank #160immediately
- 委x1 | Chapter Rank #488used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainlysurname Wei
- 重任x1 | Chapter Rank #489heavy responsibility
- 任命x1 | Chapter Rank #490to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- 兵部x1 | Chapter Rank #491Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 尚书x1 | Chapter Rank #492high official; government ministersame as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- 署理x1 | Chapter Rank #493
- 两江x2 | Chapter Rank #161
- 总督x2 | Chapter Rank #162governor-general; viceroy; governor
- 隔x1 | Chapter Rank #494to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- 几天x1 | Chapter Rank #495several days
- 干脆x1 | Chapter Rank #496candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- 实x1 | Chapter Rank #497real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 授x1 | Chapter Rank #498(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 对x3 | Chapter Rank #87right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 无条件x2 | Chapter Rank #163unconditional
- 信任x2 | Chapter Rank #164to trust; to have confidence in
- 整个x1 | Chapter Rank #499whole; entire; total
- 战场x2 | Chapter Rank #165battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 全部x1 | Chapter Rank #500whole; all
- 交给x1 | Chapter Rank #501to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 打理x1 | Chapter Rank #502to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order
- 那边x2 | Chapter Rank #166over there; yonder
- 要求x1 | Chapter Rank #503to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 最x2 | Chapter Rank #167(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 多x1 | Chapter Rank #504many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 有事x1 | Chapter Rank #505to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
- 写x1 | Chapter Rank #506to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 折子x1 | Chapter Rank #507folding notebook; accounts book
- 实际x1 | Chapter Rank #508reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
- 指挥x1 | Chapter Rank #509to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 权力x1 | Chapter Rank #510power; authority
- 完全x3 | Chapter Rank #88complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 下移x1 | Chapter Rank #511
- 所以x2 | Chapter Rank #168therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 将士x1 | Chapter Rank #512officers and soldiers
- 亢奋x1 | Chapter Rank #513excited; stimulated