Vocabulary: 命悬刀口之下
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 悲剧性x1 | Chapter Rank #227tragic
- 问题x2 | Chapter Rank #107question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 曾国藩x20 | Chapter Rank #3Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- 急x2 | Chapter Rank #108urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- 调x1 | Chapter Rank #228to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melodyto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- 猛将x2 | Chapter Rank #109fierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual
- 鲍x12 | Chapter Rank #8surname Baoabalone
- 超x12 | Chapter Rank #9to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- 来x8 | Chapter Rank #17to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 恐怕x2 | Chapter Rank #110fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- 等x2 | Chapter Rank #111to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 来到x1 | Chapter Rank #229to arrive; to come
- 大家x10 | Chapter Rank #10everyone; influential family; great expert
- 就x9 | Chapter Rank #12(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 ...
- 已经x5 | Chapter Rank #30already
- 死翘翘x1 | Chapter Rank #230to die; to drop dead
- 而且x2 | Chapter Rank #112(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 就算x1 | Chapter Rank #231(coll.) even if
- 也x7 | Chapter Rank #19surname 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]
- 未必x1 | Chapter Rank #232not necessarily; maybe not
- 对手x1 | Chapter Rank #233opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- 此x1 | Chapter Rank #234this; these
- 危难x2 | Chapter Rank #113calamity
- 幕僚x9 | Chapter Rank #13aides and advisors of top officials
- 程x3 | Chapter Rank #68rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequencesurname Cheng
- 桓x3 | Chapter Rank #69Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)surname Huan
- 生x5 | Chapter Rank #31to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 越x1 | Chapter Rank #235generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 众x2 | Chapter Rank #114abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- 而x7 | Chapter Rank #20and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 出x2 | Chapter Rank #115to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 大x3 | Chapter Rank #70see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 呼x1 | Chapter Rank #236to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhaleto shout; to call out
- 曰x1 | Chapter Rank #237to speak; to say
- 休x1 | Chapter Rank #238surname Xiuto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
- 慌x1 | Chapter Rank #239to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly
- 我x3 | Chapter Rank #71I; me; my
- 有x5 | Chapter Rank #32to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 办法x2 | Chapter Rank #116way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 众人x3 | Chapter Rank #72everyone
- 齐x1 | Chapter Rank #240(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qineat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #241to ask; to inquire
- 什么x6 | Chapter Rank #24what?; something; anything
- 说x6 | Chapter Rank #25to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 咱们x2 | Chapter Rank #117we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #242to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 在x14 | Chapter Rank #6to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 一块x1 | Chapter Rank #243a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- 切x1 | Chapter Rank #244to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangentialdefinitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- 才x2 | Chapter Rank #118ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually