Vocabulary: 命悬刀口之下
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 粮x1 | Chapter Rank #277grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- 台x1 | Chapter Rank #278Taiwan (abbr.); surname Taiused in place names(classical) you (in letters)desk; table; counterTaiwan (abbr.)platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machinestyphoon
- 支领x1 | Chapter Rank #279
- 路费x1 | Chapter Rank #280travel expenses; money for a voyage; toll
- 过段时间x1 | Chapter Rank #281
- 回来x1 | Chapter Rank #282to return; to come back
- 把盏x1 | Chapter Rank #283
- 言x1 | Chapter Rank #284words; speech; to say; to talk
- 欢x1 | Chapter Rank #285joyous; happy; pleasedhubbub; clamora breed of horse
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #46quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 曾x2 | Chapter Rank #130great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)surname Zeng
- 这么x1 | Chapter Rank #286so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 尴尬x1 | Chapter Rank #287awkward; embarrassed
- 不已x1 | Chapter Rank #288(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #131to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 手下x1 | Chapter Rank #289under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #290to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 个个x2 | Chapter Rank #132each one individually; each and every
- 不凡x1 | Chapter Rank #291extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- 辈x1 | Chapter Rank #292lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #293road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 德之士x1 | Chapter Rank #294
- 平日x1 | Chapter Rank #295ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- 里x2 | Chapter Rank #133lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 谈x1 | Chapter Rank #296to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discusssurname Tan
- 舍身报国x1 | Chapter Rank #297
- 油锅x1 | Chapter Rank #298a deep fryer
- 敢x2 | Chapter Rank #134to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- 跳x2 | Chapter Rank #135to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- 刀山x1 | Chapter Rank #299
- 爬x1 | Chapter Rank #300to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- 主x1 | Chapter Rank #301owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #302now; at present; currently
- 来临x1 | Chapter Rank #303to approach; to come closer
- 如果x1 | Chapter Rank #304if; in case; in the event that
- 逃走x1 | Chapter Rank #305to escape; to flee; to run away
- 确实x2 | Chapter Rank #136indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- 有点x1 | Chapter Rank #306a little
- 不像话x1 | Chapter Rank #307unreasonable; shocking; outrageous
- 可不x1 | Chapter Rank #308see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]
- 逃x1 | Chapter Rank #309to escape; to run away; to flee
- 心里x6 | Chapter Rank #26chest; heart; mind
- 又x2 | Chapter Rank #137(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 害怕x1 | Chapter Rank #310to be afraid; to be scared
- 怎么办x1 | Chapter Rank #311what's to be done
- 到底x1 | Chapter Rank #312finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 读x1 | Chapter Rank #313comma; phrase marked by pauseto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 书x1 | Chapter Rank #314abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 知识分子x1 | Chapter Rank #315intellectual; intelligentsia
- 虽然x4 | Chapter Rank #47although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)