Vocabulary: 低调的奢华
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 众x1 | Chapter Rank #213abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- 长x2 | Chapter Rank #87long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 舍x1 | Chapter Rank #214to give up; to abandon; to give almssurname She(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
- 短x1 | Chapter Rank #215short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 扬x1 | Chapter Rank #216to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagateabbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang
- 善于x1 | Chapter Rank #217to be good at; to be adept at
- 公x2 | Chapter Rank #88public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 庭x1 | Chapter Rank #218main hall; front courtyard; law court
- 而x5 | Chapter Rank #31and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 规x1 | Chapter Rank #219compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- 过于x1 | Chapter Rank #220excessively; too
- 私x1 | Chapter Rank #221personal; private; selfish
- 室x1 | Chapter Rank #222surname Shiroom; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- 庶几x1 | Chapter Rank #223(literary) similar; almost; (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that; (literary) maybe; perhaps
- 人x6 | Chapter Rank #24person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 服x1 | Chapter Rank #224classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fu2]clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes
- 其x8 | Chapter Rank #18his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 明x1 | Chapter Rank #225bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the godsMing Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 感x1 | Chapter Rank #226to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
- 宽x1 | Chapter Rank #227surname Kuanwide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- 同样x1 | Chapter Rank #228same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
- 信x3 | Chapter Rank #54letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 上x6 | Chapter Rank #25(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 不无x1 | Chapter Rank #229not without
- 得意x1 | Chapter Rank #230proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
- 地x4 | Chapter Rank #40-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 炫耀x1 | Chapter Rank #231dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- 鄙意x1 | Chapter Rank #232
- 办理x1 | Chapter Rank #233to handle; to transact; to conduct
- 洋务x2 | Chapter Rank #89foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning
- 小事x1 | Chapter Rank #234trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 不妨x1 | Chapter Rank #235there is no harm in; might as well
- 放松x1 | Chapter Rank #236to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- 大事x1 | Chapter Rank #237major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 之x14 | Chapter Rank #7(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 必x2 | Chapter Rank #90certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 不可x1 | Chapter Rank #238cannot; should not; must not
- 从x1 | Chapter Rank #239from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 者x2 | Chapter Rank #91(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 乃x2 | Chapter Rank #92to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 可x3 | Chapter Rank #55used in 可汗[ke4 han2](prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 出死力x1 | Chapter Rank #240
- 与x6 | Chapter Rank #26(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 苦x1 | Chapter Rank #241bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 争x1 | Chapter Rank #242to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #243seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 能力x5 | Chapter Rank #32capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 固然x1 | Chapter Rank #244admittedly (it's true that...)
- 无与伦比x1 | Chapter Rank #245incomparable
- 但x10 | Chapter Rank #16but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just