Vocabulary: 低调的奢华
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #101can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 拿x2 | Chapter Rank #102to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 左宗棠x4 | Chapter Rank #42Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
- 来x5 | Chapter Rank #33to 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])
- 比较x2 | Chapter Rank #103to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 缺点x1 | Chapter Rank #278weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 比x2 | Chapter Rank #104Belgium; 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)
- 更x2 | Chapter Rank #105more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 过分x1 | Chapter Rank #279excessive; undue; unduly; overly
- 甚至x1 | Chapter Rank #280even; so much so that
- 到x4 | Chapter Rank #43to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 了x16 | Chapter Rank #6(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 夸张x1 | Chapter Rank #281to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- 程度x1 | Chapter Rank #282degree; level; extent
- 问题x1 | Chapter Rank #283question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 因x2 | Chapter Rank #106cause; reason; because
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #284see 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)
- 才x3 | Chapter Rank #61ability; 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
- 狂傲x1 | Chapter Rank #285domineering; haughty
- 才干x1 | Chapter Rank #286ability; competence
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #287although; even though
- 强x2 | Chapter Rank #107surname Qiangstubborn; unyieldingstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
- 经略x1 | Chapter Rank #288(literary) to plan and administer; to govern and develop
- 相x1 | Chapter Rank #289surname Xiangappearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
- 差距x1 | Chapter Rank #290disparity; gap
- 总之x2 | Chapter Rank #108in a word; in short; in brief
- 湘军x2 | Chapter Rank #109Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 传奇x1 | Chapter Rank #291legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- 出局x1 | Chapter Rank #292(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- 从此x1 | Chapter Rank #293from now on; since then; henceforth
- 淡出x1 | Chapter Rank #294to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
- 历史x3 | Chapter Rank #62history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 除了x2 | Chapter Rank #110apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 极为x2 | Chapter Rank #111extremely; exceedingly
- 资深x1 | Chapter Rank #295senior; highly experienced; veteran
- 史学x1 | Chapter Rank #296historiography
- 专业人士x1 | Chapter Rank #297a professional
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #298outside; excluding
- 寻常x1 | Chapter Rank #299usual; common; ordinary
- 等x4 | Chapter Rank #44to 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)
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #300right; 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
- 名字x1 | Chapter Rank #301name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 陌生x1 | Chapter Rank #302strange; unfamiliar
- 想x4 | Chapter Rank #45to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 公正x1 | Chapter Rank #303just; fair; equitable
- 评价x1 | Chapter Rank #304to evaluate; to assess
- 冷落x1 | Chapter Rank #305desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
- 究竟x1 | Chapter Rank #306to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- 出于x1 | Chapter Rank #307due to; to stem from
- 不x11 | Chapter Rank #14no; not so; (bound form) not; un-