Vocabulary: 低调的奢华
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 出现x2 | Chapter Rank #123to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 关键x1 | Chapter Rank #336crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- 战役x2 | Chapter Rank #124military campaign
- 历史舞台x2 | Chapter Rank #125
- 中心x2 | Chapter Rank #126center; heart; core
- 亲x3 | Chapter Rank #65parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dearparents-in-law of one's offspring
- 真的x2 | Chapter Rank #127really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- 不了x1 | Chapter Rank #337no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- 攻克x2 | Chapter Rank #128to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve
- 安庆x2 | Chapter Rank #129see 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4]
- 参战x1 | Chapter Rank #338to go to war; to engage in war
- 部队x1 | Chapter Rank #339army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 极x1 | Chapter Rank #340extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 多x2 | Chapter Rank #130many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 如x8 | Chapter Rank #20as; as if; such as
- 多隆x1 | Chapter Rank #341
- 阿x1 | Chapter Rank #342prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4](literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- 鲍x1 | Chapter Rank #343surname Baoabalone
- 超x1 | Chapter Rank #344to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- 成x2 | Chapter Rank #131to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenthsurname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 大吉x1 | Chapter Rank #345very auspicious; extremely lucky
- 这场x1 | Chapter Rank #346
- 少x4 | Chapter Rank #48youngfew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 任何x1 | Chapter Rank #347any; whatever; whichever
- 一支x1 | Chapter Rank #348
- 军队x1 | Chapter Rank #349armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- 都x1 | Chapter Rank #350all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Ducapital city; metropolis
- 无法x1 | Chapter Rank #351unable to; incapable of
- 成功x1 | Chapter Rank #352Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 最终x3 | Chapter Rank #66final; ultimate
- 荣获x1 | Chapter Rank #353be honored with
- 首功x1 | Chapter Rank #354
- 现实x2 | Chapter Rank #132reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- 面前x2 | Chapter Rank #133in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 你x5 | Chapter Rank #35you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 低头x1 | Chapter Rank #355to bow the head; to yield; to give in
- 不行x2 | Chapter Rank #134won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 当x5 | Chapter Rank #36(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 意识x2 | Chapter Rank #135consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- 价值x1 | Chapter Rank #356value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- 再x2 | Chapter Rank #136again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 一次x1 | Chapter Rank #357first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 获得x3 | Chapter Rank #67to obtain; to receive; to get
- 占据x1 | Chapter Rank #358to occupy; to hold
- 担心x1 | Chapter Rank #359anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 啃x1 | Chapter Rank #360to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
- 不下x1 | Chapter Rank #361to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 艰难x1 | Chapter Rank #362difficult; hard; challenging
- 官场x1 | Chapter Rank #363officialdom; bureaucracy
- 派x2 | Chapter Rank #137(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pieused in 派司[pa1 si5]