Vocabulary: 用儿子性命来埋单
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 启奏x1 | Chapter Rank #288to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king
- 可想而知x2 | Chapter Rank #115(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #289(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
- 听到x1 | Chapter Rank #290to hear
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #291to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 宣读x1 | Chapter Rank #292to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
- 怪异x1 | Chapter Rank #293monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
- 时x3 | Chapter Rank #64surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 心里x1 | Chapter Rank #294chest; heart; mind
- 何等x1 | Chapter Rank #295what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- 痛苦x1 | Chapter Rank #296pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 里x3 | Chapter Rank #65lining; 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
- 有x4 | Chapter Rank #47to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 早x2 | Chapter Rank #116early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 曾国荃x7 | Chapter Rank #16
- 孤军深入x1 | Chapter Rank #297
- 陷于x1 | Chapter Rank #298caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
- 雨花台x3 | Chapter Rank #66see 雨花臺區|雨花台区[Yu3 hua1 tai2 Qu1]
- 死地x1 | Chapter Rank #299
- 天x7 | Chapter Rank #17day; sky; heaven
- 中x2 | Chapter Rank #117(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #30(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 ...
- 吓破x1 | Chapter Rank #300
- 胆x1 | Chapter Rank #301gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
- 立命x1 | Chapter Rank #302
- 召集x1 | Chapter Rank #303to convene; to call together
- 手下x1 | Chapter Rank #304under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action
- 十三x1 | Chapter Rank #305thirteen; 13
- 王x2 | Chapter Rank #118(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)surname Wangking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- 苏州x3 | Chapter Rank #67see 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 开会x1 | Chapter Rank #306to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
- 商议x1 | Chapter Rank #307to negotiate; discussion; proposal
- 应对x2 | Chapter Rank #119to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- 策x1 | Chapter Rank #308policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphysurname Ce
- 诸x1 | Chapter Rank #309surname Zhuall; various
- 意见x1 | Chapter Rank #310idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- 完全一致x1 | Chapter Rank #311
- 都x2 | Chapter Rank #120capital city; metropolissurname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #312to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 目下x1 | Chapter Rank #313at present
- 情势x1 | Chapter Rank #314situation; circumstance
- 湘军x1 | Chapter Rank #315Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 一时半会儿x1 | Chapter Rank #316a short time; a little while
- 打x3 | Chapter Rank #68(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 不下x1 | Chapter Rank #317to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 自己x2 | Chapter Rank #121oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #318seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 兵力x1 | Chapter Rank #319military strength; armed forces; troops
- 数量x1 | Chapter Rank #320amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
- 惊人x1 | Chapter Rank #321astonishing