Vocabulary: 决死城下
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 英国x1 | Chapter Rank #362United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- 理所当然x1 | Chapter Rank #363as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #364to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 拥有x1 | Chapter Rank #365to have; to possess; to own
- 领导权x1 | Chapter Rank #366leadership authority
- 来x4 | Chapter Rank #50to 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])
- 非但x1 | Chapter Rank #367not only
- 营救x1 | Chapter Rank #368to rescue
- 性命x1 | Chapter Rank #369life
- 无益x1 | Chapter Rank #370no good; not good for; not beneficial
- 和x1 | Chapter Rank #371surname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 洋人x2 | Chapter Rank #139foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- 扯x3 | Chapter Rank #73to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokeyto pull; to tear
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #372to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 皮x2 | Chapter Rank #140surname Piskin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)
- 不怕x1 | Chapter Rank #373fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though
- 扯皮x3 | Chapter Rank #74to wrangle; wrangling
- 纵然x1 | Chapter Rank #374even if; even though
- 也x5 | Chapter Rank #31surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #141only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 一根x1 | Chapter Rank #375
- 筋x1 | Chapter Rank #376muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- 可x4 | Chapter Rank #51(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 节骨眼x1 | Chapter Rank #377(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #378time; length of time; moment; period
- 吗x1 | Chapter Rank #379used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?
- 这么x1 | Chapter Rank #380so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 会儿x1 | Chapter Rank #381(coll.) a short while; a moment
- 工夫x1 | Chapter Rank #382(old) laborerperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 过x3 | Chapter Rank #75surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-(experienced action marker)
- 不知x2 | Chapter Rank #142not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 激战x1 | Chapter Rank #383to fight fiercely; fierce battle
- 几多x1 | Chapter Rank #384(dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...
- 回合x1 | Chapter Rank #385one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations)
- 从x3 | Chapter Rank #76from; 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
- 鬼门关x1 | Chapter Rank #386the gates of hell
- 往返x1 | Chapter Rank #387to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
- 几x1 | Chapter Rank #388small tablehow many; how much; several; a few(literary) almost
- 多次x1 | Chapter Rank #389many times; repeatedly
- 早x2 | Chapter Rank #143early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 到达x1 | Chapter Rank #390to reach; to arrive
- 之前x1 | Chapter Rank #391before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 蜂拥x1 | Chapter Rank #392to swarm; to flock; to throng
- 三万人x2 | Chapter Rank #144
- 趁x1 | Chapter Rank #393to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- 立足未稳x1 | Chapter Rank #394
- 之际x1 | Chapter Rank #395during; at the time of
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #396(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])to desire; to invite; to request
- 打x3 | Chapter Rank #77a 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")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 跑x1 | Chapter Rank #397to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off(of an animal) to paw (the ground)