Vocabulary: 空前饥饿大赛
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 就是x2 | Chapter Rank #118exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 因为x2 | Chapter Rank #119because; owing to; on account of
- 长期x1 | Chapter Rank #288long-term; for a protracted period
- 患病x1 | Chapter Rank #289to fall ill
- 雨花台x3 | Chapter Rank #65see 雨花臺區|雨花台区[Yu3 hua1 tai2 Qu1]
- 大营x4 | Chapter Rank #42
- 为了x3 | Chapter Rank #66for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 对抗x1 | Chapter Rank #290to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation
- 人潮x1 | Chapter Rank #291a tide of people
- 不断x2 | Chapter Rank #120unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 扩编x1 | Chapter Rank #292to expand (esp. by new recruitment); to increase the army; to augment
- 早期x2 | Chapter Rank #121early period; early phase; early stage
- 初x1 | Chapter Rank #293(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #294to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 湖南x1 | Chapter Rank #295see 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 水陆x1 | Chapter Rank #296water and land; by water and land (transport); amphibian; delicacies from land and sea
- 两x2 | Chapter Rank #122two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 师x1 | Chapter Rank #297surname Shiteacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #123only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 六万x1 | Chapter Rank #298
- 由x1 | Chapter Rank #299to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 发饷x4 | Chapter Rank #43
- 两万人x1 | Chapter Rank #300
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #301right; 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
- 京城x2 | Chapter Rank #124capital of a country
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #302long; (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
- 围坐x1 | Chapter Rank #303to sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
- 困x1 | Chapter Rank #304to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitutesleepy; tired
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #305time; length of time; moment; period
- 单x1 | Chapter Rank #306surname Shanused in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #307merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 城外x1 | Chapter Rank #308outside of a city
- 有x3 | Chapter Rank #67to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 五万x1 | Chapter Rank #309
- 除此之外x1 | Chapter Rank #310apart from this; in addition to this
- 李鸿章x6 | Chapter Rank #20Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 左宗棠x7 | Chapter Rank #17Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
- 相继x1 | Chapter Rank #311in succession; following closely
- 崛起x2 | Chapter Rank #125to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #312to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 有些x1 | Chapter Rank #313some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 名气x1 | Chapter Rank #314reputation; fame
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #126although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 不如x1 | Chapter Rank #315not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 他们x5 | Chapter Rank #28they; them
- 俩x1 | Chapter Rank #316used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; some
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #127but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 要x3 | Chapter Rank #68to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 轧x1 | Chapter Rank #317to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicleto roll (steel)surname Yato crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)
- 闹猛x1 | Chapter Rank #318(dialect) bustling; lively