Vocabulary: 脸皮最厚是朝廷
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 三x2 | Chapter Rank #95surname Santhree; 3
- 年x4 | Chapter Rank #35year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #96o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #54one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #196to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 钱x3 | Chapter Rank #55coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]surname Qian
- 江x3 | Chapter Rank #56river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])
- 师爷x1 | Chapter Rank #197(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official; teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)
- 创造x1 | Chapter Rank #198to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- 因为x2 | Chapter Rank #97because; owing to; on account of
- 要x5 | Chapter Rank #25to 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
- 练兵x2 | Chapter Rank #98to drill troops; army training
- 对抗x2 | Chapter Rank #99to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation
- 洪秀全x2 | Chapter Rank #100Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- 太平军x5 | Chapter Rank #26
- 却x4 | Chapter Rank #36but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 没有x3 | Chapter Rank #57haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 费用x1 | Chapter Rank #199cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- 开创性x1 | Chapter Rank #200innovative
- 地x6 | Chapter Rank #16-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 推出x1 | Chapter Rank #201to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend
- 向x1 | Chapter Rank #202towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...surname Xiangto tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 老百姓x1 | Chapter Rank #203ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 征收x1 | Chapter Rank #204to levy (a tax); to expropriate
- 于x1 | Chapter Rank #205surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 路上x1 | Chapter Rank #206on the road; on the way; en route
- 建立x1 | Chapter Rank #207to establish; to set up; to found
- 关卡x1 | Chapter Rank #208checkpoint (for taxation, security etc); (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape; CL:道[dao4]; Taiwan pr. [guan1ka3]
- 此x3 | Chapter Rank #58this; these
- 路x3 | Chapter Rank #59surname Luroad (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- 你x5 | Chapter Rank #27you (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.)
- 开x1 | Chapter Rank #209to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 树x1 | Chapter Rank #210tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 栽x1 | Chapter Rank #211to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down
- 我x2 | Chapter Rank #101I; me; my
- 堵x2 | Chapter Rank #102to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- 家门x1 | Chapter Rank #212house door; family clan
- 收费x2 | Chapter Rank #103to charge a fee
- 发大财x1 | Chapter Rank #213
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #104hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 明显x1 | Chapter Rank #214clear; distinct; obvious
- 黑社会x1 | Chapter Rank #215criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
- 老大x1 | Chapter Rank #216old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
- 绝活x1 | Chapter Rank #217specialty; unique skill
- 立即x2 | Chapter Rank #105immediately
- 被x3 | Chapter Rank #60quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 采用x1 | Chapter Rank #218to adopt; to employ; to use
- 风靡x1 | Chapter Rank #219fashionable; popular
- 大江南北x1 | Chapter Rank #220north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
- 骆秉章x1 | Chapter Rank #221