Vocabulary: 三见西太后
from 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩
- 皇太后x6 | Chapter Rank #30empress dowager
- 问x32 | Chapter Rank #2to ask; to inquire
- 五更x1 | Chapter Rank #269fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
- 起x9 | Chapter Rank #15to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 寅x1 | Chapter Rank #2703rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- 正x6 | Chapter Rank #31straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positivefirst month of the lunar year
- 一刻x1 | Chapter Rank #271
- 也x11 | Chapter Rank #11surname 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]
- 饭后x4 | Chapter Rank #56
- 趋x3 | Chapter Rank #83to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- 朝x9 | Chapter Rank #16abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Koreaimperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsmorning
- 卯x1 | Chapter Rank #272mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
- 初二x1 | Chapter Rank #273second year in junior middle school
- 刻x3 | Chapter Rank #84quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- 景x1 | Chapter Rank #274(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlightsurname Jing
- 运x1 | Chapter Rank #275to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- 门x2 | Chapter Rank #140surname Mengate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- 至x5 | Chapter Rank #39to arrive; most; to; until
- 内务府x1 | Chapter Rank #276Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
- 房x3 | Chapter Rank #85house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)surname Fang
- 坐x6 | Chapter Rank #32surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 军机大臣x1 | Chapter Rank #277
- 李x3 | Chapter Rank #86plumsurname Li
- 兰x2 | Chapter Rank #141orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- 生x3 | Chapter Rank #87to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 鸿x1 | Chapter Rank #278eastern bean goose; great; large
- 藻x1 | Chapter Rank #279aquatic grasses; elegant
- 沈x3 | Chapter Rank #88surname Shen(literary) juiceshort name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]
- 经x3 | Chapter Rank #89surname Jingclassics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- 笙x3 | Chapter Rank #90sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
- 桂x1 | Chapter Rank #280surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]cassia; laurel
- 芬x1 | Chapter Rank #281perfume; fragrance
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #91to 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])
- 谈x8 | Chapter Rank #19surname Tanto speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- 旋x5 | Chapter Rank #40to whirl; immediatelyto revolve; a loop; a circle
- 出x6 | Chapter Rank #33to 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
- 迎候x3 | Chapter Rank #92
- 文x2 | Chapter Rank #142surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 博川x2 | Chapter Rank #143
- 祥x1 | Chapter Rank #282auspicious; propitious
- 宝x2 | Chapter Rank #144jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 佩x2 | Chapter Rank #145to respect; to wear (belt etc)girdle ornaments
- 衡x2 | Chapter Rank #146to weigh; weight; measure
- 鋆x1 | Chapter Rank #283gold
- 同x1 | Chapter Rank #284like; same; similar; together; alike; withused in 胡同[hu2 tong4]used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- 恭亲王x2 | Chapter Rank #147Grand Prince (Qing title)
- 军x1 | Chapter Rank #285(bound form) army; military
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #286opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 毕x3 | Chapter Rank #93surname Bithe whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- 又x7 | Chapter Rank #23(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway