Vocabulary: 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩

• xùxu4序x4 | Book Rank #3365(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• rénren2人x679 | Book Rank #13person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
• yào, yāoyao4, yao1要x344 | Book Rank #33要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
• húohuo2活x59 | Book Rank #264to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
• gě, gège3, ge4个x639 | Book Rank #15个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• míng baiming2 bai5明白x59 | Book Rank #265clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
• Zēng Gúo fānZeng1 Guo2 fan1曾国藩x2029 | Book Rank #3Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
• zhè gezhe4 ge5这个x345 | Book Rank #32(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
• yóu yúyou2 yu2由于x28 | Book Rank #555due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
• tāta1他x1294 | Book Rank #5(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
• zài lì shǐ shàngzai4 li4 shi3 shang4在历史上x5 | Book Rank #2853
• jiàn lìjian4 li4建立x11 | Book Rank #1416to establish; to set up; to found
• liǎo, leliao3, le5了x2489 | Book Rank #2了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
• shì gōngshi4 gong1事功x5 | Book Rank #2854
• Shǐ, shǐShi3, shi3史x41 | Book Rank #385史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
• chēng, chèncheng1, chen4称x70 | Book Rank #224称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
• píng dìng, Píng dìngping2 ding4, Ping2 ding4平定x3 | Book Rank #4134平定 píng dìng: 平定 ping2 ding4: to pacify平定 Píng dìng: 平定 Ping2 ding4: see 平定縣|平定县[Ping2 ding4 Xian4]
• Hóng, hóngHong2, hong2洪x116 | Book Rank #115洪 Hóng: 洪 Hong2: surname Hong洪 hóng: 洪 hong2: flood; big; great
• yáng, Yángyang2, Yang2杨x12 | Book Rank #1301杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang
• zhīzhi1之x704 | Book Rank #10(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
• luànluan4乱x29 | Book Rank #533in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
• zhè, zhèizhe4, zhei4这x1159 | Book Rank #6这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
• jìujiu4就x904 | Book Rank #7(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 ...
• dǎo zhìdao3 zhi4导致x41 | Book Rank #386to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
• hòu shìhou4 shi4后世x18 | Book Rank #857later generations
• dùidui4对x314 | Book Rank #40right; 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
• tā deta1 de5他的x187 | Book Rank #69
• yán jīuyan2 jiu1研究x37 | Book Rank #422research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
• jíji2及x81 | Book Rank #182and; to reach; up to; in time for
• píng jiàping2 jia4评价x12 | Book Rank #1302to evaluate; to assess
• nán yǐnan2 yi3难以x10 | Book Rank #1558hard to (predict, imagine etc)
• tūo lítuo1 li2脱离x5 | Book Rank #2855to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
• shí dài, Shí dàishi2 dai4, Shi2 dai4时代x38 | Book Rank #407时代 shí dài: 时代 shi2 dai4: age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]时代 Shí dài: 时代 Shi2 dai4: Time, US weekly news magazine
• dì, dí, dī, dedi4, di2, di1, de5的x4946 | Book Rank #1的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
• zhèng zhìzheng4 zhi4政治x16 | Book Rank #962politics; political
• tè sète4 se4特色x3 | Book Rank #4135a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
• dàn shìdan4 shi4但是x27 | Book Rank #573but; however
• cháng, tǎngchang2, tang3倘x27 | Book Rank #574倘 cháng: 倘 chang2: used in 倘佯[chang2 yang2]倘 tǎng: 倘 tang3: if; supposing; in case
• zhèng zhì xuézheng4 zhi4 xue2政治学x1 | Book Rank #8138politics; political science
• fàn chóufan4 chou2范畴x1 | Book Rank #8139category
• qiāng, jiàng, jiāngqiang1, jiang4, jiang1将x192 | Book Rank #64将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: 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])
• lì shǐli4 shi3历史x57 | Book Rank #274history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
• húi gūihui2 gui1回归x2 | Book Rank #5504to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
• wǒ menwo3 men5我们x34 | Book Rank #456we; us; ourselves; our
• kuài, hùikuai4, hui4会x161 | Book Rank #84会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
• fā xiànfa1 xian4发现x75 | Book Rank #205to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
• qíqi2其x211 | Book Rank #57his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
• xíng xiàngxing2 xiang4形象x3 | Book Rank #4136image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid
• zàizai4在x879 | Book Rank #8to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
• yān wùyan1 wu4烟雾x1 | Book Rank #8140smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes