Vocabulary: 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩

• suō bó zisuo1 bo2 zi5缩脖子x1 | Book Rank #12767
• bǎo méibao3 mei2保媒x1 | Book Rank #12768to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
• lā qiànla1 qian4拉纤x1 | Book Rank #12769
• nán chánnan2 chan2难缠x2 | Book Rank #7591(usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with
• lā pí tiáola1 pi2 tiao2拉皮条x3 | Book Rank #5335to procure; to act as pimp
• pí tiáopi2 tiao2皮条x1 | Book Rank #12770thong; leather strap; pimp; procurer
• zhāo rězhao1 re3招惹x2 | Book Rank #7592to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
• zhāng yá wǔ zhǎozhang1 ya2 wu3 zhao3张牙舞爪x1 | Book Rank #12771to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
• zòng shēnzong4 shen1纵身x1 | Book Rank #12772to leap; to spring; to throw oneself
• xiá qūxia2 qu1辖区x1 | Book Rank #12773administrative region
• yán jìnyan2 jin4严禁x1 | Book Rank #12774to strictly prohibit
• lǔ lüèlu3 lu:e4掳掠x2 | Book Rank #7593to plunder; to pillage; (fig.) to win (people's hearts)
• jūn jìjun1 ji4军纪x2 | Book Rank #7594
• yíng qǔying2 qu3迎娶x1 | Book Rank #12775(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)
• gān fàngan1 fan4干犯x1 | Book Rank #12776
• gúo fǎguo2 fa3国法x1 | Book Rank #12777national law
• nán yán zhī yǐnnan2 yan2 zhi1 yin3难言之隐x2 | Book Rank #7595a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom); sth too embarrassing to mention; an embarrassing illness
• yǎngyang3痒x8 | Book Rank #2149to itch; to tickle
• nán shòunan2 shou4难受x2 | Book Rank #7596to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
• yǎng yangyang3 yang5痒痒x1 | Book Rank #12778to itch; to tickle
• gài niàngai4 nian4概念x4 | Book Rank #4074concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
• rú jiǎ bāo huànru2 jia3 bao1 huan4如假包换x1 | Book Rank #12779replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic
• huàn shanghuan4 shang5患上x1 | Book Rank #12780to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness)
• guài bìngguai4 bing4怪病x1 | Book Rank #12781
• bìng huànbing4 huan4病患x1 | Book Rank #12782illness; disease; patient; sufferer
• fàng làng xíng háifang4 lang4 xing2 hai2放浪形骸x1 | Book Rank #12783to abandon all restraint (idiom)
• sī shēng húosi1 sheng1 huo2私生活x1 | Book Rank #12784private life
• jiǎn diǎnjian3 dian3检点x1 | Book Rank #12785to examine; to check; to keep a lookout; cautious; restrained (in speech or mannerisms)
• yī shēnyi1 shen1一身x3 | Book Rank #5336whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
• sāosao1搔x2 | Book Rank #7597to scratch
• sǎsa3洒x1 | Book Rank #12786to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
• chǎng jǐngchang3 jing3场景x4 | Book Rank #4075scene; scenario; situation; setting
• gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔgao1 zhan1 yuan3 zhu3高瞻远瞩x2 | Book Rank #7598to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
• Sā dànSa1 dan4撒旦x7 | Book Rank #2442Satan or Shaitan
• Xià wáXia4 wa2夏娃x1 | Book Rank #12787Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
• tiān tíngtian1 ting2天庭x2 | Book Rank #7599middle of the forehead; imperial court; heaven
• chén shìchen2 shi4尘世x1 | Book Rank #12788(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
• zhù huázhu4 hua2驻华x1 | Book Rank #12789stationed in China; located in China
• dà shǐ guǎnda4 shi3 guan3大使馆x1 | Book Rank #12790embassy; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
• Zhōng wénZhong1 wen2中文x1 | Book Rank #12791Chinese language
• yùn huíyun4 hui2运回x1 | Book Rank #12792
• Lún dūnLun2 dun1伦敦x1 | Book Rank #12793London, capital of United Kingdom
• dàng àndang4 an4档案x1 | Book Rank #12794file; record; archive
• gōng gònggong1 gong4公共x1 | Book Rank #12795public; common; communal
• dàng àn júdang4 an4 ju2档案局x1 | Book Rank #12796
• xīn yǒuxin1 you3辛酉x1 | Book Rank #12797fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
• shí jiǔ rìshi2 jiu3 ri4十九日x1 | Book Rank #12798
• zhào zhǐzhao4 zhi3诏旨x1 | Book Rank #12799imperial edict
• jìji4暨x1 | Book Rank #12800(literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")
• gònggong4共x3 | Book Rank #5337common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party