Vocabulary: 笨人的成圣之道：曾国藩

• lǎo mālao3 ma1老妈x3 | Book Rank #5338mother; mom
• sǎosao3嫂x1 | Book Rank #12801(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
• yōu rányou1 ran2悠然x1 | Book Rank #12802unhurried; leisurely
• sān zisan1 zi5三子x1 | Book Rank #12803
• sān shí sān tiānsan1 shi2 san1 tian1三十三天x1 | Book Rank #12804
• Yán lúoYan2 luo2阎罗x1 | Book Rank #12805(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
• gǔigui3鬼x2 | Book Rank #7600disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
• liǎng biānliang3 bian1两边x1 | Book Rank #12806either side; both sides
• juànjuan4倦x1 | Book Rank #12807tired; weary; fatigued
• ān shuìan1 shui4安睡x1 | Book Rank #12808
• zhōu wéizhou1 wei2周围x1 | Book Rank #12809environs; surroundings; periphery
• zhāizhai1摘x5 | Book Rank #3333to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
• dīng níngding1 ning2叮咛x1 | Book Rank #12810to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently
• huànhuan4患x5 | Book Rank #3334to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
• sān fēn zhī èrsan1 fen1 zhi1 er4三分之二x1 | Book Rank #12811
• dǎo dàndao3 dan4捣蛋x1 | Book Rank #12812to cause trouble; to stir up trouble
• zhòng sǔo zhōu zhīzhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1众所周知x1 | Book Rank #12813(idiom) as everyone knows
• fā kuángfa1 kuang2发狂x1 | Book Rank #12814crazy; mad; madly
• náonao2挠x1 | Book Rank #12815to scratch; to thwart; to yield
• náo yǎngnao2 yang3挠痒x2 | Book Rank #7601
• è ráne4 ran2愕然x1 | Book Rank #12816stunned; amazed
• jiē jìnjie1 jin4接近x3 | Book Rank #5339to approach; to get close to
• wěi shēngwei3 sheng1尾声x2 | Book Rank #7602coda; epilogue; end
• rén jiān yān huǒren2 jian1 yan1 huo3人间烟火x1 | Book Rank #12817
• fán fū sú zǐfan2 fu1 su2 zi3凡夫俗子x6 | Book Rank #2831common people; ordinary folk
• shàng yǎn píshang4 yan3 pi2上眼皮x1 | Book Rank #12818
• xià yǎn píxia4 yan3 pi2下眼皮x1 | Book Rank #12819
• jǐn tiē zàijin3 tie1 zai4紧贴在x1 | Book Rank #12820
• fēn bù kāifen1 bu4 kai1分不开x1 | Book Rank #12821
• jì rán rú cǐji4 ran2 ru2 ci3既然如此x1 | Book Rank #12822
• líu míngliu2 ming2留名x2 | Book Rank #7603to leave one's name; to leave one's mark
• mò mò wú wénmo4 mo4 wu2 wen2默默无闻x1 | Book Rank #12823(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
• nǐuniu3扭x1 | Book Rank #12824to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips
• yǎo jǐn yáyao3 jin3 ya2咬紧牙x2 | Book Rank #7604
• diǎn jídian3 ji2典籍x1 | Book Rank #12825ancient books or records
• qīng shǐqing1 shi3清史x1 | Book Rank #12826
• èr shí sì ShǐEr4 shi2 si4 Shi3二十四史x1 | Book Rank #12827the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story
• fēi dú bù kěfei1 du2 bu4 ke3非读不可x1 | Book Rank #12828
• bǐ cǐ zhī jiānbi3 ci3 zhi1 jian1彼此之间x1 | Book Rank #12829
• zǔ chéng bù fènzu3 cheng2 bu4 fen4组成部分x1 | Book Rank #12830part; component; ingredient; constituent
• kàn qǐ laikan4 qi3 lai5看起来x4 | Book Rank #4076seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
• rùo bù jīn fēngruo4 bu4 jin1 feng1弱不禁风x1 | Book Rank #12831lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); fig. extremely delicate; fragile
• yíng yǎng bù liángying2 yang3 bu4 liang2营养不良x2 | Book Rank #7605malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy
• wèi shēng tiáo jiànwei4 sheng1 tiao2 jian4卫生条件x1 | Book Rank #12832
• náo yǎng yangnao2 yang3 yang5挠痒痒x1 | Book Rank #12833to tickle
• hóng xiù tiān xiānghong2 xiu4 tian1 xiang1红袖添香x1 | Book Rank #12834
• huà méihua4 mei2画眉x1 | Book Rank #12835to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
• shēn qiǎnshen1 qian3深浅x1 | Book Rank #12836deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum
• xiǎo bǎ xìxiao3 ba3 xi4小把戏x1 | Book Rank #12837
• qǐ chūqi3 chu1起初x2 | Book Rank #7606originally; at first; at the outset