Vocabulary: 越缦堂与湘绮楼的孽缘
from 毕竟战功谁第一
- 经术x1 | Chapter Rank #217
- 淹x1 | Chapter Rank #218to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
- 贯x1 | Chapter Rank #219to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- 礼x1 | Chapter Rank #220gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesysurname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- 文x1 | Chapter Rank #221surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 特x2 | Chapter Rank #92special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 授x1 | Chapter Rank #222(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 翰林x1 | Chapter Rank #223refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 检讨x1 | Chapter Rank #224to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review
- 入x1 | Chapter Rank #225to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 民国x1 | Chapter Rank #226Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #227surname Rento assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 国史馆x1 | Chapter Rank #228
- 馆长x1 | Chapter Rank #229
- 比较x1 | Chapter Rank #230to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 二人x3 | Chapter Rank #53
- 简历x1 | Chapter Rank #231curriculum vitae (CV); résumé; biographical notes
- 可知x1 | Chapter Rank #232evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable
- 慈x20 | Chapter Rank #5compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- 铭x20 | Chapter Rank #6to engrave; inscribed motto
- 一生x2 | Chapter Rank #93all one's life; throughout one's life
- 偃x1 | Chapter Rank #233to lie supine; to stop; to fall downsurname Yan
- 蹇x1 | Chapter Rank #234surname Jianlame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse
- 浮x1 | Chapter Rank #235to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- 郎署x1 | Chapter Rank #236
- 语x2 | Chapter Rank #94(literary) to tell; to let (sb) knowdialect; language; speech
- 垂老x1 | Chapter Rank #237approaching old age
- 却x3 | Chapter Rank #54but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 不旋踵x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 而x14 | Chapter Rank #9and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 殁x1 | Chapter Rank #239to end; to die
- 则x7 | Chapter Rank #24(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 少年x2 | Chapter Rank #95early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 成名x1 | Chapter Rank #240to make one's name; to become famous
- 会试x1 | Chapter Rank #241metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- 虽然x1 | Chapter Rank #242although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 售x2 | Chapter Rank #96(bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
- 文名x1 | Chapter Rank #243
- 藉x1 | Chapter Rank #244surname Ji(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉[lang2 ji2](literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
- 甚x1 | Chapter Rank #245excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- 结交x1 | Chapter Rank #246to make friends with
- 尽x3 | Chapter Rank #55to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority toto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 老x2 | Chapter Rank #97prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 苍x1 | Chapter Rank #247dark blue; deep green; ash-graysurname Cang
- 俨然x1 | Chapter Rank #248just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out
- 高大x1 | Chapter Rank #249tall; lofty; towering
- 上x3 | Chapter Rank #56used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 兼得x1 | Chapter Rank #250
- 长寿x1 | Chapter Rank #251longevity; long-livedsee 長壽區|长寿区[Chang2 shou4 Qu1]
- 居然x1 | Chapter Rank #252unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to