Vocabulary: 第008章 狼狈
from 陈二狗的妖孽人生
- 文学x1 | Chapter Rank #678literature
- 修养x1 | Chapter Rank #679accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- 寒碜x1 | Chapter Rank #680ugly; shameful; to ridicule
- 完全x1 | Chapter Rank #681complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 一窍不通x1 | Chapter Rank #682lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
- 江湖x1 | Chapter Rank #683rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 三教九流x1 | Chapter Rank #684the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
- 存有x1 | Chapter Rank #685to hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (sentiments); (of abstract things) to exist; there is
- 一点x2 | Chapter Rank #212a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 敬畏x1 | Chapter Rank #686to revere
- 之x1 | Chapter Rank #687(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 半桶水x1 | Chapter Rank #688(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth); dabbler
- 每个x1 | Chapter Rank #689each; every
- 行业x1 | Chapter Rank #690trade; profession; industry; business
- 难免x1 | Chapter Rank #691hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- 一两个x1 | Chapter Rank #692
- 称得上x1 | Chapter Rank #693can be counted as
- 大家x2 | Chapter Rank #213everyone; influential family; great expert
- 角色x1 | Chapter Rank #694role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- 风水x2 | Chapter Rank #214feng shui; geomancy
- 堪舆x1 | Chapter Rank #695geomancy
- 眼前x1 | Chapter Rank #696before one's eyes; now; at present
- 正统x1 | Chapter Rank #697orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimateZhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
- 大体x1 | Chapter Rank #698in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #699(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 无非x1 | Chapter Rank #700only; nothing else
- 讲究x1 | Chapter Rank #701to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #702surname Santhree; 3
- 停x2 | Chapter Rank #215to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- 五官x1 | Chapter Rank #703five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
- 十二宫x1 | Chapter Rank #704the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
- 说来x1 | Chapter Rank #705
- 进x2 | Chapter Rank #216to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 门槛x1 | Chapter Rank #706doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- 门道x1 | Chapter Rank #707doorway; gatewaythe way to do sth; knack
- 玄乎x1 | Chapter Rank #708unreliable; incredible
- 呢x1 | Chapter Rank #709(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 不错x1 | Chapter Rank #710correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 老头x1 | Chapter Rank #711old fellow; old man; father; husband
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #712to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 早x1 | Chapter Rank #713early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 全x1 | Chapter Rank #714surname Quanall; whole; entire; every; complete
- 就学x1 | Chapter Rank #715to attend school
- 监察官x1 | Chapter Rank #716
- 宫x2 | Chapter Rank #217surname Gongpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- 以及x1 | Chapter Rank #717and; as well as
- 奴仆x1 | Chapter Rank #718servant
- 眼x1 | Chapter Rank #719eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- 眉x1 | Chapter Rank #720eyebrow; upper margin
- 我的x2 | Chapter Rank #218