Vocabulary: 前言
from 传习录
- 名落孙山x1 | Chapter Rank #1124lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
- 春x1 | Chapter Rank #1125surname Chunspring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- 第三次x1 | Chapter Rank #1126
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #1127successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 先后x5 | Chapter Rank #285early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- 观政x1 | Chapter Rank #1128
- 工部x2 | Chapter Rank #677Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
- 官x4 | Chapter Rank #354surname Guangovernment official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 刑部x3 | Chapter Rank #468Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
- 云南x1 | Chapter Rank #1129see 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 清吏司x6 | Chapter Rank #235
- 主x8 | Chapter Rank #156owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 改任x2 | Chapter Rank #678
- 兵部x3 | Chapter Rank #469Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 武x1 | Chapter Rank #1130surname Wumartial; military
- 选x2 | Chapter Rank #679to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- 正德x35 | Chapter Rank #20Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
- 元年x3 | Chapter Rank #470first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- 丙寅x3 | Chapter Rank #471third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
- 湛x9 | Chapter Rank #129surname Zhandeep; clear (water)
- 水x21 | Chapter Rank #45surname Shui; Shui ethnic groupwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 元x1 | Chapter Rank #1131currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eonsurname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 明x13 | Chapter Rank #84Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 甘泉x2 | Chapter Rank #680see 甘泉縣|甘泉县[Gan1 quan2 Xian4]
- 广东x1 | Chapter Rank #1132see 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
- 增城x2 | Chapter Rank #681see 增城區|增城区[Zeng1 cheng2 Qu1]
- 北京x8 | Chapter Rank #157Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 定x7 | Chapter Rank #191to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 交x5 | Chapter Rank #286to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- 共x6 | Chapter Rank #236common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 昌明x1 | Chapter Rank #1133flourishing; thriving
- 圣x5 | Chapter Rank #287(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 同年x2 | Chapter Rank #682the same year
- 十月x8 | Chapter Rank #158October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
- 南京x14 | Chapter Rank #77see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- 给事中x1 | Chapter Rank #1134
- 戴x3 | Chapter Rank #472to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to supportsurname Dai
- 铣x3 | Chapter Rank #473shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3]
- 御史x2 | Chapter Rank #683imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- 薄x1 | Chapter Rank #1135surname Bothin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertilemeager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or nearsee 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- 彦x1 | Chapter Rank #1136accomplished; elegant
- 徽x1 | Chapter Rank #1137badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms
- 蒋x1 | Chapter Rank #1138surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
- 钦x1 | Chapter Rank #1139to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himselfsurname Qin
- 疏x9 | Chapter Rank #130to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotationsurname Shu
- 要求x3 | Chapter Rank #474to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 留用x1 | Chapter Rank #1140to keep for use; to retain sth; to keep sb in his job
- 被迫x1 | Chapter Rank #1141to be compelled; to be forced
- 去职x1 | Chapter Rank #1142to leave office
- 刘x3 | Chapter Rank #475(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughtersurname Liu