Vocabulary: 第五篇卷尾琐语
from 从大历史角度读蒋介石日记
- 出于意外x1 | Chapter Rank #675
- 迅速x2 | Chapter Rank #339rapid; speedy; fast
- 失败x3 | Chapter Rank #220to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 来得x1 | Chapter Rank #676to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- 离奇x1 | Chapter Rank #677odd; bizarre
- 举凡x1 | Chapter Rank #678such things as ...; examples including ... (etc); without exception; every; any
- 中山舰x1 | Chapter Rank #679
- 事件x1 | Chapter Rank #680incident; event
- 发生x2 | Chapter Rank #340to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 北伐x1 | Chapter Rank #681the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- 期间x2 | Chapter Rank #341period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 武昌x1 | Chapter Rank #682see 武昌區|武昌区[Wu3 chang1 Qu1]
- 城下x1 | Chapter Rank #683
- 顿挫x1 | Chapter Rank #684a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punctuated by a transition; with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
- 却x3 | Chapter Rank #221but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 江西x1 | Chapter Rank #685see 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 打开x2 | Chapter Rank #342to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 局面x4 | Chapter Rank #162aspect; phase; situation
- 中原x1 | Chapter Rank #686Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
- 大战x1 | Chapter Rank #687war; to wage war
- 红军x1 | Chapter Rank #688Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
- 围剿x2 | Chapter Rank #343to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively
- 反x4 | Chapter Rank #163contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 九一八事变x1 | Chapter Rank #689the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
- 西安x1 | Chapter Rank #690see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
- 蒙难x1 | Chapter Rank #691to meet with disaster; killed; in the clutches of the enemy; to fall foul of; in danger
- 都x11 | Chapter Rank #53all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 事前x2 | Chapter Rank #344in advance; before the event
- 逆x1 | Chapter Rank #692contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
- 睹x1 | Chapter Rank #693to observe; to see
- 场合x1 | Chapter Rank #694situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- 即x22 | Chapter Rank #19namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 主持x6 | Chapter Rank #100to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- 作战x8 | Chapter Rank #76combat; to fight
- 胸中x1 | Chapter Rank #695one's mind
- 稍x1 | Chapter Rank #696used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]somewhat; a little
- 存x1 | Chapter Rank #697to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- 概念x1 | Chapter Rank #698concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 谈不上x1 | Chapter Rank #699to be out of the question
- 筹谋x1 | Chapter Rank #700to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
- 计划x2 | Chapter Rank #345plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- 所以x3 | Chapter Rank #222therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 被x6 | Chapter Rank #101quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 逼x3 | Chapter Rank #223to compel; to pressureto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- 入x2 | Chapter Rank #346to 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")
- 内地x2 | Chapter Rank #347inland; interior; hinterlandmainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
- 困窘x2 | Chapter Rank #348embarrassment
- 情形x6 | Chapter Rank #102circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 美国x2 | Chapter Rank #349United States; USA; US
- 参战x1 | Chapter Rank #701to go to war; to engage in war