Vocabulary: 二十一
from 大清相国
- 要x2 | Chapter Rank #176to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 最x1 | Chapter Rank #400(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #401can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 八面玲珑x1 | Chapter Rank #402be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
- 看中x1 | Chapter Rank #403to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- 暗自x2 | Chapter Rank #177inwardly; to oneself; secretly
- 舒x1 | Chapter Rank #404surname Shuto stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely
- 口气x1 | Chapter Rank #405tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- 官场x2 | Chapter Rank #178officialdom; bureaucracy
- 应酬x1 | Chapter Rank #406to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- 很多x1 | Chapter Rank #407
- 不得已x1 | Chapter Rank #408to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- 之x1 | Chapter Rank #409(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 处x1 | Chapter Rank #410to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- 体谅x1 | Chapter Rank #411to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate
- 心里x3 | Chapter Rank #110chest; heart; mind
- 踏实x1 | Chapter Rank #412firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]
- 倦意x1 | Chapter Rank #413
- 喝道x1 | Chapter Rank #414to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
- 下去x2 | Chapter Rank #179to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 困x1 | Chapter Rank #415to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitutesleepy; tired
- 睡x1 | Chapter Rank #416to sleep; to lie down
- 会儿x3 | Chapter Rank #111(coll.) a short while; a moment
- 才x3 | Chapter Rank #112ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #180from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 上爬x1 | Chapter Rank #417
- 跪x3 | Chapter Rank #113to kneel
- 太久x1 | Chapter Rank #418
- 起身x1 | Chapter Rank #419to get up; to leave; to set forth
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #420time; length of time; moment; period
- 只x5 | Chapter Rank #64only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 觉x1 | Chapter Rank #421a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware
- 腿x1 | Chapter Rank #422leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]hip bone
- 酸麻x1 | Chapter Rank #423
- 双眼x1 | Chapter Rank #424the two eyes
- 发黑x1 | Chapter Rank #425
- 跌跌撞撞x1 | Chapter Rank #426to stagger along
- 后退x1 | Chapter Rank #427to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- 直到x1 | Chapter Rank #428until
- 拐弯处x1 | Chapter Rank #429corner; bend
- 敢x1 | Chapter Rank #430to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- 转过x1 | Chapter Rank #431
- 往前走x1 | Chapter Rank #432
- 走过x1 | Chapter Rank #433to walk past; to pass by
- 曲曲折折x1 | Chapter Rank #434
- 回廊x1 | Chapter Rank #435winding corridor; cloister; ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
- 大大小小x1 | Chapter Rank #436large and small; of all sizes
- 厅堂x1 | Chapter Rank #437hall
- 碰x1 | Chapter Rank #438to touch; to meet with; to bump
- 仆役x1 | Chapter Rank #439servant