Vocabulary: 大太监李莲英全传:从宫廷太监到封建社会最后的权臣 (传记馆)
- artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by
- innate character; natural disposition; attitude
- honest; frank; candid
- skill; art
- surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
- character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- to share common interests or views; to get along well; congenial
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
- to 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")
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- true; real
- to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- they; them
- already; since; both... (and...)
- to detest; to loathe; to abhor
- foreign country
- aggressors; invaders
- because; owing to; on account of
- to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 英 yīng: 英 ying1: hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom英 Yīng: 英 Ying1: United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
- 法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- 德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
- to carry out a bloodbath in (a place); (fig.) to wreak havoc on
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- ancient city
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- those
- ruler
- to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- to escape; to flee; to run for one's life
- 和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
- life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to surrender
- to betray one's country
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- unintentionally; not in the mood to
- to resist; to withstand