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)
- reason; grounds; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- since; as; this being the case
- to make out; to see
- among; in; included among these
- 门道 mén dào: 门道 men2 dao4: doorway; gateway门道 mén dao: 门道 men2 dao5: the way to do sth; knack
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...
- to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance
- to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- to speak; words
- respectful
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- ability; 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
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- the truth about sth; the actual facts
- lit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything; to make a clean breast of it all
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- to sneer
- 西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish西 xī: 西 xi1: west
- to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
- actually; in fact; really
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- 中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- nowadays; now
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word; to point out bluntly
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- each other; mutually; mutual
- to whisper to one another's ear
- (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")
- to be afraid; to be scared
- (coll.) even if
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- now; this moment