Vocabulary: 前言
from 帝范 臣轨 庭训格言（精）
- 当作x1 | Chapter Rank #521to treat as; to regard as
- 末x2 | Chapter Rank #235tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- 或x1 | Chapter Rank #522maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 理x2 | Chapter Rank #236texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 宜x3 | Chapter Rank #150proper; should; suitable; appropriatesurname Yi
- 永隆x1 | Chapter Rank #523
- 愚昧x1 | Chapter Rank #524ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
- 弘道x2 | Chapter Rank #237
- 十二月x1 | Chapter Rank #525December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
- 临朝x2 | Chapter Rank #238to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)
- 之后x3 | Chapter Rank #151after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 修撰x1 | Chapter Rank #526to compile; to compose
- 四月x1 | Chapter Rank #527April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- 七日x1 | Chapter Rank #528
- 兆x1 | Chapter Rank #529surname Zhao(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-; (Tw) trillion; tera-; (old) billion
- 本业x1 | Chapter Rank #530business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture
- 记x3 | Chapter Rank #152to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 颁x1 | Chapter Rank #531to promulgate; to send out; to issue; to grant or confer
- 集x5 | Chapter Rank #88to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- 所谓x2 | Chapter Rank #239what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 必x1 | Chapter Rank #532certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 相对x1 | Chapter Rank #533relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- 旧x2 | Chapter Rank #240old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #534(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 为何x1 | Chapter Rank #535why
- 查x2 | Chapter Rank #241to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)surname Zha
- 所撰x1 | Chapter Rank #536
- 除x2 | Chapter Rank #242to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- 外x2 | Chapter Rank #243outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 无x1 | Chapter Rank #537used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 据此x2 | Chapter Rank #244accordingly; in view of the above
- 中间x1 | Chapter Rank #538the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #539only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 光x2 | Chapter Rank #245light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 宅x2 | Chapter Rank #246residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
- 宴x1 | Chapter Rank #540(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful; at ease
- 驾x1 | Chapter Rank #541surname Jiato harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
- 初x3 | Chapter Rank #153(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 千头万绪x1 | Chapter Rank #542plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
- 日理万机x1 | Chapter Rank #543
- 恐无x1 | Chapter Rank #544
- 著书x1 | Chapter Rank #545to write a book
- 清末x1 | Chapter Rank #546the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- 民初x1 | Chapter Rank #547
- 历史x2 | Chapter Rank #247history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 地理学家x1 | Chapter Rank #548geographer
- 杨守敬x3 | Chapter Rank #154
- 访x2 | Chapter Rank #248(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 书志x3 | Chapter Rank #155
- 写道x1 | Chapter Rank #549to write (used before or after a quoted passage)