Vocabulary: 第十七章 传奇故事在民间
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 不要脸x1 | Chapter Rank #1201to have no sense of shame; shameless
- 吹嘘x1 | Chapter Rank #1202to brag
- 连x5 | Chapter Rank #206surname Lianto link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- 北伐x1 | Chapter Rank #1203the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- 魏国x1 | Chapter Rank #1204Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
- 活活x1 | Chapter Rank #1205while still alive; simply; totally
- 累死x1 | Chapter Rank #1206
- 好意思x1 | Chapter Rank #1207to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
- 一统天下x3 | Chapter Rank #356
- 说完x5 | Chapter Rank #207
- 木牌x2 | Chapter Rank #557
- 拿到x1 | Chapter Rank #1208to get; to obtain
- 手x1 | Chapter Rank #1209hand; (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]
- 掉x1 | Chapter Rank #1210to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 小x4 | Chapter Rank #260small; tiny; few; young
- 大吃一惊x2 | Chapter Rank #558(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
- 家伙x1 | Chapter Rank #1211household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- 真是x5 | Chapter Rank #208indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- 神人x1 | Chapter Rank #1212God; deity
- 一千多年x2 | Chapter Rank #559
- 副x1 | Chapter Rank #1213secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- 金x3 | Chapter Rank #357surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 鸣x1 | Chapter Rank #1214to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- 指x7 | Chapter Rank #143finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #1215(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 本x3 | Chapter Rank #358(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 丁酉年x1 | Chapter Rank #1216
- 酉x1 | Chapter Rank #121710th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
- 即x1 | Chapter Rank #1218namely; 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
- 九月九x1 | Chapter Rank #1219
- 地支x1 | Chapter Rank #1220the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- 戌x2 | Chapter Rank #560used in 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 r5]11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog; ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
- 生肖x1 | Chapter Rank #1221one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac
- 狗x1 | Chapter Rank #1222dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- 显然x2 | Chapter Rank #561clearly; evidently; obviously
- 正午x2 | Chapter Rank #562midday; noon; noonday
- 时辰x1 | Chapter Rank #1223time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
- 现在x3 | Chapter Rank #359now; at present; currently
- 再x5 | Chapter Rank #209again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 下联x3 | Chapter Rank #360
- 田x1 | Chapter Rank #1224surname Tianfield; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- 加x2 | Chapter Rank #563to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 刀x1 | Chapter Rank #1225knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)surname Dao
- 旁x1 | Chapter Rank #1226one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- 劉x1 | Chapter Rank #1227surname Liu(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- 刘x2 | Chapter Rank #564surname Liu(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- 繁体x1 | Chapter Rank #1228traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3]
- 原来x3 | Chapter Rank #361original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 今天x2 | Chapter Rank #565today; the present time; now
- 将x3 | Chapter Rank #362will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request