Vocabulary: 第二章 少年奇才，23岁进士及第
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 请客x1 | Chapter Rank #1960to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
- 肯定x7 | Chapter Rank #300to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- 上首x1 | Chapter Rank #1961seat of honor; first place
- 第一次x5 | Chapter Rank #443the first time; for the first time
- 过程x2 | Chapter Rank #1060course of events; process
- 有些x2 | Chapter Rank #1061some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 慧眼识珠x1 | Chapter Rank #1962
- 混x1 | Chapter Rank #1963Taiwan pr. [hun4]to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless
- 亲密x2 | Chapter Rank #1062intimate; close
- 战友x1 | Chapter Rank #1964comrade-in-arms; battle companion
- 就要x4 | Chapter Rank #559will; shall; to be going to
- 第二张x1 | Chapter Rank #1965
- 椅子x3 | Chapter Rank #716chair; CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
- 紧接着x1 | Chapter Rank #1966immediately afterwards; shortly after that
- 灭x8 | Chapter Rank #263to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 族x1 | Chapter Rank #1967race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
- 未x7 | Chapter Rank #301not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 来得及x3 | Chapter Rank #717to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
- 下马x1 | Chapter Rank #1968to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
- 休息x2 | Chapter Rank #1063rest; to rest
- 关于x4 | Chapter Rank #560pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 开战x2 | Chapter Rank #1064to start a war; to make war; to battle against
- 补充x3 | Chapter Rank #718to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 金国x11 | Chapter Rank #197
- 全面x3 | Chapter Rank #719all-around; comprehensive; total; overall
- 北京x2 | Chapter Rank #1065Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 龟缩x2 | Chapter Rank #1066to withdraw; to hole up
- 开封x6 | Chapter Rank #360see 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4]to open (sth that has been sealed)
- 穷追猛打x1 | Chapter Rank #1969
- 转身x3 | Chapter Rank #720(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- 中亚x1 | Chapter Rank #1970Central Asia
- 强国x2 | Chapter Rank #1067powerful country; great power(ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
- 花剌子x1 | Chapter Rank #1971
- 模x1 | Chapter Rank #1972to imitate; model; norm; patternmold; die; matrix; pattern
- 回国x1 | Chapter Rank #1973to return to one's home country
- 稍作x2 | Chapter Rank #1068
- 使x10 | Chapter Rank #209to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 北宋x8 | Chapter Rank #264the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
- 筋疲力尽x1 | Chapter Rank #1974body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent
- 西夏x1 | Chapter Rank #1975see 西夏區|西夏区[Xi1 xia4 Qu1]Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
- 王国x4 | Chapter Rank #561kingdom; realm
- 本x4 | Chapter Rank #562(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
- 病逝x1 | Chapter Rank #1976to die of illness
- 临死前x1 | Chapter Rank #1977
- 继任者x1 | Chapter Rank #1978successor
- 重兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1979massive military force
- 驻防x1 | Chapter Rank #1980
- 潼关x4 | Chapter Rank #563see 潼關縣|潼关县[Tong2 guan1 Xian4]
- 陕西x3 | Chapter Rank #721see 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]
- 一边x2 | Chapter Rank #1069one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while