Vocabulary: 第三章 仕途黑暗，告别官场寄情山水
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 中x30 | Chapter Rank #38(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 进士x5 | Chapter Rank #280successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 等待x5 | Chapter Rank #281to wait; to wait for
- 吏部x2 | Chapter Rank #693Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
- 任命x3 | Chapter Rank #467to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- 时x40 | Chapter Rank #28o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 每天x5 | Chapter Rank #282every day
- 躲x2 | Chapter Rank #694to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- 驿馆x1 | Chapter Rank #1183
- 呵x1 | Chapter Rank #1184(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated); interjection of surprise
- 着手x1 | Chapter Rank #1185to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- 读书x3 | Chapter Rank #468to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 那x36 | Chapter Rank #31surname Nuosurname Na(archaic) many; beautiful; how(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)
- 段时间x2 | Chapter Rank #695
- 揭x8 | Chapter Rank #180to take the lid off; to expose; to unmasksurname Jie
- 傒x8 | Chapter Rank #181(old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1]; to wait; servant; path
- 斯x8 | Chapter Rank #182Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4](phonetic); this
- 经常x4 | Chapter Rank #347frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 和x58 | Chapter Rank #20to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs(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; Japanesesurname He
- 一群x4 | Chapter Rank #348
- 大都城x1 | Chapter Rank #1186
- 半吊子x1 | Chapter Rank #1187dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
- 文人x2 | Chapter Rank #696cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 找x8 | Chapter Rank #183to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- 大家x2 | Chapter Rank #697everyone; influential family; great expert
- 谈论x2 | Chapter Rank #698to discuss; to talk about
- 诗词歌赋x2 | Chapter Rank #699
- 为政x1 | Chapter Rank #1188
- 术x3 | Chapter Rank #469method; techniquevarious genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
- 谈x2 | Chapter Rank #700surname Tanto speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- 得x25 | Chapter Rank #43to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 不亦乐乎x1 | Chapter Rank #1189lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
- 一x58 | Chapter Rank #21one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 天x11 | Chapter Rank #125day; sky; heaven
- 拿x6 | Chapter Rank #231to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 着x23 | Chapter Rank #50to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applya move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 任命书x1 | Chapter Rank #1190
- 兴奋x2 | Chapter Rank #701excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- 地x22 | Chapter Rank #54earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 你x70 | Chapter Rank #15you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 被x23 | Chapter Rank #51quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 为x15 | Chapter Rank #81because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 江西x16 | Chapter Rank #75see 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 高安x33 | Chapter Rank #34see 高安市[Gao1 an1 Shi4]
- 县长x17 | Chapter Rank #71county's head commissioner
- 助理x4 | Chapter Rank #349assistant
- 县丞x8 | Chapter Rank #184
- 啦x5 | Chapter Rank #283sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
- 大喜x1 | Chapter Rank #1191exultation
- 内心x5 | Chapter Rank #284heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter