Vocabulary: 第八章 谋全局，首战建奇功
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 开疆拓土x4 | Chapter Rank #463(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
- 外人x1 | Chapter Rank #1684outsider; foreigner; stranger
- 看上去x4 | Chapter Rank #464it would appear; it seems (that)
- 认为x7 | Chapter Rank #259to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 升x1 | Chapter Rank #1685to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 缓x1 | Chapter Rank #1686slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
- 来源x1 | Chapter Rank #1687source (of information etc); origin
- 第四x2 | Chapter Rank #899
- 六朝x1 | Chapter Rank #1688Six Dynasties (220-589)
- 故都x1 | Chapter Rank #1689former capital; ancient capital
- 西临x1 | Chapter Rank #1690
- 荆x2 | Chapter Rank #900an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; surname Jingchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- 楚x1 | Chapter Rank #1691distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- 东x2 | Chapter Rank #901east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlordsurname Dong
- 江浙x1 | Chapter Rank #1692Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1] + 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1])
- 依山傍水x1 | Chapter Rank #1693mountains on one side and water on the other
- 能守能攻x1 | Chapter Rank #1694
- 实在x2 | Chapter Rank #902really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- 定鼎x1 | Chapter Rank #1695lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty; used in advertising
- 宝地x1 | Chapter Rank #1696blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc; (term of respect) your place
- 将来x4 | Chapter Rank #465in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 统一天下x1 | Chapter Rank #1697
- 此x3 | Chapter Rank #616this; these
- 建都x1 | Chapter Rank #1698to establish a capital
- 第五x3 | Chapter Rank #617fifth
- 敌人x19 | Chapter Rank #92enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 西边x1 | Chapter Rank #1699west; west side; western part; to the west of
- 陈友谅x148 | Chapter Rank #9
- 东边x1 | Chapter Rank #1700east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
- 占据x4 | Chapter Rank #466to occupy; to hold
- 襄x1 | Chapter Rank #1701(literary) to assistsurname Xiang
- 全部x4 | Chapter Rank #467whole; all
- 土地x1 | Chapter Rank #1702land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]local god; genius loci
- 窥伺x1 | Chapter Rank #1703to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
- 江东x9 | Chapter Rank #207
- 占去x1 | Chapter Rank #1704to take up (one's time etc); to occupy (one's attention etc); to account for (a proportion of sth)
- 大半x2 | Chapter Rank #903more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely
- 而x26 | Chapter Rank #69and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 边x2 | Chapter Rank #904side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneouslysuffix of a noun of locality
- 海地x1 | Chapter Rank #1705Haiti
- 稽x1 | Chapter Rank #1706(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger; (literary) to dispute; to argueto bow to the groundsurname Ji
- 不到x3 | Chapter Rank #618not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 淮扬x1 | Chapter Rank #1707
- 虽x2 | Chapter Rank #905although; even though
- 大志x1 | Chapter Rank #1708high aims
- 却x9 | Chapter Rank #208but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 知行合一x1 | Chapter Rank #1709
- 彪悍x1 | Chapter Rank #1710tough as nails; formidable; kick-ass; plucky
- 异常x1 | Chapter Rank #1711unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- 用兵x3 | Chapter Rank #619