Vocabulary: 第四章 整顿驿递
from 帝王师：张居正
- 帝国x12 | Chapter Rank #56empire; imperial
- 大x9 | Chapter Rank #86big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 患x1 | Chapter Rank #580to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- 此事x4 | Chapter Rank #174this matter
- 就是x19 | Chapter Rank #38exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 孔尚贤x40 | Chapter Rank #10
- 进京x10 | Chapter Rank #74to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- 可x18 | Chapter Rank #40used in 可汗[ke4 han2](prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #333abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 池中之物x1 | Chapter Rank #581
- 孔子x5 | Chapter Rank #133Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 货真价实x1 | Chapter Rank #582lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom); fig. genuine; real; true
- 第x1 | Chapter Rank #583(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 六十四代x1 | Chapter Rank #584
- 孙x1 | Chapter Rank #585grandson; descendantsurname Sun
- 圣人x21 | Chapter Rank #32sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- 并x5 | Chapter Rank #134and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 被x10 | Chapter Rank #75quilt; 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")
- 明x7 | Chapter Rank #104Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 政府x10 | Chapter Rank #76government; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 热烈x1 | Chapter Rank #586enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- 认可x1 | Chapter Rank #587to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK
- 和x26 | Chapter Rank #21surname He(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; Japaneseto 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
- 膜拜x1 | Chapter Rank #588to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship
- 封x2 | Chapter Rank #334surname Fengto confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
- 为x18 | Chapter Rank #41as (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)because of; for; to
- 衍x9 | Chapter Rank #87to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
- 圣x12 | Chapter Rank #57(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 公x9 | Chapter Rank #88public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 个x20 | Chapter Rank #34used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 世袭x1 | Chapter Rank #589succession; inheritance; hereditary
- 爵位x1 | Chapter Rank #590order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- 所以x10 | Chapter Rank #77therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 借着x1 | Chapter Rank #591by means of; through; with the help of
- 祖宗x4 | Chapter Rank #175ancestor; forebear
- 尸体x1 | Chapter Rank #592corpse; dead body
- 之x16 | Chapter Rank #45(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 光x1 | Chapter Rank #593light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 也x28 | Chapter Rank #20surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 成x2 | Chapter Rank #335surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 了x86 | Chapter Rank #3to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 毫无x1 | Chapter Rank #594not in the least; to completely lack
- 痕x1 | Chapter Rank #595scar; traces
- 自幼x1 | Chapter Rank #596since childhood; from a young age
- 纨绔x1 | Chapter Rank #597
- 不学无术x1 | Chapter Rank #598without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
- 因为x11 | Chapter Rank #67because; owing to; on account of
- 头上x4 | Chapter Rank #176overhead; above
- 罩x1 | Chapter Rank #599to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- 着x12 | Chapter Rank #58to 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 ina move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply