Vocabulary: 第三章 与天下士绅战
from 帝王师：张居正
- 户部x2 | Chapter Rank #321Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- 尚书x2 | Chapter Rank #322high official; government ministersame as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History
- 张学颜x8 | Chapter Rank #63
- 出将入相x1 | Chapter Rank #655
- 不但x2 | Chapter Rank #323not only (... but also ...)
- 军事x1 | Chapter Rank #656military affairs; (attributive) military
- 驾轻就熟x1 | Chapter Rank #657lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy; a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
- 尤其x2 | Chapter Rank #324especially; particularly
- 理财x1 | Chapter Rank #658to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management
- 堪称x1 | Chapter Rank #659can be rated as; can be said to be
- 翘楚x1 | Chapter Rank #660person of outstanding talent
- 决定x2 | Chapter Rank #325to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 按x1 | Chapter Rank #661to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- 位置x1 | Chapter Rank #662position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 看中x1 | Chapter Rank #663to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- 干练x1 | Chapter Rank #664capable and experienced
- 聪慧x1 | Chapter Rank #665bright; intelligent
- 说x21 | Chapter Rank #20to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #666to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profitto invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- 我x18 | Chapter Rank #26I; me; my
- 担心x1 | Chapter Rank #667anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 桎梏x1 | Chapter Rank #668(literary) shackles
- 行事x1 | Chapter Rank #669to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- 作风x1 | Chapter Rank #670style; style of work; way
- 笑x3 | Chapter Rank #201to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 道x5 | Chapter Rank #117road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 你x21 | Chapter Rank #21you (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.)
- 信奉x1 | Chapter Rank #671belief; to believe (in sth)
- 吧x2 | Chapter Rank #326(onom.) smack!(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 其实x6 | Chapter Rank #94actually; in fact; really
- 交往x1 | Chapter Rank #672to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- 多年x5 | Chapter Rank #118many years; for many years; longstanding
- 学术思想x1 | Chapter Rank #673
- 理学x1 | Chapter Rank #674scienceSchool of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
- 异曲同工x1 | Chapter Rank #675different tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same result; different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
- 崇奉x1 | Chapter Rank #676to believe in (a deity or other supernatural being); to worship
- 还是x8 | Chapter Rank #64still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 多一些x1 | Chapter Rank #677
- 欲言又止x1 | Chapter Rank #678to want to say sth but then hesitate
- 说道x8 | Chapter Rank #65to discuss; reason (behind sth)to state; to say (the quoted words)
- 用人x1 | Chapter Rank #679servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- 学问x1 | Chapter Rank #680learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- 一样x1 | Chapter Rank #681same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 忌讳x1 | Chapter Rank #682taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- 门户之见x1 | Chapter Rank #683sectarian bias; parochialism
- 一向x1 | Chapter Rank #684a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- 标榜x1 | Chapter Rank #685to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
- 心x3 | Chapter Rank #202heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 门徒x1 | Chapter Rank #686disciple
- 常x1 | Chapter Rank #687always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constantsurname Chang