Vocabulary: 第二章 严嵩还是徐阶
from 帝王师：张居正
- 道教x4 | Chapter Rank #273Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
- 法术x1 | Chapter Rank #892magic
- 极少x1 | Chapter Rank #893very little; very few
- 过问x1 | Chapter Rank #894to show an interest in; to get involved with
- 具体x1 | Chapter Rank #895concrete; specific; detailed
- 政务x1 | Chapter Rank #896government affairs
- 才华横溢x2 | Chapter Rank #494brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
- 办事x1 | Chapter Rank #897to handle (affairs); to work
- 干练x1 | Chapter Rank #898capable and experienced
- 让x16 | Chapter Rank #73to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 安心x1 | Chapter Rank #899at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- 第二x1 | Chapter Rank #900second; number two; next; secondary
- 最x7 | Chapter Rank #158(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 讨厌x3 | Chapter Rank #353to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- 大臣x8 | Chapter Rank #140chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- 拉帮结派x2 | Chapter Rank #495
- 从不x5 | Chapter Rank #212never
- 结党x3 | Chapter Rank #354to form a clique
- 从x14 | Chapter Rank #87surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 角度看x2 | Chapter Rank #496
- 特点x2 | Chapter Rank #497characteristic; trait; feature
- 极好x1 | Chapter Rank #901fabulous; superb; excellent
- 可x15 | Chapter Rank #78(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 站x9 | Chapter Rank #121station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 在x90 | Chapter Rank #8to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 同僚x3 | Chapter Rank #355colleague; coworker
- 极x4 | Chapter Rank #274extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 不好x2 | Chapter Rank #498no good
- 恃才傲物x2 | Chapter Rank #499(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- 对x52 | Chapter Rank #21right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 颐指气使x2 | Chapter Rank #500lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
- 好x4 | Chapter Rank #275good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 口碑x1 | Chapter Rank #902public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- 又x18 | Chapter Rank #68(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 因为x26 | Chapter Rank #43because; owing to; on account of
- 不x59 | Chapter Rank #20no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 人x38 | Chapter Rank #29person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 宣传x1 | Chapter Rank #903to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 孤立x1 | Chapter Rank #904to isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
- 虽然x9 | Chapter Rank #122although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 如此x6 | Chapter Rank #181like this; so; such
- 但x39 | Chapter Rank #27but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 专制政府x1 | Chapter Rank #905
- 里x6 | Chapter Rank #182lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 说x64 | Chapter Rank #17to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 你x44 | Chapter Rank #24you (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.)
- 行x3 | Chapter Rank #356used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- 一直x4 | Chapter Rank #276straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 稳x1 | Chapter Rank #906settled; steady; stable
- 坐x8 | Chapter Rank #141to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo