Vocabulary: 第二章 严嵩还是徐阶
from 帝王师：张居正
- 贺兰山x1 | Chapter Rank #992Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
- 以东x1 | Chapter Rank #993to the east of (suffix)
- 狼山x1 | Chapter Rank #994
- 大青山x1 | Chapter Rank #995Daqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
- 南x1 | Chapter Rank #996surname Nanused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]south
- 黄河x1 | Chapter Rank #997Yellow River or Huang He
- 沿岸地区x1 | Chapter Rank #998coastal area
- 患x1 | Chapter Rank #999to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- 明x26 | Chapter Rank #44Ming 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
- 开国x2 | Chapter Rank #536to found a state; to open a closed country
- 朱元璋x1 | Chapter Rank #1000Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
- 把x37 | Chapter Rank #30to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 蒙古人x21 | Chapter Rank #60Mongol
- 逐出x2 | Chapter Rank #537to expel; to evict; to drive out
- 中国x5 | Chapter Rank #223China
- 再也x2 | Chapter Rank #538(not) ever again; (not) any longer
- 将x10 | Chapter Rank #110(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 其x12 | Chapter Rank #101his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 斩尽杀绝x1 | Chapter Rank #1001
- 逃回x1 | Chapter Rank #1002
- 草原x2 | Chapter Rank #539grassland; prairie; CL:片[pian4]
- 迅速x1 | Chapter Rank #1003rapid; speedy; fast
- 调转x1 | Chapter Rank #1004to reassign sb to a different job; to turn around; to change direction; to make a U turn
- 马头x1 | Chapter Rank #1005horse's head; same as 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou2], pier
- 变成x3 | Chapter Rank #368to change into; to turn into; to become
- 边患x1 | Chapter Rank #1006foreign invasion; disaster on border due to incursion
- 防御x3 | Chapter Rank #369defense; to defend
- 蒙古x6 | Chapter Rank #188Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group
- 骑兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1007cavalry
- 南下x2 | Chapter Rank #540to go down south
- 北部x1 | Chapter Rank #1008northern part
- 边境x3 | Chapter Rank #370frontier; border
- 建立x1 | Chapter Rank #1009to establish; to set up; to found
- 一套x1 | Chapter Rank #1010suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- 完整x2 | Chapter Rank #541complete; intact
- 体系x2 | Chapter Rank #542system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 地区x6 | Chapter Rank #189region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 附近x1 | Chapter Rank #1011nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- 大宁x2 | Chapter Rank #543see 大寧縣|大宁县[Da4 ning2 Xian4]
- 卫x4 | Chapter Rank #287to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toiletsurname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
- 东胜x2 | Chapter Rank #544see 東勝區|东胜区[Dong1 sheng4 Qu1]
- 尤其x4 | Chapter Rank #288especially; particularly
- 重要x3 | Chapter Rank #371important; significant; major
- 第三任x1 | Chapter Rank #1012
- 朱棣x1 | Chapter Rank #1013Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
- 不知x5 | Chapter Rank #224not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 什么x9 | Chapter Rank #129what?; something; anything
- 主动x5 | Chapter Rank #225to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- 陆续x1 | Chapter Rank #1014in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- 撤回x1 | Chapter Rank #1015to recall; to revoke; to retract