Vocabulary: 第四章 弱肉强食的内阁
from 帝王师：张居正
- 身为x2 | Chapter Rank #805in the capacity of; as
- 为主x1 | Chapter Rank #1562to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- 子x2 | Chapter Rank #806noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 正名x1 | Chapter Rank #1563to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature; rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
- 分内之事x1 | Chapter Rank #1564
- 谈到x2 | Chapter Rank #807to refer to; to speak about; to talk about
- 曾经x2 | Chapter Rank #808once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #809to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 谄媚x1 | Chapter Rank #1565to flatter
- 确实x1 | Chapter Rank #1566indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- 错x3 | Chapter Rank #523surname Cuomistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- 心虚x1 | Chapter Rank #1567lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
- 怎么x3 | Chapter Rank #524how?; what?; why?
- 冷笑x5 | Chapter Rank #321to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- 曾x2 | Chapter Rank #810once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)surname Zeng
- 拿x4 | Chapter Rank #389to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 封x3 | Chapter Rank #525to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letterssurname Feng
- 密函x1 | Chapter Rank #1568secret letter
- 事宜x2 | Chapter Rank #811matters; arrangements
- 效劳x1 | Chapter Rank #1569to serve (in some capacity); to work for
- 信函x1 | Chapter Rank #1570letter; piece of correspondence (incl. email)
- 贵重x1 | Chapter Rank #1571precious
- 珍藏x1 | Chapter Rank #1572a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items)
- 至今x1 | Chapter Rank #1573so far; to this day; until now
- 兴趣x3 | Chapter Rank #526interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 明天x3 | Chapter Rank #527tomorrow
- 欣赏x2 | Chapter Rank #812to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- 立即x5 | Chapter Rank #322immediately
- 落败x1 | Chapter Rank #1574to suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
- 公鸡x1 | Chapter Rank #1575cock; rooster
- 垂头丧气x1 | Chapter Rank #1576hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
- 打圆场x1 | Chapter Rank #1577to help to resolve a dispute; to smooth things over
- 菜x1 | Chapter Rank #1578vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- 凉x1 | Chapter Rank #1579to let sth cool downthe five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)cool; cold
- 心情x3 | Chapter Rank #528mood; frame of mind
- 吃饭x1 | Chapter Rank #1580to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 起身x1 | Chapter Rank #1581to get up; to leave; to set forth
- 拂袖而去x1 | Chapter Rank #1582to storm off in a huff (idiom)
- 追x1 | Chapter Rank #1583to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- 出去x1 | Chapter Rank #1584to go out
- 坐x1 | Chapter Rank #1585surname Zuoto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 闭目养神x1 | Chapter Rank #1586to relax with one's eyes closed
- 轻轻地x1 | Chapter Rank #1587
- 叹x1 | Chapter Rank #1588to sigh; to exclaim
- 口气x1 | Chapter Rank #1589tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- 以为x4 | Chapter Rank #390to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 问题x6 | Chapter Rank #251question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 请辞x6 | Chapter Rank #252to tender one's resignation
- 劝慰x1 | Chapter Rank #1590to console
- 一番x2 | Chapter Rank #813