Vocabulary: 第五章 俺答封贡
from 帝王师：张居正
- 冷笑x2 | Chapter Rank #397to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- 主动x2 | Chapter Rank #398to 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)
- 介绍x1 | Chapter Rank #711to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 自己x4 | Chapter Rank #217oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 我x24 | Chapter Rank #33I; me; my
- 是x85 | Chapter Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 汗x94 | Chapter Rank #5perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
- 孙子x23 | Chapter Rank #34grandson; son's sonSun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- 把x52 | Chapter Rank #11handleto 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})
- 汉x36 | Chapter Rank #21Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)man
- 吉x32 | Chapter Rank #25short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Jilucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
- 投诚x1 | Chapter Rank #712to defect; to surrender; to capitulate
- 相信x2 | Chapter Rank #399to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 自己的x3 | Chapter Rank #265
- 耳朵x1 | Chapter Rank #713ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)
- 可见x1 | Chapter Rank #714it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 阵势x1 | Chapter Rank #715battle array; disposition of forces; situation; circumstance
- 的确x5 | Chapter Rank #176really; indeed
- 不是x15 | Chapter Rank #60fault; blameno; is not; not
- 所以x19 | Chapter Rank #45therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 命令x1 | Chapter Rank #716order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 严防x1 | Chapter Rank #717to take strict precautions; on your guard
- 消息x3 | Chapter Rank #266(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 快马加鞭x1 | Chapter Rank #718to spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible
- 给x20 | Chapter Rank #41to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 了x90 | Chapter Rank #6to 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
- 大同x8 | Chapter Rank #116see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
- 巡抚x3 | Chapter Rank #267inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- 方逢时x19 | Chapter Rank #46
- 都x28 | Chapter Rank #28surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #719successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 两x9 | Chapter Rank #101two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 仕途x1 | Chapter Rank #720official career (formal)
- 也x29 | Chapter Rank #27also; 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]surname Ye
- 大致x2 | Chapter Rank #400more or less; roughly; approximately
- 相似x1 | Chapter Rank #721similar; alike
- 先是x1 | Chapter Rank #722
- 在x58 | Chapter Rank #10to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 地方x1 | Chapter Rank #723place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 历练x1 | Chapter Rank #724to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced
- 后来x6 | Chapter Rank #144afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 进x8 | Chapter Rank #117to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 兵部x7 | Chapter Rank #132Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 再x15 | Chapter Rank #61again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 就是x16 | Chapter Rank #54exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 多次x2 | Chapter Rank #401many times; repeatedly
- 北境x6 | Chapter Rank #145
- 年初x2 | Chapter Rank #402beginning of the year
- 大力x1 | Chapter Rank #725energetically; vigorously
- 推荐x2 | Chapter Rank #403to recommend