Vocabulary: ［第三部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 在此之前x1 | Chapter Rank #4886before that; beforehand; previously
- 盘算x1 | Chapter Rank #4887to plot; to scheme; to calculate
- 披荆斩棘x1 | Chapter Rank #4888lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
- 密林x1 | Chapter Rank #4889jungle
- 草丛x1 | Chapter Rank #4890underbrush
- 开出x1 | Chapter Rank #4891
- 羊肠小道x1 | Chapter Rank #4892road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road; fig. complicated and tricky job
- 战线x1 | Chapter Rank #4893battle line; battlefront; front
- 入侵x3 | Chapter Rank #1693to invade
- 易x4 | Chapter Rank #1239easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
- 洛x3 | Chapter Rank #1694used in transliterationsurname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
- 魁x2 | Chapter Rank #2542chief; head; outstanding; exceptional; stalwart
- 一千五百名x1 | Chapter Rank #4894
- 法国人x6 | Chapter Rank #814Frenchman; French person
- 吃败仗x1 | Chapter Rank #4895
- 支x1 | Chapter Rank #4896surname Zhito support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- 精锐x1 | Chapter Rank #4897elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- 部队x8 | Chapter Rank #582army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 配有x3 | Chapter Rank #1695to be equipped with; to come with (sth)
- 马到成功x1 | Chapter Rank #4898to win instant success (idiom)
- 防御工事x1 | Chapter Rank #4899fortification; defensive structure
- 尚未x4 | Chapter Rank #1240not yet; still not
- 守军x4 | Chapter Rank #1241defenders
- 兵力x1 | Chapter Rank #4900military strength; armed forces; troops
- 强x3 | Chapter Rank #1696stubborn; unyieldingstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effortsurname Qiang
- 抵抗x1 | Chapter Rank #4901to resist; resistance
- 一阵子x1 | Chapter Rank #4902a while; a spell; a short time; a burst
- 伏击x2 | Chapter Rank #2543ambush; to ambush
- 百炼成钢x1 | Chapter Rank #4903to be tempered into a steel
- 伏击战x1 | Chapter Rank #4904
- 神出鬼没x1 | Chapter Rank #4905lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); fig. elusive
- 军x2 | Chapter Rank #2544(bound form) army; military
- 将近x1 | Chapter Rank #4906almost; nearly; close to
- 四英里x1 | Chapter Rank #4907
- 细线x1 | Chapter Rank #4908string; thread
- 暴露x3 | Chapter Rank #1697to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- 两翼x1 | Chapter Rank #4909
- 遭x2 | Chapter Rank #2545to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 突袭x1 | Chapter Rank #4910to raid; to storm; surprise attack
- 线x1 | Chapter Rank #4911thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- 斩x1 | Chapter Rank #4912to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 几截x1 | Chapter Rank #4913
- 势必x1 | Chapter Rank #4914to be bound to; undoubtedly will
- 顾x1 | Chapter Rank #4915surname Guto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 首x2 | Chapter Rank #2546head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 难顾x1 | Chapter Rank #4916
- 尾x1 | Chapter Rank #4917horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etctail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- 腰x1 | Chapter Rank #4918the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- 腿x2 | Chapter Rank #2547leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]hip bone
- 付之一笑x1 | Chapter Rank #4919(idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off