Vocabulary: 第十九出 飞语
from 邯郸记
- 步步x1 | Chapter Rank #661step by step; at every step
- 紧逼x1 | Chapter Rank #662to press hard; to close in on
- 寥寥数语x1 | Chapter Rank #663
- 一手遮天x2 | Chapter Rank #261lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses
- 气焰x1 | Chapter Rank #664arrogance; haughtiness
- 刻画x1 | Chapter Rank #665to portray
- 入木三分x1 | Chapter Rank #666written in a forceful hand; penetrating; profound
- 最后x1 | Chapter Rank #667final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 妥协x1 | Chapter Rank #668to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #669although; even though
- 平反x1 | Chapter Rank #670to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)
- 设x2 | Chapter Rank #262to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 伏笔x2 | Chapter Rank #263foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
- 从中x1 | Chapter Rank #671from within; therefrom
- 看出x1 | Chapter Rank #672to make out; to see
- 圆滑x1 | Chapter Rank #673smooth and evasive; slick and sly
- 世故x1 | Chapter Rank #674the ways of the worldsophisticated; worldly-wise
- 明代x1 | Chapter Rank #675the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- 官场x2 | Chapter Rank #264officialdom; bureaucracy
- 皇帝x2 | Chapter Rank #265emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 偏听偏信x1 | Chapter Rank #676selective listening; to hear what one wants to hear
- 张居正x1 | Chapter Rank #677Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
- 申时行x1 | Chapter Rank #678
- 权臣x1 | Chapter Rank #679
- 把持x1 | Chapter Rank #680to control; to dominate; to monopolize
- 朝政x1 | Chapter Rank #681(historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- 即使x1 | Chapter Rank #682even if; even though
- 正义感x1 | Chapter Rank #683
- 官吏x1 | Chapter Rank #684bureaucrat; official
- 压制x1 | Chapter Rank #685to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 噤若寒蝉x1 | Chapter Rank #686to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
- 人人x1 | Chapter Rank #687everyone; every person
- 只求自保x1 | Chapter Rank #688
- 一出戏x1 | Chapter Rank #689
- 仅凭x1 | Chapter Rank #690
- 轻易x1 | Chapter Rank #691easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- 成功x2 | Chapter Rank #266Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #692is precisely
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #267immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 典型x1 | Chapter Rank #693model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- 写照x1 | Chapter Rank #694portrayal
- 戏x1 | Chapter Rank #695trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- 第十x1 | Chapter Rank #696
- 外补x1 | Chapter Rank #697
- 偷填x1 | Chapter Rank #698
- 封诰x1 | Chapter Rank #699
- 说明x1 | Chapter Rank #700to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 昏庸x1 | Chapter Rank #701muddleheaded
- 无能x1 | Chapter Rank #702incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- 十六x1 | Chapter Rank #703sixteen; 16