Vocabulary: 第十章 手无寸铁
from 民国总理段祺瑞
- 苦心x1 | Chapter Rank #2901painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- 打破x1 | Chapter Rank #2902to break; to smash
- 可不是x1 | Chapter Rank #2903(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
- 好事x1 | Chapter Rank #2904to be meddlesomegood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
- 深知x3 | Chapter Rank #1066to know well; to be fully aware of
- 玄机x1 | Chapter Rank #2905profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
- 不偏不倚x1 | Chapter Rank #2906(idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased
- 立场x2 | Chapter Rank #1587position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 有意无意x1 | Chapter Rank #2907intentionally or otherwise
- 目的x3 | Chapter Rank #1067purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 玩x2 | Chapter Rank #1588to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainmentTaiwan pr. [wan4]
- 轻松x1 | Chapter Rank #2908light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously
- 徐世昌x1 | Chapter Rank #2909Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
- 对比x1 | Chapter Rank #2910to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 十x1 | Chapter Rank #2911ten; 10
- 东海x1 | Chapter Rank #2912see 東海縣|东海县[Dong1 hai3 Xian4]East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
- 境地x1 | Chapter Rank #2913circumstances
- 日记x1 | Chapter Rank #2914diary; CL:則|则[ze2],本[ben3],篇[pian1]
- 公x3 | Chapter Rank #1068public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 命令式x1 | Chapter Rank #2915
- 指挥x4 | Chapter Rank #777to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 凡事x1 | Chapter Rank #2916everything
- 不好办x1 | Chapter Rank #2917
- 讥讽x1 | Chapter Rank #2918to satirize; to ridicule; to mock
- 北京烤鸭x1 | Chapter Rank #2919Peking Duck
- 两面x1 | Chapter Rank #2920both sides
- 烟熏x1 | Chapter Rank #2921smoke; to fumigate
- 火x1 | Chapter Rank #2922surname Huofire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
- 炙x1 | Chapter Rank #2923to broil; to roast
- 经验丰富x1 | Chapter Rank #2924experienced; with ample experience
- 艰难x1 | Chapter Rank #2925difficult; hard; challenging
- 放入x1 | Chapter Rank #2926to put in; to insert
- 棋盘x1 | Chapter Rank #2927chessboard
- 它们x1 | Chapter Rank #2928they; them
- 矛盾x1 | Chapter Rank #2929contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory
- 制衡x1 | Chapter Rank #2930to check and balance (power); checks and balances
- 促成x1 | Chapter Rank #2931to facilitate; to help bring about
- 均势x4 | Chapter Rank #778equilibrium of forces; balance of power
- 于长江x1 | Chapter Rank #2932
- 砝码x1 | Chapter Rank #2933standard weight (used on a balance scale)
- 用来x1 | Chapter Rank #2934to be used for
- 何以x1 | Chapter Rank #2935(literary) why; how
- 做到x4 | Chapter Rank #779to accomplish; to achieve
- 资格x1 | Chapter Rank #2936qualifications; seniority
- 北洋军阀x1 | Chapter Rank #2937the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
- 吸x2 | Chapter Rank #1589to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- 不住x2 | Chapter Rank #1590(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- 罩x2 | Chapter Rank #1591to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- 缺乏x5 | Chapter Rank #589to lack; to be short of
- 随心所欲x1 | Chapter Rank #2938(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases