Vocabulary: 第十章 手无寸铁
from 民国总理段祺瑞
- 计穷x1 | Chapter Rank #3998
- 欲速不达x1 | Chapter Rank #3999
- 徒劳x1 | Chapter Rank #4000futile
- 无补x1 | Chapter Rank #4001of no avail; not helping in the least
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #4002
- 阴云x1 | Chapter Rank #4003dark cloud
- 惨淡x1 | Chapter Rank #4004dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
- 沉x2 | Chapter Rank #1839to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- 霾x1 | Chapter Rank #4005haze
- 上风x1 | Chapter Rank #4006on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- 转折x1 | Chapter Rank #4007shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
- 一度x3 | Chapter Rank #1178for a time; at one time; one time; once
- 差点x1 | Chapter Rank #4008almost; nearly
- 绝地x1 | Chapter Rank #4009danger spot; Jedi (in Star Wars)
- 反击x1 | Chapter Rank #4010to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
- 打败x1 | Chapter Rank #4011to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
- 起兵x1 | Chapter Rank #4012
- 反叛x1 | Chapter Rank #4013to rebel; to revolt
- 鲁x5 | Chapter Rank #619surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1](bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- 晋x1 | Chapter Rank #4014to move forward; to promote; to advancesurname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1]
- 夹x1 | Chapter Rank #4015double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]
- 缝隙x1 | Chapter Rank #4016small crack; chink
- 彼此间x1 | Chapter Rank #4017
- 挤压x1 | Chapter Rank #4018to squeeze; to press; to extrude
- 无权x1 | Chapter Rank #4019to have no right; to have no authority
- 倒霉x1 | Chapter Rank #4020to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- 北塘x1 | Chapter Rank #4021
- 登陆x1 | Chapter Rank #4022to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
- 击退x1 | Chapter Rank #4023to beat back; to repel
- 随即x1 | Chapter Rank #4024immediately; presently; following which
- 封锁x2 | Chapter Rank #1840to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
- 大沽口x5 | Chapter Rank #620
- 船舶x1 | Chapter Rank #4025shipping; boats
- 驶入x1 | Chapter Rank #4026(of a car, ship, train etc) to enter
- 领事团x1 | Chapter Rank #4027
- 开放x1 | Chapter Rank #4028to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- 条件x1 | Chapter Rank #4029condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 运兵x1 | Chapter Rank #4030
- 械x1 | Chapter Rank #4031appliance; tool; weapon; shackles; also pr. [jie4]
- 船x1 | Chapter Rank #4032boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 入口x1 | Chapter Rank #4033entrance; to import
- 舰船x1 | Chapter Rank #4034warship
- 尾随x1 | Chapter Rank #4035to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of
- 混入x1 | Chapter Rank #4036to sneak into
- 领事馆x1 | Chapter Rank #4037consulate
- 上午x3 | Chapter Rank #1179morning
- 一艘x2 | Chapter Rank #1841
- 军舰x1 | Chapter Rank #4038warship; military naval vessel; CL:艘[sou1]
- 海口x2 | Chapter Rank #1842estuary; coastal inlet; river mouth; seaport; see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]see 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4]
- 放行x1 | Chapter Rank #4039to let pass