Vocabulary: 第八章 莫负荒沙万里行
from 民国总理段祺瑞
- 贵妇x2 | Chapter Rank #1412upper-class woman; lady (old)
- 传出x1 | Chapter Rank #2935to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)
- 罗曼史x1 | Chapter Rank #2936romance (loanword); love affair
- 这位x5 | Chapter Rank #487this (person)
- 媳妇x3 | Chapter Rank #889daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation(dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman
- 她x1 | Chapter Rank #2937she
- 在政治上x2 | Chapter Rank #1413
- 力量x3 | Chapter Rank #890power; force; strength
- 就让x1 | Chapter Rank #2938
- 施展x1 | Chapter Rank #2939to use fully; to put to use
- 游说x1 | Chapter Rank #2940to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
- 劝告x1 | Chapter Rank #2941to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]
- 鸿门宴x2 | Chapter Rank #1414Hongmen feast; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
- 一锤定音x1 | Chapter Rank #2942lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision
- 涉及x1 | Chapter Rank #2943to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
- 讨价还价x1 | Chapter Rank #2944to haggle over price; to bargain
- 且不说x1 | Chapter Rank #2945not to mention; leaving aside
- 达成协议x1 | Chapter Rank #2946to reach agreement
- 城府x1 | Chapter Rank #2947subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
- 老狐狸x1 | Chapter Rank #2948(fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person
- 爽快x1 | Chapter Rank #2949refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward
- 本身x1 | Chapter Rank #2950itself; in itself; per se
- 缓兵之计x1 | Chapter Rank #2951delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
- 将计就计x1 | Chapter Rank #2952to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
- 今晚x4 | Chapter Rank #641tonight
- 面商x1 | Chapter Rank #2953
- 打消x1 | Chapter Rank #2954to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
- 顾虑x1 | Chapter Rank #2955misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
- 担保x1 | Chapter Rank #2956to guarantee; to vouch for
- 春风x2 | Chapter Rank #1415spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- 拂面x2 | Chapter Rank #1416
- 似的x2 | Chapter Rank #1417seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- 有失x1 | Chapter Rank #2957to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
- 体面x1 | Chapter Rank #2958dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
- 称谢x1 | Chapter Rank #2959to express thanks
- 临行x1 | Chapter Rank #2960on leaving; on the point of departure
- 再三x1 | Chapter Rank #2961over and over again; again and again
- 保密x1 | Chapter Rank #2962to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- 发布x2 | Chapter Rank #1418to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- 手x1 | Chapter Rank #2963hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 排挤x2 | Chapter Rank #1419to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
- 落得x1 | Chapter Rank #2964ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- 好事x1 | Chapter Rank #2965good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the deadto be meddlesome
- 是因为x2 | Chapter Rank #1420
- 擒贼先擒王x1 | Chapter Rank #2966
- 沿着x1 | Chapter Rank #2967to go along; to follow
- 穷追猛打x1 | Chapter Rank #2968
- 风风火火x1 | Chapter Rank #2969bustling; energetic
- 闯入x1 | Chapter Rank #2970to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
- 履行x1 | Chapter Rank #2971to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform