Vocabulary: 第八章 莫负荒沙万里行
from 民国总理段祺瑞
- 先前x2 | Chapter Rank #1477before; previously
- 之所以x1 | Chapter Rank #3342(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 生财x1 | Chapter Rank #3343to make money
- 回x1 | Chapter Rank #3344Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesto curve; to return; to revolve
- 打主意x1 | Chapter Rank #3345
- 军饷x1 | Chapter Rank #3346a soldier's pay and provisions
- 会商x1 | Chapter Rank #3347to confer; to consult; to negotiate; to hold a conference
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #3348
- 拟x1 | Chapter Rank #3349doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitateto plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
- 批阅x1 | Chapter Rank #3350to read through to evaluate; to referee
- 回音x1 | Chapter Rank #3351echo; reply; turn (ornament in music)
- 痛快x1 | Chapter Rank #3352delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- 官僚x1 | Chapter Rank #3353bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- 宦海浮沉x1 | Chapter Rank #3354
- 多年x1 | Chapter Rank #3355many years; for many years; longstanding
- 早就x2 | Chapter Rank #1478already at an earlier time
- 一套x2 | Chapter Rank #1479suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- 琉璃球x1 | Chapter Rank #3356
- 模棱两可x1 | Chapter Rank #3357equivocal; ambiguous
- 不着边际x1 | Chapter Rank #3358not to the point; wide of the mark; neither here nor there; irrelevant
- 才气x1 | Chapter Rank #3359talent (usually literary or artistic)
- 恃才傲物x1 | Chapter Rank #3360(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- 性格特点x1 | Chapter Rank #3361
- 生气x1 | Chapter Rank #3362to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- 脱口而出x1 | Chapter Rank #3363(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
- 到处x1 | Chapter Rank #3364everywhere
- 奔走x1 | Chapter Rank #3365to run; to rush about; to be on the go
- 辉县x1 | Chapter Rank #3366see 輝縣市|辉县市[Hui1 xian4 Shi4]
- 隐居x1 | Chapter Rank #3367to live in seclusion
- 享清福x1 | Chapter Rank #3368to live in ease and comfort
- 操心x1 | Chapter Rank #3369to worry about
- 这份儿x1 | Chapter Rank #3370
- 讽刺x1 | Chapter Rank #3371to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- 不由x1 | Chapter Rank #3372can't help (doing sth)
- 面红耳赤x1 | Chapter Rank #3373flushed with anger (or excitement)
- 忙x2 | Chapter Rank #1480busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- 期期艾艾x1 | Chapter Rank #3374stammering (idiom)
- 解释x2 | Chapter Rank #1481explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 意指x1 | Chapter Rank #3375to mean; to imply
- 职权x1 | Chapter Rank #3376authority; power over others
- 翼x1 | Chapter Rank #3377surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- 卿x1 | Chapter Rank #3378high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- 搁x1 | Chapter Rank #3379to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]to place; to put aside; to shelve
- 爷x2 | Chapter Rank #1482grandpa; old gentleman
- 顶上x1 | Chapter Rank #3380on top of; at the summit
- 牛x1 | Chapter Rank #3381surname Niuox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- 退下来x1 | Chapter Rank #3382
- 陆军部x4 | Chapter Rank #647
- 有点x1 | Chapter Rank #3383a little
- 留难x1 | Chapter Rank #3384to make sth difficult; to create obstacles