Vocabulary: 序 言
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #106to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 天x1 | Chapter Rank #288day; sky; heaven
- 就x4 | Chapter Rank #40(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 击溃x1 | Chapter Rank #289to defeat; to smash; to rout
- 宁x1 | Chapter Rank #290to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screenabbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ningpeaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 王x6 | Chapter Rank #26king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)surname Wang
- 朱宸濠x1 | Chapter Rank #291
- 数万x1 | Chapter Rank #292several tens of thousands; many thousand
- 精兵x1 | Chapter Rank #293elite troops
- 一举x1 | Chapter Rank #294a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- 粉碎x1 | Chapter Rank #295to crush; to smash; to shatter
- 蓄谋x1 | Chapter Rank #296to premeditate; to plot
- 几十年x1 | Chapter Rank #297
- 篡位x1 | Chapter Rank #298to seize the throne
- 大计x1 | Chapter Rank #299large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
- 南x1 | Chapter Rank #300southsurname Nanused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- 赣x1 | Chapter Rank #301abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]; Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 剿匪x1 | Chapter Rank #302to send armed forces to suppress
- 征讨x1 | Chapter Rank #303to go on a punitive expedition
- 思x1 | Chapter Rank #304to think; to consider
- 田x1 | Chapter Rank #305surname Tianfield; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #306more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 体现x1 | Chapter Rank #307to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- 抚x1 | Chapter Rank #308to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- 剿x1 | Chapter Rank #309to plagiarizeto destroy; to extirpate
- 并用x1 | Chapter Rank #310
- 文武x1 | Chapter Rank #311civil and military
- 兼修x1 | Chapter Rank #312
- 将x4 | Chapter Rank #41to desire; to invite; to request(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 兵家x1 | Chapter Rank #313the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier
- 权谋x1 | Chapter Rank #314trickery; tactics
- 上升x1 | Chapter Rank #315to rise; to go up; to ascend
- 心x11 | Chapter Rank #13heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 动x2 | Chapter Rank #107(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 即x3 | Chapter Rank #59namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 术x1 | Chapter Rank #316various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lanceamethod; technique
- 化境x1 | Chapter Rank #317
- 融合x1 | Chapter Rank #318a mixture; an amalgam; fusion; welding together; to be in harmony with (nature); to harmonize with; to fit in
- 释x1 | Chapter Rank #319to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- 道x2 | Chapter Rank #108road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 三家x2 | Chapter Rank #109
- 精华x1 | Chapter Rank #320best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul
- 打破x1 | Chapter Rank #321to break; to smash
- 僵化x1 | Chapter Rank #322to become rigid
- 官方x1 | Chapter Rank #323government; official (approved or issued by an authority)
- 意识形态x1 | Chapter Rank #324ideology
- 程x1 | Chapter Rank #325rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequencesurname Cheng
- 朱x1 | Chapter Rank #326surname Zhuvermilion(bound form) cinnabar
- 理学x1 | Chapter Rank #327School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])science
- 窠臼x1 | Chapter Rank #328stereotypical pattern; rut