Vocabulary: 科举还得当回事儿
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #75still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 没x3 | Chapter Rank #47(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 弄清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #200
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #201how?; what?; why?
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #202ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 算x1 | Chapter Rank #203to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- 格x11 | Chapter Rank #4used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit
- 物x3 | Chapter Rank #48(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 致x1 | Chapter Rank #204(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 知x1 | Chapter Rank #205to know; to be aware
- 朱熹x2 | Chapter Rank #76Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #206to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 是x7 | Chapter Rank #14to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 句x1 | Chapter Rank #207sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #208dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 说x4 | Chapter Rank #35to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 理x5 | Chapter Rank #18texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 这个x1 | Chapter Rank #209(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 东西x1 | Chapter Rank #210east and westthing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 存在x1 | Chapter Rank #211to exist; to be; existence
- 自然x2 | Chapter Rank #77nature; natural; naturally
- 万物x2 | Chapter Rank #78all things; all that exists
- 一草一木x1 | Chapter Rank #212
- 之中x1 | Chapter Rank #213inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 放心大胆x1 | Chapter Rank #214
- 地x8 | Chapter Rank #9earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 去x5 | Chapter Rank #19to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 吧x1 | Chapter Rank #215bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!
- 今天x1 | Chapter Rank #216today; the present time; now
- 一x8 | Chapter Rank #10one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 明天x1 | Chapter Rank #217tomorrow
- 物换星移x1 | Chapter Rank #218
- 海枯石烂x1 | Chapter Rank #219lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time
- 总有一天x1 | Chapter Rank #220
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #79you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 会x3 | Chapter Rank #49can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 恍然大悟x1 | Chapter Rank #221(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
- 笃志x1 | Chapter Rank #222steadfast; with single-minded devotion
- 要x2 | Chapter Rank #80to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #223(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 圣人x3 | Chapter Rank #50sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- 便x2 | Chapter Rank #81plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 不能x1 | Chapter Rank #224cannot; must not; should not
- 囫囵吞枣x1 | Chapter Rank #225to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up
- 邀请x1 | Chapter Rank #226to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 一位x1 | Chapter Rank #227
- 姓x1 | Chapter Rank #228family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- 钱x1 | Chapter Rank #229surname Qiancoin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- 朋友x1 | Chapter Rank #230friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 和x5 | Chapter Rank #20surname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs