Vocabulary: 科举还得当回事儿
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 再x2 | Chapter Rank #100again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 格物x1 | Chapter Rank #342to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
- 于是x3 | Chapter Rank #56thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 闷闷不乐x1 | Chapter Rank #343depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #344have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 掉转头x1 | Chapter Rank #345
- 研究x1 | Chapter Rank #346research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 自己x1 | Chapter Rank #347oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 曾经x1 | Chapter Rank #348once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 看不上眼x1 | Chapter Rank #349
- 辞章x1 | Chapter Rank #350poetry and prose; rhetoric
- 学x1 | Chapter Rank #351to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 科考x1 | Chapter Rank #352preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- 然而x4 | Chapter Rank #40however; but; yet
- 事实证明x1 | Chapter Rank #353
- 随随便便x1 | Chapter Rank #354
- 降大任x1 | Chapter Rank #355
- 斯人x1 | Chapter Rank #356
- 博学多才x1 | Chapter Rank #357(idiom) erudite and multitalented; versatile and able
- 六x1 | Chapter Rank #358six; 6used in place names
- 会试x1 | Chapter Rank #359metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- 落榜x1 | Chapter Rank #360to fail the imperial exams; to flunk
- 明朝x3 | Chapter Rank #57Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)tomorrow morning; the following morning
- 科举制x1 | Chapter Rank #361imperial examination system
- 早就x2 | Chapter Rank #101already at an earlier time
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #362quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 妖魔化x1 | Chapter Rank #363to demonize
- 一经x1 | Chapter Rank #364as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- 提起x1 | Chapter Rank #365to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- 立刻x1 | Chapter Rank #366immediately; at once; right away
- 联想x1 | Chapter Rank #367Lenovoto associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
- 祸国殃民x1 | Chapter Rank #368to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
- 万马齐喑x1 | Chapter Rank #369thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression
- 决x1 | Chapter Rank #370to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
- 东海x1 | Chapter Rank #371East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)see 東海縣|东海县[Dong1 hai3 Xian4]
- 波x1 | Chapter Rank #372wave; ripple; storm; surge(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo
- 流x1 | Chapter Rank #373to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- 恶x1 | Chapter Rank #374to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slanderevil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harmused in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- 难x1 | Chapter Rank #375difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not gooddisaster; distress; to scold
- 尽x1 | Chapter Rank #376to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority toto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 罄x1 | Chapter Rank #377to use up; to exhaust; empty
- 南山x1 | Chapter Rank #378see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
- 书x2 | Chapter Rank #102abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 罪x1 | Chapter Rank #379guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- 无穷x1 | Chapter Rank #380endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- 教育x3 | Chapter Rank #58to educate; to teach; education
- 目的x2 | Chapter Rank #103purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 塑造x1 | Chapter Rank #381to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
- 为x4 | Chapter Rank #41as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 德才兼备x1 | Chapter Rank #382(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent