Vocabulary: 官场其实不好玩
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 杨x4 | Chapter Rank #27surname Yangpoplar
- 仁x1 | Chapter Rank #207humane; kernel
- 宣x1 | Chapter Rank #208surname Xuanto declare (publicly); to announce
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #82surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 名臣x2 | Chapter Rank #83important official or statesman (in feudal China)
- 荣x1 | Chapter Rank #209surname Rongglory; honor; thriving
- 溥x2 | Chapter Rank #84extensive; pervadingsurname Pu
- 杨士奇x1 | Chapter Rank #210
- 明x1 | Chapter Rank #211Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 称x1 | Chapter Rank #212to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praiseto fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- 贤相x1 | Chapter Rank #213sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
- 必x1 | Chapter Rank #214certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #215head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 之后x1 | Chapter Rank #216after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 阁员x1 | Chapter Rank #217cabinet member
- 兼任x1 | Chapter Rank #218to hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct
- 六部x4 | Chapter Rank #28
- 尚书x4 | Chapter Rank #29same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of Historyhigh official; government minister
- 且x1 | Chapter Rank #219and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 非x1 | Chapter Rank #220abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 翰林x2 | Chapter Rank #85refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 不得x1 | Chapter Rank #221must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- 入阁x2 | Chapter Rank #86
- 于是x2 | Chapter Rank #87thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 拜x1 | Chapter Rank #222to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 相x2 | Chapter Rank #88each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)surname Xiang
- 便x2 | Chapter Rank #89used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 成为x4 | Chapter Rank #30to become; to turn into
- 每个x2 | Chapter Rank #90each; every
- 文官x3 | Chapter Rank #54civil official
- 都x4 | Chapter Rank #31surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 梦寐以求x1 | Chapter Rank #223lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet
- 事x2 | Chapter Rank #91matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 吏部x1 | Chapter Rank #224Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
- 户部x1 | Chapter Rank #225Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- 礼部x2 | Chapter Rank #92Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
- 兵部x1 | Chapter Rank #226Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- 刑部x2 | Chapter Rank #93Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
- 排名x1 | Chapter Rank #227to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- 要x4 | Chapter Rank #32(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 分x1 | Chapter Rank #228to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)part; share; ingredient; component
- 先后x1 | Chapter Rank #229early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- 各x3 | Chapter Rank #55each; every
- 设x2 | Chapter Rank #94to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 二品x2 | Chapter Rank #95
- 直接x2 | Chapter Rank #96direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 对x4 | Chapter Rank #33right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 负责x1 | Chapter Rank #230to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- 之下x1 | Chapter Rank #231under; beneath; less than
- 左右x3 | Chapter Rank #56left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence