Vocabulary: 盛世危言
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 流行x1 | Chapter Rank #569(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- 诗文x2 | Chapter Rank #151poetry and literature
- 复古x6 | Chapter Rank #31to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- 运动x2 | Chapter Rank #152to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #570
- 由x1 | Chapter Rank #571to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 李梦阳x7 | Chapter Rank #25
- 王廷相x1 | Chapter Rank #572
- 代表x2 | Chapter Rank #153representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 前x2 | Chapter Rank #154front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 七x2 | Chapter Rank #155seven; 7
- 子x3 | Chapter Rank #88noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 发起x1 | Chapter Rank #573to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- 反对x2 | Chapter Rank #156to oppose; to be against; to object to
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #157then; at that timeimmediately; right then
- 千篇一律x1 | Chapter Rank #574thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all
- 八股x1 | Chapter Rank #575an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing
- 式x1 | Chapter Rank #576type; form; pattern; style
- 文章x1 | Chapter Rank #577article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- 文学x2 | Chapter Rank #158literature
- 改良x1 | Chapter Rank #578to improve (sth); to reform (a system)
- 环绕x1 | Chapter Rank #579to surround; to circle; to revolve around
- 内阁x3 | Chapter Rank #89(government) cabinet
- 首辅x2 | Chapter Rank #159
- 李东阳x14 | Chapter Rank #6
- 周围x1 | Chapter Rank #580environs; surroundings; periphery
- 茶陵x1 | Chapter Rank #581see 茶陵縣|茶陵县[Cha2 ling2 Xian4]
- 诗x1 | Chapter Rank #582abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songspoem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- 针锋相对x1 | Chapter Rank #583to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
- 愤青x1 | Chapter Rank #584angry youth – highly nationalistic young Chinese people (abbr. for 憤怒青年|愤怒青年[feng4 nu4 qing1 nian2]) (neologism c. 1970s)
- 偶像x1 | Chapter Rank #585idol
- 傲x1 | Chapter Rank #586proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy
- 睨x1 | Chapter Rank #587to look askance at
- 世x1 | Chapter Rank #588surname Shilife; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- 上书x1 | Chapter Rank #589to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- 孝宗x5 | Chapter Rank #45
- 历数x1 | Chapter Rank #590(literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar systemto enumerate; to count (one by one)
- 皇后x1 | Chapter Rank #591empress; imperial consort
- 父x2 | Chapter Rank #160(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 鹤x1 | Chapter Rank #592crane
- 龄x1 | Chapter Rank #593age; length of experience, membership etc
- 罪状x1 | Chapter Rank #594charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
- 差点x1 | Chapter Rank #595almost; nearly
- 为此x1 | Chapter Rank #596for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- 送命x1 | Chapter Rank #597to lose one's life; to get killed
- 出狱x1 | Chapter Rank #598to be released from prison
- 街上x1 | Chapter Rank #599on the street; in town
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #600to meet; to run into; to come across
- 氏x1 | Chapter Rank #601used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1](bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
- 仍x1 | Chapter Rank #602still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often