Vocabulary: 盛世危言
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 羡慕x1 | Chapter Rank #230to envy; to admire
- 道x4 | Chapter Rank #47road; 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x4 | Chapter Rank #48three; 3surname San
- 辅x2 | Chapter Rank #101to assist; to complement; auxiliary
- 治理x1 | Chapter Rank #231to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance
- 京畿x1 | Chapter Rank #232Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]capital city and its surrounding area
- 地区x1 | Chapter Rank #233region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 三位x1 | Chapter Rank #234
- 长官x1 | Chapter Rank #235senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for senior officer)
- 之x9 | Chapter Rank #18(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #236head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 朝廷x3 | Chapter Rank #68court; imperial household; dynasty
- 这项x1 | Chapter Rank #237
- 任命x1 | Chapter Rank #238to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #239to 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
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #69to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 试x2 | Chapter Rank #102to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #240to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 啊x1 | Chapter Rank #241interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- 在此期间x1 | Chapter Rank #242
- 被x5 | Chapter Rank #33quilt; 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")
- 委派x1 | Chapter Rank #243to appoint
- 钦差x1 | Chapter Rank #244imperial envoy
- 身份x1 | Chapter Rank #245identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 督造x1 | Chapter Rank #246
- 威宁x1 | Chapter Rank #247see 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣|威宁彝族回族苗族自治县[Wei1 ning2 Yi2 zu2 Hui2 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 伯x1 | Chapter Rank #248one hundred (old)father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 王x6 | Chapter Rank #27(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)surname Wangking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- 越x10 | Chapter Rank #12generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 坟墓x1 | Chapter Rank #249grave; tomb
- 比较x1 | Chapter Rank #250to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 神x4 | Chapter Rank #49Godgod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- 虽然x3 | Chapter Rank #70although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 皇帝x5 | Chapter Rank #34emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 亲属x1 | Chapter Rank #251kin; kindred; relatives
- 但x3 | Chapter Rank #71but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 很x6 | Chapter Rank #28very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 有x7 | Chapter Rank #22to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 进士x2 | Chapter Rank #103successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 当年x1 | Chapter Rank #252that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 参加x1 | Chapter Rank #253to participate; to take part; to join
- 殿试x1 | Chapter Rank #254court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- 狂风x1 | Chapter Rank #255gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
- 突起x1 | Chapter Rank #256to appear suddenly; projection; bit sticking out
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #104will; 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])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 试卷x2 | Chapter Rank #105examination paper; test paper; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- 给x4 | Chapter Rank #50to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 吹x1 | Chapter Rank #257to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- 到x5 | Chapter Rank #35to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 天上x1 | Chapter Rank #258the sky; the heavens