Vocabulary: 盛世危言
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 了x30 | Chapter Rank #2to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 同学x2 | Chapter Rank #106to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 顿时x1 | Chapter Rank #259immediately; suddenly
- 欲哭无泪x1 | Chapter Rank #260
- 还好x1 | Chapter Rank #261not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
- 考官x3 | Chapter Rank #72an examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
- 又x7 | Chapter Rank #23(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 一张x2 | Chapter Rank #107
- 卷子x3 | Chapter Rank #73steamed roll; spring rolltest paper; examination paper
- 让x5 | Chapter Rank #36to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 答x1 | Chapter Rank #262to answer; to reply; to respondbound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #263to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 交x1 | Chapter Rank #264to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- 没x1 | Chapter Rank #265drowned; to end; to die; to inundate(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 承x1 | Chapter Rank #266surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- 想x3 | Chapter Rank #74to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 这x5 | Chapter Rank #37(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 年x4 | Chapter Rank #51year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 秋天x1 | Chapter Rank #267autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 朝鲜x3 | Chapter Rank #75North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Chao2xian1]
- 国x1 | Chapter Rank #268country; nation; state; (bound form) nationalsurname Guo
- 使节x1 | Chapter Rank #269(diplomatic) envoy
- 来京x1 | Chapter Rank #270
- 进贡x1 | Chapter Rank #271to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
- 竟然x1 | Chapter Rank #272unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 带来x1 | Chapter Rank #273to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 那x3 | Chapter Rank #76surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 张x4 | Chapter Rank #52surname Zhangto open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 说x10 | Chapter Rank #13to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 国王x1 | Chapter Rank #274king
- 一x9 | Chapter Rank #19one; 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
- 天x1 | Chapter Rank #275day; sky; heaven
- 视x1 | Chapter Rank #276(literary, or bound form) to look at
- 朝x8 | Chapter Rank #20morningimperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #277time; length of time; moment; period
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #278(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 从天而降x1 | Chapter Rank #279(idiom) to fall from the sky; (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
- 定睛一看x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 却是x1 | Chapter Rank #281nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 天朝x1 | Chapter Rank #282Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- 学生x1 | Chapter Rank #283student; schoolchild
- 不敢x1 | Chapter Rank #284
- 怠慢x1 | Chapter Rank #285to slight; to neglect
- 便x3 | Chapter Rank #77plain; 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]
- 叫x2 | Chapter Rank #108to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 使者x1 | Chapter Rank #286emissary; envoy
- 带回x1 | Chapter Rank #287to bring back; to take back with one
- 北京x3 | Chapter Rank #78Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 跋山涉水x1 | Chapter Rank #288to travel over land and water (idiom)
- 从x4 | Chapter Rank #53surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor