Vocabulary: 兵无常势，水无常形
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 只能x1 | Chapter Rank #179can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 以北x1 | Chapter Rank #180to the north of (suffix)
- 而x4 | Chapter Rank #36and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 首先x1 | Chapter Rank #181first of all; in the first place
- 好比x1 | Chapter Rank #182to be just like; can be compared to
- 买x1 | Chapter Rank #183to buy; to purchase
- 保险x1 | Chapter Rank #184insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to; CL:份[fen4]
- 用不上x1 | Chapter Rank #185
- 时x3 | Chapter Rank #46surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 痛苦x2 | Chapter Rank #74pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #186to 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
- 上x3 | Chapter Rank #47used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #187to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 真x3 | Chapter Rank #48really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #75quilt; 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")
- 围困x1 | Chapter Rank #188to besiege
- 境地x1 | Chapter Rank #189circumstances
- 意义x1 | Chapter Rank #190sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #49exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 让x4 | Chapter Rank #37to 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])
- 玩x1 | Chapter Rank #191to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainmentTaiwan pr. [wan4]
- 围点打援x1 | Chapter Rank #192
- 游戏x1 | Chapter Rank #193game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- 罢了x1 | Chapter Rank #194a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- 其次x1 | Chapter Rank #195next; secondly
- 麾下x1 | Chapter Rank #196troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general)
- 支x1 | Chapter Rank #197to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositionssurname Zhi
- 杂牌军x1 | Chapter Rank #198miscellaneous troops; irregular troops; troops of varied allegiances; uncertified staff
- 你x1 | Chapter Rank #199you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 他们x2 | Chapter Rank #76they; them
- 上阵x1 | Chapter Rank #200to go into battle
- 杀敌x1 | Chapter Rank #201to attack the enemy
- 还x2 | Chapter Rank #77to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 贾x1 | Chapter Rank #202merchant; to buysurname Jia
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #78down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 余x1 | Chapter Rank #203(literary) I; mesurname Yuextra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- 勇x1 | Chapter Rank #204brave
- 释放x1 | Chapter Rank #205to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
- 一下x2 | Chapter Rank #79(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 激情x1 | Chapter Rank #206passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- 等到x1 | Chapter Rank #207to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- 围城x1 | Chapter Rank #208siege; besieged cityFortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial
- 基本x1 | Chapter Rank #209basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 不用x1 | Chapter Rank #210need not
- 指望x2 | Chapter Rank #80to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- 易x1 | Chapter Rank #211easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #212noun 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-
- 相x1 | Chapter Rank #213surname Xiangeach 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)
- 食x1 | Chapter Rank #214to eat; food; animal feed; eclipseto feed (a person or animal)
- 抗争x1 | Chapter Rank #215to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)