Vocabulary: 借花献佛，张璁得志
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 外面x1 | Chapter Rank #359outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 说了算x2 | Chapter Rank #139to have the final say; to be the one in charge
- 里面x1 | Chapter Rank #360inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- 太后x4 | Chapter Rank #42Empress Dowager
- 宫女x1 | Chapter Rank #361palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]
- 太监x1 | Chapter Rank #362court eunuch; palace eunuch
- 还x3 | Chapter Rank #72to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #363who; also pr. [shui2]
- 眼线x1 | Chapter Rank #364informer; snitch; spy; scout; (cosmetics) eye line
- 稍有不慎x1 | Chapter Rank #365
- 有x2 | Chapter Rank #140to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 可能x2 | Chapter Rank #141might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 成为x3 | Chapter Rank #73to become; to turn into
- 下x3 | Chapter Rank #74down; 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
- 宫闱x1 | Chapter Rank #366
- 血案x1 | Chapter Rank #367murder case
- 男主角x1 | Chapter Rank #368
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #369have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 文官x1 | Chapter Rank #370civil official
- 集团x2 | Chapter Rank #142group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- 求情x1 | Chapter Rank #371to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor
- 希望x1 | Chapter Rank #372to hope; a hope; a wish
- 他们x1 | Chapter Rank #373they; them
- 甚至x1 | Chapter Rank #374even; so much so that
- 宦官x1 | Chapter Rank #375court eunuch
- 私下x1 | Chapter Rank #376in private
- 找到x3 | Chapter Rank #75to find
- 苦苦哀求x1 | Chapter Rank #377to entreat piteously; to implore
- 重金x1 | Chapter Rank #378large sum of money
- 行贿x1 | Chapter Rank #379to offer a bribe
- 搞x1 | Chapter Rank #380to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 老头x1 | Chapter Rank #381old fellow; old man; father; husband
- 左右为难x1 | Chapter Rank #382(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
- 回绝x1 | Chapter Rank #383to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down
- 道x2 | Chapter Rank #143road; 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)
- 独有x1 | Chapter Rank #384to own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only
- 两x3 | Chapter Rank #76two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 相帮x1 | Chapter Rank #385to help one another; to aid
- 清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #386clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- 关键x1 | Chapter Rank #387crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- 频繁x1 | Chapter Rank #388frequently; often
- 请x1 | Chapter Rank #389to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 老人家x1 | Chapter Rank #390polite term for old woman or man
- 过来x1 | Chapter Rank #391see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- 喝茶x1 | Chapter Rank #392to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- 套近乎x1 | Chapter Rank #393to worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory)
- 茶x1 | Chapter Rank #394tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- 照喝x1 | Chapter Rank #395
- 嗑x1 | Chapter Rank #396to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
- 照x1 | Chapter Rank #397to shine; to illuminateaccording to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before