Vocabulary: 明朝一哥王阳明

• xiōng zhōng dì jíxiong1 zhong1 di4 ji2兄终弟及x1 | Book Rank #17614
• dān chuándan1 chuan2单传x1 | Book Rank #17615to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
• zhí zizhi2 zi5侄子x1 | Book Rank #17616brother's son; nephew
• zhēng diǎnzheng1 dian3争点x1 | Book Rank #17617
• huáng tài hòuhuang2 tai4 hou4皇太后x2 | Book Rank #8885empress dowager
• tài huáng tài hòutai4 huang2 tai4 hou4太皇太后x1 | Book Rank #17618
• Chéng Yǎo jīnCheng2 Yao3 jin1程咬金x1 | Book Rank #17619Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
• lián huáng tài hòulian2 huang2 tai4 hou4连皇太后x1 | Book Rank #17620
• lí māo huànli2 mao1 huan4狸猫换x1 | Book Rank #17621
• wán bù zhuǎnwan2 bu4 zhuan3玩不转x1 | Book Rank #17622
• tán pàntan2 pan4谈判x2 | Book Rank #8886to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]
• jiāo diǎnjiao1 dian3焦点x1 | Book Rank #17623(lit. and fig.) focal point; focus
• jì sìji4 si4继嗣x12 | Book Rank #1354to continue; to continue a family line; posterity; heir
• fú hé tiáo jiànfu2 he2 tiao2 jian4符合条件x1 | Book Rank #17624
• wáng shì ziwang2 shi4 zi5王世子x1 | Book Rank #17625
• zǒng, cōngzong3, cong1熜x71 | Book Rank #186熜 zǒng: 熜 zong3: torch made from hemp straw (old)熜 cōng: 熜 cong1: chimney (old)
• xū sùixu1 sui4虚岁x1 | Book Rank #17626one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.; contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
• nàinai4褦x1 | Book Rank #17627ignorant; sun hat
• dàidai4襶x1 | Book Rank #17628untidy (in dress)
• chúi lián tīng zhèngchui2 lian2 ting1 zheng4垂帘听政x1 | Book Rank #17629lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
• wài qīwai4 qi1外戚x2 | Book Rank #8887(historical) consort kin
• shēn móu yuǎn lǜshen1 mou2 yuan3 lu:4深谋远虑x2 | Book Rank #8888lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom)
• kāi chūkai1 chu1开出x3 | Book Rank #5745
• gān zhènggan1 zheng4干政x1 | Book Rank #17630to interfere in state affairs; to meddle in politics
• yǐn huànyin3 huan4隐患x1 | Book Rank #17631a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface
• tī kāiti1 kai1踢开x1 | Book Rank #17632
• liǎng quán qí měiliang3 quan2 qi2 mei3两全其美x1 | Book Rank #17633to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
• fǎ mǎfa3 ma3砝码x3 | Book Rank #5746standard weight (used on a balance scale)
• yì zhǐyi4 zhi3懿旨x1 | Book Rank #17634an imperial decree
• zhòng sǔo zhōu zhīzhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1众所周知x1 | Book Rank #17635(idiom) as everyone knows
• dì diǎndi4 dian3地点x4 | Book Rank #4244place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
• bàobao4豹x4 | Book Rank #4245leopard; panther
• zhuàn youzhuan4 you5转悠x1 | Book Rank #17636to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
• gū shēn yī réngu1 shen1 yi1 ren2孤身一人x1 | Book Rank #17637
• kùn shòu yóu dòukun4 shou4 you2 dou4困兽犹斗x1 | Book Rank #17638a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
• chā chì nán táocha1 chi4 nan2 tao2插翅难逃x1 | Book Rank #17639
• qià féngqia4 feng2恰逢x1 | Book Rank #17640
• lùo chéngluo4 cheng2落成x1 | Book Rank #17641to complete a construction project
• ān zhìan1 zhi4安置x1 | Book Rank #17642to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement
• wěnwen3吻x1 | Book Rank #17643kiss; to kiss; mouth
• liù ménliu4 men2六门x1 | Book Rank #17644
• bèi bǔbei4 bu3被捕x1 | Book Rank #17645to be arrested; under arrest
• líng chíling2 chi2凌迟x1 | Book Rank #17646the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
• biān jiāngbian1 jiang1边疆x2 | Book Rank #8889border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
• jiè huā xiàn Fójie4 hua1 xian4 Fo2借花献佛x1 | Book Rank #17647lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property; plagiarism
• cōngcong1璁x49 | Book Rank #288stone similar to jade
• yuányuan2杬x1 | Book Rank #17648
• dì sì gèdi4 si4 ge4第四个x1 | Book Rank #17649
• Hú běiHu2 bei3湖北x2 | Book Rank #8890see 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
• shèshe4摄x1 | Book Rank #17650(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for