The Prince — Page 6

Vocabulary

他

tā — Third person singular pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

第一次

dì yī cì — The first time; initial occurrence of something.

出使

chū shǐ — To be sent abroad as a diplomatic envoy or ambassador.

是

shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or existence.

在

zài — At, in, or on; indicates location or time of action.

年

nián — Year; unit of time in the calendar system.

前往

qián wǎng — To go to; to travel toward a specific destination.

处

chù — Place, location; also used to indicate someone's presence.

即

jí — That is, namely; used to clarify or specify something.

君主论

Jūn zhǔ lùn — The Prince; Machiavelli's famous political treatise title.

中

zhōng — In, within, inside; indicates being contained in something.

福利

fú lì — Welfare, benefit; well-being or social benefits provided.

女主人

nǚ zhǔ rén — Mistress, hostess; a woman who heads or owns something.

从

cóng — From; indicates origin, source, or following someone's lead.

她

tā — Third person singular feminine pronoun meaning 'she' or 'her'.

行为

xíng wéi — Behavior, conduct; actions or deeds performed by someone.

和

hé — And; conjunction linking words, phrases, or clauses together.

命运

mìng yùn — Fate, destiny; the predetermined course of one's life.

得出

dé chū — To derive, draw, or arrive at a conclusion or result.

教训

jiào xun — Lesson, moral; a lesson learned from experience or failure.

赢得

yíng dé — To win, earn, or gain something through effort or merit.

人民

rén mín — The people; citizens or the general public of a nation.

信任

xìn rèn — Trust, confidence; belief in someone's reliability or honesty.

远比

yuǎn bǐ — Far more than; used to emphasize a great degree of comparison.

依赖

yī lài — To rely on, depend on; needing support from something else.

堡垒

bǎo lěi — Fortress, stronghold; a heavily fortified military defensive structure.

更为

gèng wéi — Even more; used to intensify a comparative statement.

重要

zhòng yào — Important, significant; of great value or consequence.

这

zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby.

思想

sī xiǎng — Thought, ideology; a system of ideas or philosophical beliefs.

一个

yī gè — One; the numeral one combined with a general measure word.

非常

fēi cháng — Very, extremely; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs.

显著

xiǎn zhù — Prominent, notable, remarkable; clearly visible or significant.

原则

yuán zé — Principle, rule; a fundamental guideline governing behavior or thinking.

以

yǐ — Using, by means of; a preposition indicating method or manner.

多种

duō zhǒng — Various, multiple kinds; many different types or varieties.

方式

fāng shì — Method, way, manner; the way in which something is done.

将

jiāng — To take, bring; also a future tense marker or preposition.

其

qí — It, its, their; a formal pronoun referring to previously mentioned subject.

作为

zuò wéi — As, regarded as; to treat something in a particular role.

对

duì — For, toward; preposition indicating direction, target, or relevance.

君主

jūn zhǔ — Monarch, ruler, sovereign; a hereditary head of state.

至关重要

zhì guān zhòng yào — Crucial, of utmost importance; absolutely essential and critical.

事项

shì xiàng — Matter, item; a specific point or issue to be addressed.

加以

jiā yǐ — To apply, to do; used before a verb to indicate treatment.

强调

qiáng diào — To emphasize, stress; to highlight the importance of something.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.

派往

pài wǎng — To dispatch to, send to; to assign someone to go somewhere.

法国

Fǎ guó — France; Western European country known for its culture and history.

就

jiù — Regarding, concerning; also 'then' or 'right away' in other contexts.

继续

jì xù — To continue, carry on; to keep doing something without stopping.

作战

zuò zhàn — To fight, wage war; to engage in military combat or operations.

一事

yī shì — This matter, this affair; referring to a specific issue discussed.

向

xiàng — To, toward; preposition indicating direction or addressee of action.

十二

shí èr — Twelve; the number 12, here referring to Louis XII.

争取

zhēng qǔ — To strive for, seek to obtain; to work hard to gain something.

条件

tiáo jiàn — Condition, terms; requirements or stipulations for an agreement.

正是

zhèng shì — It is precisely; used to affirm or confirm a specific point.

这位

zhè wèi — This (person); respectful demonstrative for referring to someone.

国王

guó wáng — King; a male monarch who rules over a kingdom.

处理

chǔ lǐ — To handle, deal with; to manage or process a situation.

意大利

Yì dà lì — Italy; Southern European country with rich Renaissance history.

事务

shì wù — Affairs, matters; official business or administrative concerns.

时

shí — When, at the time of; indicates a specific temporal circumstance.

犯下

fàn xià — To commit, perpetrate; to carry out an error or wrongdoing.

了

le — Completion particle; indicates an action has been completed.

所

suǒ — Nominalization particle; used before verbs to form noun phrases.

总结

zǒng jié — To summarize; to draw together main points into a conclusion.

五大

wǔ dà — Five major; referring to five significant or large-scale items.

治国

zhì guó — Governing a nation; the art and practice of statecraft.

根本

gēn běn — Fundamental, basic; core or essential basis of something.

错误

cuò wù — Error, mistake; an incorrect or faulty action or judgment.

并

bìng — And, furthermore; conjunction linking parallel actions or facts.

因此

yīn cǐ — Therefore, consequently; indicating a result from a previous cause.

驱逐

qū zhú — To expel, drive out; to forcibly remove someone from a place.

出境

chū jìng — To leave the country; to exit across a national border.

也

yě — Also, too; indicates inclusion or similarity in a statement.

解除

jiě chú — To dissolve, remove, lift; to terminate or cancel an obligation.

婚姻

hūn yīn — Marriage; the legal or formal union between two people.

支持

zhī chí — To support, back; to provide assistance or endorsement to someone.

教皇

jiào huáng — Pope; the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

六世

liù shì — The Sixth; ordinal number used in naming monarchs or popes.

使得

shǐ dé — To cause, make; to result in a particular outcome or situation.

那些

nà xiē — Those; demonstrative pronoun referring to plural distant things.

主张

zhǔ zhāng — To advocate, maintain; to put forward a claim or position.

此类

cǐ lèi — This kind, such; referring to this type or category of things.

承诺

chéng nuò — Promise, commitment; a pledge to do or uphold something.

应当

yīng dāng — Should, ought to; expressing obligation or moral expectation.

信守

xìn shǒu — To honor, keep faith with; to abide by one's promises.

人

rén — Person, people; a human being or persons in general.

引向

yǐn xiàng — To lead toward, point to; to direct attention or action somewhere.

所写

suǒ xiě — What was written; referring to the content authored by someone.

关于

guān yú — About, regarding, concerning; introducing the topic of discussion.

信义

xìn yì — Good faith, integrity; faithfulness and righteousness in conduct.

论述

lùn shù — Discussion, exposition; a detailed written or spoken argument.

公职

gōng zhí — Public office; an official position in government or public service.

生涯

shēng yá — Career, life course; the span of one's professional or public life.

很大

hěn dà — Very large, great; to a significant or considerable degree.

程度上

chéng dù shàng — To a certain degree or extent; in terms of level or measure.

及其

jí qí — And its, as well as; formal conjunction linking subjects or topics.

子

zǐ — Son, child; also used as a respectful suffix for a person.

公爵

gōng jué — Duke; the highest rank of European non-royal nobility.

野心

yě xīn — Ambition; strong desire for power, wealth, or achievement.

引发

yǐn fā — To trigger, provoke; to cause something to happen or arise.

事件

shì jiàn — Event, incident; a significant occurrence or happening.

占据

zhàn jù — To occupy, dominate; to take up space or hold a position.

而

ér — And, yet, while; a conjunction indicating contrast or continuation.

这些

zhè xiē — These; demonstrative pronoun referring to plural nearby items.

人物

rén wù — Figure, character, personage; a notable or significant person.

大量

dà liàng — A large amount, great quantity; referring to much or many.

篇幅

piān fú — Length of a piece of writing; space devoted to a topic.

毫不犹豫

háo bù yóu yù — Without any hesitation; acting decisively and without wavering.

地

de — Structural particle linking adverbials to the verb they modify.

援引

yuán yǐn — To cite, invoke; to reference someone's actions as an example.

行动

xíng dòng — Action, move; a deliberate act or course of conduct taken.

以供

yǐ gōng — For the purpose of providing; to offer something for use.

希望

xī wàng — To hope, wish; a desire or expectation for something to happen.

保住

bǎo zhù — To keep, retain, hold onto; to successfully maintain possession.

夺取

duó qǔ — To seize, capture; to take by force or aggressive effort.

国家

guó jiā — State, nation, country; a politically organized sovereign territory.

篡位者

cuàn wèi zhě — Usurper; one who seizes power illegitimately or by force.

借鉴

jiè jiàn — To draw lessons from; to learn from others' experience or example.

确实

què shí — Indeed, certainly; used to affirm or confirm something as true.

找不到

zhǎo bu dào — Cannot find; unable to locate or discover something sought.

比

bǐ — Compared to, than; used in comparative sentences or expressions.

模式

mó shì — Model, pattern, mode; a template or system serving as example.

更好

gèng hǎo — Better, even better; superior compared to something else.

准则

zhǔn zé — Norm, standard, guideline; a rule or criterion for conduct.

可以

kě yǐ — Can, may; indicates ability, possibility, or permission to do.

提供

tí gōng — To provide, supply, offer; to make something available to someone.

以至于

yǐ zhì yú — To the extent that; introduces a result of an extreme degree.

某些

mǒu xiē — Certain, some; referring to unspecified particular individuals or things.

评论家

píng lùn jiā — Critic, commentator; a person who professionally analyzes and evaluates.

誉为

yù wéi — To praise as, acclaim as; to honor someone with a particular title.

英雄

yīng xióng — Hero; a person admired for courage, nobility, or great achievements.