Vocabulary: 雪球效应-（1952）-The Snowball Effect
from 100：科幻之书 I 窃星
- 洛x3 | Chapter Rank #249surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)used in transliteration
- 韦x3 | Chapter Rank #250surname Weisoft leather
- 先生x4 | Chapter Rank #189teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 试x1 | Chapter Rank #750to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 设身处地x1 | Chapter Rank #751to put oneself in sb else's shoes
- 考虑一下x1 | Chapter Rank #752
- 你x29 | Chapter Rank #14you (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.)
- 看x3 | Chapter Rank #251to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 一大x1 | Chapter Rank #753
- 票x2 | Chapter Rank #374ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- 可以x4 | Chapter Rank #190can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 奉x1 | Chapter Rank #754to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- 一大堆x1 | Chapter Rank #755
- 票子x1 | Chapter Rank #756(coll.) cash; bill
- 来说x2 | Chapter Rank #375
- 听x6 | Chapter Rank #120smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 起来x8 | Chapter Rank #90to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- 跟x9 | Chapter Rank #77heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 社会主义x1 | Chapter Rank #757socialism
- 差不多x2 | Chapter Rank #376almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 比x4 | Chapter Rank #191to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 更x10 | Chapter Rank #72more; even more; further; still; still moreto 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)
- 糟糕x1 | Chapter Rank #758too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- 要说x1 | Chapter Rank #759as for; when it comes to
- 制度x2 | Chapter Rank #377system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 等到x1 | Chapter Rank #760to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- 玛x1 | Chapter Rank #761used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[ma3 nao3]
- 吉x1 | Chapter Rank #762lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji
- 姨妈x1 | Chapter Rank #763(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
- 集邮册x1 | Chapter Rank #764stamp album; CL:本[ben3]
- 收集x2 | Chapter Rank #378to gather; to collect
- 麦片x1 | Chapter Rank #765oatmeal; rolled oats
- 时x14 | Chapter Rank #47o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 置之度外x1 | Chapter Rank #766to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
- 套x2 | Chapter Rank #379to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- 说辞x1 | Chapter Rank #767excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
- 吸引x4 | Chapter Rank #192to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
- 不了x3 | Chapter Rank #252no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- 那群人x2 | Chapter Rank #380
- 得了吧x1 | Chapter Rank #768
- 脸x1 | Chapter Rank #769face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 居高临下x1 | Chapter Rank #770lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom); fig. to occupy a commanding position; to assume a haughty attitude
- 笑意x1 | Chapter Rank #771smiling expression
- 知道x13 | Chapter Rank #50to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 这样x2 | Chapter Rank #381this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 刺激x1 | Chapter Rank #772to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
- 干x2 | Chapter Rank #382dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shouldersurname Gan(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 行x3 | Chapter Rank #253used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 值x1 | Chapter Rank #773value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- 钱x2 | Chapter Rank #383surname Qiancoin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]