Vocabulary: 最后的问题-（1956）-The Last Question
from 100：科幻之书 I 窃星
- 离开x1 | Chapter Rank #1003to depart; to leave
- 奇怪x1 | Chapter Rank #1004strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- 何必x1 | Chapter Rank #1005there is no need; why should
- 语气x2 | Chapter Rank #451tone; manner of speaking; mood; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 强硬x1 | Chapter Rank #1006tough; unyielding; hard-line
- 一无所有x1 | Chapter Rank #1007not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
- 却是x2 | Chapter Rank #452nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 应有尽有x1 | Chapter Rank #1008everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs
- 孤单x1 | Chapter Rank #1009lone; lonely; loneliness
- 开天辟地x1 | Chapter Rank #1010to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
- 星球x6 | Chapter Rank #148celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body
- 一百多万x1 | Chapter Rank #1011
- 唉x2 | Chapter Rank #453interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sighalas; oh dear
- 说不定x2 | Chapter Rank #454can't say for sure; maybe
- 孙子x2 | Chapter Rank #455Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]grandson; son's son
- 就要x3 | Chapter Rank #292will; shall; to be going to
- 挤x1 | Chapter Rank #1012to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- 不下x1 | Chapter Rank #1013to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #1014have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 寻找x1 | Chapter Rank #1015to seek; to look for
- 属于x7 | Chapter Rank #127to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- 新世界x1 | Chapter Rank #1016
- 略x1 | Chapter Rank #1017brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- 思忖x2 | Chapter Rank #456to ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind
- 讲x1 | Chapter Rank #1018to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 照着x1 | Chapter Rank #1019
- 人口爆炸x1 | Chapter Rank #1020
- 趋势x2 | Chapter Rank #457trend; tendency
- 星际x12 | Chapter Rank #72interstellar; interplanetary
- 旅行x3 | Chapter Rank #293to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4]
- 真的x2 | Chapter Rank #458really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- 万幸x1 | Chapter Rank #1021very lucky indeed
- 伤心地x1 | Chapter Rank #1022
- 正在x3 | Chapter Rank #294to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 这时x2 | Chapter Rank #459at this time; at this moment
- 插话x2 | Chapter Rank #460to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
- 家x4 | Chapter Rank #207used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 棒x1 | Chapter Rank #1023stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
- 揉x2 | Chapter Rank #461to knead; to massage; to rub
- 她x1 | Chapter Rank #1024she
- 的确x2 | Chapter Rank #462really; indeed
- 拥有x1 | Chapter Rank #1025to have; to possess; to own
- 很棒x1 | Chapter Rank #1026
- 庆幸x1 | Chapter Rank #1027to rejoice; to be glad
- 生x1 | Chapter Rank #1028to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 时代x1 | Chapter Rank #1029Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 父亲x1 | Chapter Rank #1030father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 年轻x2 | Chapter Rank #463young
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #464surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 庞然大物x1 | Chapter Rank #1031(idiom) huge object; colossus