Vocabulary: 咎由自取-(1962)-The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink
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- 也x31 | Chapter Rank #15surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 博尔赫斯x6 | Chapter Rank #127Jorge Luis Borges
- 挚友x1 | Chapter Rank #625intimate friend; close friend
- 著名作家x1 | Chapter Rank #626
- 西尔x1 | Chapter Rank #627
- 维x1 | Chapter Rank #628to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei
- 娜x14 | Chapter Rank #57(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]elegant; graceful
- 奥x3 | Chapter Rank #244obscure; mysterious(bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])
- 坎波x3 | Chapter Rank #245
- 结婚x1 | Chapter Rank #629to marry; to get married
- 姐姐x1 | Chapter Rank #630older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 维多利亚x1 | Chapter Rank #631(name) Victoria; (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc)
- 创办x1 | Chapter Rank #632to establish; to found
- 杂志x4 | Chapter Rank #183magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]
- 南方x2 | Chapter Rank #360south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- 他们x23 | Chapter Rank #26they; them
- 三x2 | Chapter Rank #361surname Santhree; 3
- 人x39 | Chapter Rank #13person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 这本x1 | Chapter Rank #633
- 上x22 | Chapter Rank #30used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 发表x1 | Chapter Rank #634to issue; to publish
- 很多x5 | Chapter Rank #152
- 出色x1 | Chapter Rank #635remarkable; outstanding
- 短篇小说x1 | Chapter Rank #636short story
- 散文x1 | Chapter Rank #637(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- 共同x1 | Chapter Rank #638common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 编撰x1 | Chapter Rank #639to compile; to edit
- 影响x4 | Chapter Rank #184influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- 深远x1 | Chapter Rank #640far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- 选集x1 | Chapter Rank #641anthology
- 该书x1 | Chapter Rank #642
- 增补x1 | Chapter Rank #643to augment; to supplement; to add
- 修订x1 | Chapter Rank #644to revise
- 后x9 | Chapter Rank #93empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 于x2 | Chapter Rank #362to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 年x4 | Chapter Rank #185surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 推出x1 | Chapter Rank #645to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend
- 英文版x2 | Chapter Rank #363
- 之x4 | Chapter Rank #186(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 书x15 | Chapter Rank #52book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to writeabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 巴x1 | Chapter Rank #646to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tailBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- 斯托斯x1 | Chapter Rank #647
- 多x4 | Chapter Rank #187many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 梅x14 | Chapter Rank #58plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)surname Mei
- 克x12 | Chapter Rank #70abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatiato be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 aresto subdue; to overthrow; to restrainKe (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 笔名x2 | Chapter Rank #364pen name; pseudonym
- 写x6 | Chapter Rank #128used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 讽刺x2 | Chapter Rank #365to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- 但是x18 | Chapter Rank #39but; however
- 首次x1 | Chapter Rank #648first; first time; for the first time