Vocabulary: 咎由自取-（1962）-The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink
from 100：科幻之书 II 异站
- 地x20 | Chapter Rank #33earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 生命x3 | Chapter Rank #264life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 镇子x2 | Chapter Rank #397town; village
- 最近x1 | Chapter Rank #768recently; soon; nearest
- 几天x3 | Chapter Rank #265several days
- 事情x18 | Chapter Rank #40affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 过去x2 | Chapter Rank #398(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by(verb suffix)
- 所有x6 | Chapter Rank #133all; to have; to possess; to own
- 年份x1 | Chapter Rank #769particular year
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #770to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 起来x4 | Chapter Rank #196to 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]
- 明白x1 | Chapter Rank #771clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 我x151 | Chapter Rank #3I; me; my
- 说x73 | Chapter Rank #6to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 句x1 | Chapter Rank #772sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- 话x7 | Chapter Rank #115dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 分量x1 | Chapter Rank #773quantity; weight; measure; (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc); (of written material) density(vector) component(food) portion size
- 你x26 | Chapter Rank #22you (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.)
- 得x7 | Chapter Rank #116structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 记住x2 | Chapter Rank #399to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 本地x2 | Chapter Rank #400local; this locality
- 悠久x1 | Chapter Rank #774long (tradition, history etc)
- 一座x2 | Chapter Rank #401
- 这里x3 | Chapter Rank #266here
- 不少x3 | Chapter Rank #267many; quite a few; a good number of
- 重大事件x1 | Chapter Rank #775
- 始建x1 | Chapter Rank #776to start building
- 中叶x1 | Chapter Rank #777mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period
- 暴发x1 | Chapter Rank #778to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
- 霍乱x1 | Chapter Rank #779cholera
- 还好x1 | Chapter Rank #780not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
- 没x27 | Chapter Rank #21(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 引起x3 | Chapter Rank #268to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- 什么x24 | Chapter Rank #24what?; something; anything
- 严重后果x1 | Chapter Rank #781grave consequence; serious repercussion
- 突袭x1 | Chapter Rank #782to raid; to storm; surprise attack
- 尽管x2 | Chapter Rank #402despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 没有x15 | Chapter Rank #53haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 真正x1 | Chapter Rank #783genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 攻打x1 | Chapter Rank #784to attack (the enemy)
- 小镇x3 | Chapter Rank #269small town; village
- 五六x1 | Chapter Rank #785
- 一直x2 | Chapter Rank #403straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 保持x2 | Chapter Rank #404to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 警惕x1 | Chapter Rank #786to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- 那x19 | Chapter Rank #35surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 时候x13 | Chapter Rank #65time; length of time; moment; period
- 邻x1 | Chapter Rank #787neighbor; adjacent; close to
- 镇x1 | Chapter Rank #788to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- 正x3 | Chapter Rank #270first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive