Vocabulary: 庞大而凝滞，甚于帝国-（1971）-Vaster Than Empires and More Slow
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- 回来x4 | Chapter Rank #509to return; to come back
- 不了x2 | Chapter Rank #1133(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantlyno thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
- 发丝x1 | Chapter Rank #2588hair (on the head)
- 根x3 | Chapter Rank #705root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- 打着x1 | Chapter Rank #2589
- 冷战x1 | Chapter Rank #2590(US-Soviet) Cold Warcold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms(coll.) shiver; shudder
- 准备x3 | Chapter Rank #706preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 降临x1 | Chapter Rank #2591to descend; to arrive; to come
- 意思x3 | Chapter Rank #707idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 以上x2 | Chapter Rank #1134that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
- 谈话x1 | Chapter Rank #2592to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- 质x2 | Chapter Rank #1135character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 问讯x1 | Chapter Rank #2593interrogation; greeting
- 保护x2 | Chapter Rank #1136to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 免受x1 | Chapter Rank #2594to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- 过分x1 | Chapter Rank #2595excessive; undue; unduly; overly
- 猛攻x1 | Chapter Rank #2596to attack violently; to storm
- 不幸x2 | Chapter Rank #1137misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 文火x1 | Chapter Rank #2597small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)
- 添x1 | Chapter Rank #2598to add; to increase; to replenish
- 柴x1 | Chapter Rank #2599firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)surname Chai
- 焦躁x1 | Chapter Rank #2600fretful; impatient
- 联x1 | Chapter Rank #2601(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- 隐瞒x1 | Chapter Rank #2602to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- 事关重大x1 | Chapter Rank #2603the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential
- 危机四伏x1 | Chapter Rank #2604danger lurks on every side (idiom)
- 盲人摸象x1 | Chapter Rank #2605blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
- 强压x1 | Chapter Rank #2606
- 怒火x1 | Chapter Rank #2607rage; fury; hot anger
- 接近x2 | Chapter Rank #1138to approach; to get close to
- 扳倒x1 | Chapter Rank #2608
- 钝器x1 | Chapter Rank #2609blunt instrument (used as a weapon)
- 击打x1 | Chapter Rank #2610to beat; to lash
- 难道x1 | Chapter Rank #2611don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 瞄到x1 | Chapter Rank #2612
- 哪怕x1 | Chapter Rank #2613even; even if; even though; no matter how
- 话中有话x1 | Chapter Rank #2614one's words carry an implicit meaning
- 层x2 | Chapter Rank #1139to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
- 深意x1 | Chapter Rank #2615
- 异形x3 | Chapter Rank #708not the usual type; atypical; heterotype
- 犯下x1 | Chapter Rank #2616
- 谋杀x1 | Chapter Rank #2617to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
- 局外人x1 | Chapter Rank #2618
- 陌生客x1 | Chapter Rank #2619
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #1140to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply mustabbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- 一员x1 | Chapter Rank #2620a member (of an organization)
- 魔鬼x1 | Chapter Rank #2621devil
- 体内x2 | Chapter Rank #1141within the body; in vivo (vs in vitro); internal to
- 第一x1 | Chapter Rank #2622first; most important; primary; foremost
- 口吻x2 | Chapter Rank #1142tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face