Vocabulary: 引言- Introduction
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- 通信x1 | Chapter Rank #1198to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- 方式x8 | Chapter Rank #216way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 这些x28 | Chapter Rank #49these
- 点子x8 | Chapter Rank #217spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer
- 最先x1 | Chapter Rank #1199(the) very first
- 都x54 | Chapter Rank #22all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolissurname Du
- 是x150 | Chapter Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 通过x16 | Chapter Rank #96to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 让x21 | Chapter Rank #72to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 大众x8 | Chapter Rank #218the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc)Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)
- 了解x5 | Chapter Rank #348to understand; to realize; to find out
- 到x32 | Chapter Rank #37to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 在x164 | Chapter Rank #5to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 艾x7 | Chapter Rank #247Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliterationsurname Ai
- 丽x7 | Chapter Rank #248Koreabeautiful
- 西x3 | Chapter Rank #559westthe West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- 娅x4 | Chapter Rank #416(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)
- 亚x4 | Chapter Rank #417second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]Asia; Asian; Taiwan pr. [Ya3]
- 涅x3 | Chapter Rank #560(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
- 斯x15 | Chapter Rank #106(phonetic); thisSlovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
- 柯西x3 | Chapter Rank #561Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
- 奥x7 | Chapter Rank #249(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])obscure; mysterious
- 创作x41 | Chapter Rank #29to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
- 于x24 | Chapter Rank #58to 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
- 世纪x58 | Chapter Rank #21century
- 年代x68 | Chapter Rank #15a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 短篇小说x7 | Chapter Rank #250short story
- 里x13 | Chapter Rank #122lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 你x6 | Chapter Rank #289you (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.)
- 会x19 | Chapter Rank #81can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 发现x9 | Chapter Rank #190to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 它x20 | Chapter Rank #76itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 明明白白x1 | Chapter Rank #1200
- 地x22 | Chapter Rank #68earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 预言x1 | Chapter Rank #1201to predict; prophecy
- 谷x1 | Chapter Rank #1202grain; cornvalleysurname Gu
- 歌x1 | Chapter Rank #1203song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 这样x33 | Chapter Rank #35this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 信息时代x2 | Chapter Rank #771information age
- 巨擘x2 | Chapter Rank #772(of a person) leading figure; authority (in a field); (of a company) giant; industry powerhouse
- 出现x12 | Chapter Rank #141to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 另外x8 | Chapter Rank #219additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- 早x5 | Chapter Rank #349early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 尼尔x1 | Chapter Rank #1204
- 阿姆斯特朗x1 | Chapter Rank #1205surname Armstrong
- 踏上x1 | Chapter Rank #1206to set foot on; to step on or into
- 月球x2 | Chapter Rank #773the moon
- 几十年x1 | Chapter Rank #1207
- 前x5 | Chapter Rank #350front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 就x38 | Chapter Rank #32(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...