Vocabulary: 引言- Introduction
from 100：科幻之书 Ⅲ沙王
- 上映x1 | Chapter Rank #2484to screen; to show (a movie)
- 发狂x1 | Chapter Rank #2485crazy; mad; madly
- 线索x1 | Chapter Rank #2486trail; clues; thread (of a story)
- 奠基人x1 | Chapter Rank #2487founder; pioneer
- 科技时代x1 | Chapter Rank #2488
- 程度x1 | Chapter Rank #2489degree; level; extent
- 再度x1 | Chapter Rank #2490once more; once again; one more time
- 看重x1 | Chapter Rank #2491to regard as important; to value
- 多样性x2 | Chapter Rank #1166variegation; diversity
- 别x1 | Chapter Rank #2492to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])surname Bieto make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 研究x2 | Chapter Rank #1167research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 巧x1 | Chapter Rank #2493opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 坚持x1 | Chapter Rank #2494to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #1168only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 突破性x1 | Chapter Rank #2495groundbreaking
- 气候变化x1 | Chapter Rank #2496climate change
- 吸引力x1 | Chapter Rank #2497attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- 巴x2 | Chapter Rank #1169Ba, 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)to 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], tail
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #2498to 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
- 卢x2 | Chapter Rank #1170(old) rice vessel; black; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussysurname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]
- 皮x1 | Chapter Rank #2499skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)surname Pi
- 勉强x1 | Chapter Rank #2500to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- 吴x1 | Chapter Rank #2501surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 定x1 | Chapter Rank #2502to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 柏x1 | Chapter Rank #2503surname Bai; Taiwan pr. [Bo2]cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2](used for transcribing names)used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2 bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- 墨x1 | Chapter Rank #2504surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexicoink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
- 作序x1 | Chapter Rank #2505
- 中国x3 | Chapter Rank #762China
- 郑x1 | Chapter Rank #2506Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan; surname Zhengused in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]
- 文光x1 | Chapter Rank #2507
- 镜像x1 | Chapter Rank #2508mirror image
- 韩x2 | Chapter Rank #1171Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 松x2 | Chapter Rank #1172pine; CL:棵[ke1]surname Songloose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- 经久不衰x1 | Chapter Rank #2509unfailing; never-ending
- 刘慈欣x1 | Chapter Rank #2510Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
- 三x3 | Chapter Rank #763three; 3surname San
- 体x1 | Chapter Rank #2511used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- 闯入x1 | Chapter Rank #2512to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
- 口碑x1 | Chapter Rank #2513public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- 双重x1 | Chapter Rank #2514double
- 短x1 | Chapter Rank #2515short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 中篇小说x1 | Chapter Rank #2516novella
- 诗云x1 | Chapter Rank #2517
- 重获x1 | Chapter Rank #2518recovery; to recover
- 新生x1 | Chapter Rank #2519new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student
- 赏心悦目x1 | Chapter Rank #2520warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom); pleasing; delightful
- 芬兰x2 | Chapter Rank #1173Finland
- 莉x1 | Chapter Rank #2521used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]; used in the transliteration of female names
- 推崇x1 | Chapter Rank #2522to esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to; to revere
- 迷人x1 | Chapter Rank #2523fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting