Vocabulary: 第二十章
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- 秘密x2 | Chapter Rank #338secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- 而x7 | Chapter Rank #98and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 男人x6 | Chapter Rank #113a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #612regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 更加x5 | Chapter Rank #136more (than sth else); even more
- 坦然x1 | Chapter Rank #613calm; undisturbed
- 古巴x4 | Chapter Rank #182Cuba
- 导弹x1 | Chapter Rank #614(guided) missile; CL:枚[mei2]
- 危机x1 | Chapter Rank #615crisis
- 结束x5 | Chapter Rank #137termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 之后x10 | Chapter Rank #67after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 一周x1 | Chapter Rank #616one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
- 左右x2 | Chapter Rank #339left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 把x18 | Chapter Rank #33to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 萨x29 | Chapter Rank #14used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliterationsurname Sa
- 迪x36 | Chapter Rank #11to enlighten
- 叫x6 | Chapter Rank #114to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 她x79 | Chapter Rank #5she
- 办公室x1 | Chapter Rank #617office; business premises
- 关上门x1 | Chapter Rank #618
- 势头x1 | Chapter Rank #619power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- 不妙x1 | Chapter Rank #620(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
- 非常x3 | Chapter Rank #232very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 直率x1 | Chapter Rank #621candid; frank
- 问x5 | Chapter Rank #138to ask; to inquire
- 否x1 | Chapter Rank #622to negate; to deny; notclogged; evil
- 比x8 | Chapter Rank #84Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 之前x1 | Chapter Rank #623before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 了解x1 | Chapter Rank #624to understand; to realize; to find out
- 没有x19 | Chapter Rank #31haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 说x51 | Chapter Rank #8to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 但是x27 | Chapter Rank #16but; however
- 你们x4 | Chapter Rank #183you (plural)
- 又x8 | Chapter Rank #85(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 开始x6 | Chapter Rank #115to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 是x64 | Chapter Rank #7to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 你x39 | Chapter Rank #9you (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.)
- 知道x20 | Chapter Rank #28to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 他x74 | Chapter Rank #6(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 住x1 | Chapter Rank #625to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- 哪儿x1 | Chapter Rank #626where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 吗x17 | Chapter Rank #39(question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- 但x16 | Chapter Rank #41but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 个x25 | Chapter Rank #19(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 电话x1 | Chapter Rank #627telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
- 号x3 | Chapter Rank #233(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 码x1 | Chapter Rank #628(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number; (computing) code; (clothing) size; yard (unit of length); (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references); (coll.) to pile up; to stack; classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing"); (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
- 翻x2 | Chapter Rank #340to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- 白眼x1 | Chapter Rank #629to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look
- 可是x1 | Chapter Rank #630but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed