Vocabulary: 13 缓慢的黎明
from 2001：太空漫游
- 光滑x1 | Chapter Rank #511glossy; sleek; smooth
- 完全x1 | Chapter Rank #512complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 这块x1 | Chapter Rank #513
- 最少x1 | Chapter Rank #514at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal
- 承受x1 | Chapter Rank #515to bear; to support; to inherit
- 千瓦x1 | Chapter Rank #516kilowatt
- 强x2 | Chapter Rank #173stubborn; unyieldingto force; to compel; to strive; to make an effortsurname Qiangstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
- 热x1 | Chapter Rank #517to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #518
- 煮熟x1 | Chapter Rank #519to boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly
- 看着x1 | Chapter Rank #520
- 冰河期x1 | Chapter Rank #521ice age
- 以来x1 | Chapter Rank #522since (used after a specified time or event)
- 第一次x1 | Chapter Rank #523the first time; for the first time
- 见天日x1 | Chapter Rank #524
- 真是x1 | Chapter Rank #525indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- 一番x1 | Chapter Rank #526
- 奇异x1 | Chapter Rank #527fantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic; astonished
- 景象x1 | Chapter Rank #528scene; sight (to behold)
- 好奇x1 | Chapter Rank #529inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
- 之所以x1 | Chapter Rank #530(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 漆黑x1 | Chapter Rank #531pitch-black
- 是不是x1 | Chapter Rank #532is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 太阳能x2 | Chapter Rank #174solar energy
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #533only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #534again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 理想x1 | Chapter Rank #535an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- 马上x1 | Chapter Rank #536at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- 打消x1 | Chapter Rank #537to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
- 念头x1 | Chapter Rank #538thought; idea; intention
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #539who; also pr. [shui2]
- 疯狂x1 | Chapter Rank #540crazy; frenzied; wild
- 驱动x1 | Chapter Rank #541to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software)
- 埋x1 | Chapter Rank #542used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]to bury
- 地底x1 | Chapter Rank #543subterranean; underground
- 抬头x1 | Chapter Rank #544to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth; (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #545to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 晨x1 | Chapter Rank #546morning; dawn; daybreak
- 空中x1 | Chapter Rank #547in the sky; in the air
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #548to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 圆x1 | Chapter Rank #549circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 而x3 | Chapter Rank #92and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 缺x1 | Chapter Rank #550deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 那儿x1 | Chapter Rank #551there
- 六十x1 | Chapter Rank #552sixty; 60
- 亿x1 | Chapter Rank #553100 million
- 人口x1 | Chapter Rank #554population; people
- 屈指可数x1 | Chapter Rank #555lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); fig. very few
- 几个x1 | Chapter Rank #556a few; several; how many
- 这场x1 | Chapter Rank #557