Vocabulary: 1 灭绝之路
from 2001：太空漫游
- 灭绝x2 | Chapter Rank #106to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
- 之x4 | Chapter Rank #58(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 路x1 | Chapter Rank #234surname Luroad (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- 这时x1 | Chapter Rank #235at this time; at this moment
- 干旱x3 | Chapter Rank #72drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
- 已经x10 | Chapter Rank #19already
- 持续x3 | Chapter Rank #73to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- 了x34 | Chapter Rank #2(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 一千万x1 | Chapter Rank #236
- 年x2 | Chapter Rank #107surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 可怕x1 | Chapter Rank #237awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- 的x103 | Chapter Rank #1of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 恐龙x1 | Chapter Rank #238dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
- 也x11 | Chapter Rank #15also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 早已x1 | Chapter Rank #239for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- 结束x1 | Chapter Rank #240termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 主宰x1 | Chapter Rank #241to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master
- 在x26 | Chapter Rank #4to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 赤道x2 | Chapter Rank #108equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
- 此处x1 | Chapter Rank #242this place; here (literary)
- 日后x1 | Chapter Rank #243sometime; someday (in the future)
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #244to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #245abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 非洲x1 | Chapter Rank #246Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
- 名x1 | Chapter Rank #247name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 而x9 | Chapter Rank #22and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 闻名x1 | Chapter Rank #248well-known; famous; renowned; eminent
- 这块x1 | Chapter Rank #249
- 大陆x1 | Chapter Rank #250mainland China (reference to the PRC)continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 上x15 | Chapter Rank #8used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 求生x1 | Chapter Rank #251to seek survival; to possess the will to live
- 战x1 | Chapter Rank #252to fight; fight; war; battle
- 凶残x1 | Chapter Rank #253savage; cruel; fiercesavage
- 已x2 | Chapter Rank #109already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 沸腾x1 | Chapter Rank #254(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
- 到x4 | Chapter Rank #59to 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
- 新x1 | Chapter Rank #255abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 高点x1 | Chapter Rank #256
- 胜出x1 | Chapter Rank #257to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory
- 者x22 | Chapter Rank #6(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 则x6 | Chapter Rank #36(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 尚未x1 | Chapter Rank #258not yet; still not
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #259to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 踪影x2 | Chapter Rank #110trace; vestige; presence
- 这x11 | Chapter Rank #16(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 片x2 | Chapter Rank #111thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91disk; sheet
- 干枯x3 | Chapter Rank #74withered; shriveled; dried-up
- 不毛之地x1 | Chapter Rank #260(idiom) barren land; desert
- 想要x2 | Chapter Rank #112to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- 繁衍x2 | Chapter Rank #113to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity