Vocabulary: 前言
from 2010：太空漫游
- 前言x1 | Chapter Rank #34preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
- 十四x1 | Chapter Rank #35fourteen; 14
- 年x12 | Chapter Rank #2year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 正在x1 | Chapter Rank #36to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 倒计时x1 | Chapter Rank #37to count down; countdown
- 由x1 | Chapter Rank #38to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 看x1 | Chapter Rank #39to 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 forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 航天工业x1 | Chapter Rank #40
- 在x6 | 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)
- 三十多年x1 | Chapter Rank #41
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #42front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #43to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 发x1 | Chapter Rank #44to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- 轫x1 | Chapter Rank #45brake
- 的x20 | Chapter Rank #1really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; targetof; ~'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])
- 时候x2 | Chapter Rank #13time; length of time; moment; period
- 有x2 | Chapter Rank #14to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 许多x1 | Chapter Rank #46many; a lot of; much
- 惊天动地x1 | Chapter Rank #47(idiom) world-shaking
- 科学x1 | Chapter Rank #48science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 发现x1 | Chapter Rank #49to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 和x2 | Chapter Rank #15(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname Heto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 技术x2 | Chapter Rank #16technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- 革命x1 | Chapter Rank #50to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 仍然x3 | Chapter Rank #6still; as before; yet
- 闻所未闻x1 | Chapter Rank #51unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
- 而x3 | Chapter Rank #7and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 时至今日x1 | Chapter Rank #52(idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #53is precisely
- 我们x1 | Chapter Rank #54we; us; ourselves; our
- 再度x1 | Chapter Rank #55once more; once again; one more time
- 检视x1 | Chapter Rank #56to inspect; to examine
- 它x1 | Chapter Rank #57itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 了x1 | Chapter Rank #58to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 当x2 | Chapter Rank #17(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 我x10 | Chapter Rank #3I; me; my
- 着手x1 | Chapter Rank #59to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- 撰写x1 | Chapter Rank #60to write; to compose
- 太空x3 | Chapter Rank #8outer space
- 漫游x1 | Chapter Rank #61to travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #18surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #62immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #63to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 是x5 | Chapter Rank #5to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 打字机x1 | Chapter Rank #64typewriter
- 最近x1 | Chapter Rank #65recently; soon; nearest
- 谁x2 | Chapter Rank #19who; also pr. [shui2]
- 见x1 | Chapter Rank #66to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 过x1 | Chapter Rank #67(experienced action marker)to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-surname Guo
- 这x2 | Chapter Rank #20(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)