Vocabulary: 序幕 长子
from 3001：太空漫游
- 其实x1 | Chapter Rank #226actually; in fact; really
- 没有x2 | Chapter Rank #60haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 必要x1 | Chapter Rank #227necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- 留下x1 | Chapter Rank #228to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 仆人x2 | Chapter Rank #61servant
- 完成x1 | Chapter Rank #229to complete; to accomplish
- 剩余x1 | Chapter Rank #230remainder; surplus
- 工作x1 | Chapter Rank #231to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 冰河x1 | Chapter Rank #232glacier
- 又x3 | Chapter Rank #26(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 去x1 | Chapter Rank #233to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #62and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 之上x1 | Chapter Rank #234above
- 不变x1 | Chapter Rank #235constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
- 月亮x1 | Chapter Rank #236the moon
- 仍旧x1 | Chapter Rank #237still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
- 守护x1 | Chapter Rank #238to guard; to protect
- 星辰x2 | Chapter Rank #63stars
- 托付x1 | Chapter Rank #239to entrust
- 那个x1 | Chapter Rank #240that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 秘密x1 | Chapter Rank #241secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #242to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #243Belgium; 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)
- 极地冰川x1 | Chapter Rank #244
- 消长x1 | Chapter Rank #245to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow
- 再慢x1 | Chapter Rank #246
- 一些x1 | Chapter Rank #247some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 节奏x1 | Chapter Rank #248rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat
- 文明x1 | Chapter Rank #249civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 浪潮x1 | Chapter Rank #250wave; tides
- 起起落落x1 | Chapter Rank #251
- 一个个x1 | Chapter Rank #252a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- 奇怪x1 | Chapter Rank #253strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- 美丽x1 | Chapter Rank #254beautiful
- 糟糕x1 | Chapter Rank #255too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- 帝国x1 | Chapter Rank #256empire; imperial
- 崛起x1 | Chapter Rank #257to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- 没落x1 | Chapter Rank #258to decline; to wane
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #259again; 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
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #27handleto 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})
- 知识x2 | Chapter Rank #64knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- 转手x1 | Chapter Rank #260to pass on; to resell; to change hands
- 交给x1 | Chapter Rank #261to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 接班人x1 | Chapter Rank #262successor
- 现在x2 | Chapter Rank #65now; at present; currently
- 演化x1 | Chapter Rank #263to evolve; evolution
- 朝着x1 | Chapter Rank #264towards
- 新x3 | Chapter Rank #28abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 目标x2 | Chapter Rank #66target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 前进x1 | Chapter Rank #265to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward