Vocabulary: 本杰明·巴顿奇事
from 50：伟大的短篇小说们
- 形状x1 | Chapter Rank #211form; shape
- 眼睛x1 | Chapter Rank #212eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 神色x1 | Chapter Rank #213expression; look
- 嘴巴x1 | Chapter Rank #214mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
- 轮廓x1 | Chapter Rank #215outline; silhouette
- 做出x2 | Chapter Rank #94to put out; to issue
- 自己的x2 | Chapter Rank #95
- 结论x1 | Chapter Rank #216conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- 不x9 | Chapter Rank #18no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 知道x3 | Chapter Rank #63to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 这么x1 | Chapter Rank #217so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 做x5 | Chapter Rank #35to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 经常x1 | Chapter Rank #218frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 是x24 | Chapter Rank #5to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 对x7 | Chapter Rank #27right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #96still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 错x1 | Chapter Rank #219mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silversurname Cuo
- 小说x1 | Chapter Rank #220novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 和x7 | Chapter Rank #28surname He(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; Japaneseto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbsto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
- 戏剧x1 | Chapter Rank #221a drama; a play; theater; script of a play
- 往往x1 | Chapter Rank #222usually; in many cases; more often than not
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #223(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 真实x1 | Chapter Rank #224true; real
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #225to live; life; livelihood
- 不符x1 | Chapter Rank #226inconsistent; not in agreement with; not agree or tally with; not conform to
- 那x5 | Chapter Rank #36surname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Na
- 是因为x2 | Chapter Rank #97
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #98used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 这些x5 | Chapter Rank #37these
- 东西x3 | Chapter Rank #64east and westthing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 作家x1 | Chapter Rank #227author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 们x2 | Chapter Rank #99plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 或许x1 | Chapter Rank #228perhaps; maybe
- 出于x1 | Chapter Rank #229due to; to stem from
- 需要x1 | Chapter Rank #230to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 让x6 | Chapter Rank #32to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 笔下x1 | Chapter Rank #231the wording and purport of what one writes
- 人物x4 | Chapter Rank #48person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- 表里如一x2 | Chapter Rank #100external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means; to think and act as one
- 不敢x1 | Chapter Rank #232
- 冒险x1 | Chapter Rank #233to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- 把x2 | Chapter Rank #101to 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
- 得x8 | Chapter Rank #22used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedstructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 自相矛盾x2 | Chapter Rank #102to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
- 那样的话x1 | Chapter Rank #234
- 变得x2 | Chapter Rank #103to become
- 无法x1 | Chapter Rank #235unable to; incapable of
- 理解x1 | Chapter Rank #236to comprehend; to understand
- 了x26 | Chapter Rank #4to 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
- 尽管x1 | Chapter Rank #237despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating