Vocabulary: 一个永远乐观的人
from 阿诺德·汤因比传
- 簇拥着x1 | Chapter Rank #288
- 他的x17 | Chapter Rank #7
- 脸庞x1 | Chapter Rank #289face
- 是x29 | Chapter Rank #5to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 一些x4 | Chapter Rank #56some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 攀爬x1 | Chapter Rank #290to climb
- 峭壁x1 | Chapter Rank #291cliff; steep; precipice
- 并x8 | Chapter Rank #32and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 坠落x1 | Chapter Rank #292to fall; to drop
- 下来x2 | Chapter Rank #134to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 人物x3 | Chapter Rank #83person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- 他们x4 | Chapter Rank #57they; them
- 象征x1 | Chapter Rank #293symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
- 诸x2 | Chapter Rank #135all; varioussurname Zhu
- 文明x2 | Chapter Rank #136civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 兴衰x2 | Chapter Rank #137prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
- 当x2 | Chapter Rank #138(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)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 at
- 世纪x1 | Chapter Rank #294century
- 年代x1 | Chapter Rank #295a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 长大成人x1 | Chapter Rank #296
- 期间x2 | Chapter Rank #139period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 老师x1 | Chapter Rank #297teacher
- 们x11 | Chapter Rank #16plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 小伙伴x1 | Chapter Rank #298
- 家长x1 | Chapter Rank #299head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
- 或x4 | Chapter Rank #58maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 陌生人x1 | Chapter Rank #300stranger
- 都x10 | Chapter Rank #21surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 会x12 | Chapter Rank #13can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 问x3 | Chapter Rank #84to ask; to inquire
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #140you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 那位x2 | Chapter Rank #141
- 伟大x1 | Chapter Rank #301huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 阿诺德x9 | Chapter Rank #27
- 汤x10 | Chapter Rank #22surname Tangrushing currentsoup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
- 因x10 | Chapter Rank #23cause; reason; because
- 比x10 | Chapter Rank #24to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 亲戚x1 | Chapter Rank #302a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 吗x1 | Chapter Rank #303used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?
- 可x1 | Chapter Rank #304(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 心目x1 | Chapter Rank #305mind
- 中x11 | Chapter Rank #17within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #306merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 给x1 | Chapter Rank #307to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 孙子x1 | Chapter Rank #308Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]grandson; son's son
- 孙女x2 | Chapter Rank #142son's daughter; granddaughter
- 讲x1 | Chapter Rank #309to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 历史x12 | Chapter Rank #14history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 故事x3 | Chapter Rank #85narrative; story; taleold practice
- 一位x11 | Chapter Rank #18