Vocabulary: 二十七
from 安娜·卡列尼娜
- 落空x1 | Chapter Rank #358to fail to achieve something; to be fruitlessto fail; to fall through; to come to nothingto omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
- 假如x1 | Chapter Rank #359if
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #360only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 得x1 | Chapter Rank #361structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #362quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 推选x1 | Chapter Rank #363to elect; to choose
- 正式x1 | Chapter Rank #364formal; official
- 人家x2 | Chapter Rank #138household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 故意x1 | Chapter Rank #365deliberately; on purpose
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #75handleto 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})
- 投x2 | Chapter Rank #139to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- 给x2 | Chapter Rank #140to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 从而x1 | Chapter Rank #366thus; thereby
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #367to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 失算x1 | Chapter Rank #368to miscalculate; to misjudge
- 一名x1 | Chapter Rank #369
- 提出x1 | Chapter Rank #370to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #371time; length of time; moment; period
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #372this (person)
- 开窍x1 | Chapter Rank #373to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
- 但x1 | Chapter Rank #374but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #375haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 完全x1 | Chapter Rank #376complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 弄懂x1 | Chapter Rank #377to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of; to figure out
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #378to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 这时候x1 | Chapter Rank #379
- 突然x1 | Chapter Rank #380sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 说起x1 | Chapter Rank #381to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- 闹哄哄x1 | Chapter Rank #382clamorous; noisy; sensational; very exciting
- 什么x1 | Chapter Rank #383what?; something; anything
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #384matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 谁x3 | Chapter Rank #76who; also pr. [shui2]
- 委托书x2 | Chapter Rank #141commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant
- 委托x1 | Chapter Rank #385to entrust; to trust; to commission
- 推翻x1 | Chapter Rank #386to overthrow
- 不是x1 | Chapter Rank #387no; is not; notfault; blame
- 不准x2 | Chapter Rank #142not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- 弗x1 | Chapter Rank #388(literary) not; used in transliteration
- 廖x1 | Chapter Rank #389surname Liao
- 罗x1 | Chapter Rank #390gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to siftsurname Luo
- 夫x1 | Chapter Rank #391husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)(classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- 吗x1 | Chapter Rank #392(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 受过x1 | Chapter Rank #393to take the blame (for sb else)
- 审判x1 | Chapter Rank #394a trial; to try sb
- 这样一来x1 | Chapter Rank #395thus; if this happens then
- 真x1 | Chapter Rank #396really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 卑鄙x1 | Chapter Rank #397base; mean; contemptible; despicable
- 法律x1 | Chapter Rank #398law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- 啊x1 | Chapter Rank #399interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consentinterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
- 听到x1 | Chapter Rank #400to hear