Vocabulary: 老头子做事总不会错
from 安徒生童话
- 骑x3 | Chapter Rank #128(Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldierto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- 去x11 | Chapter Rank #32to 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)
- 镇上x4 | Chapter Rank #101
- 把x14 | Chapter Rank #21to 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
- 借给x1 | Chapter Rank #320to lend to sb
- 邻居x2 | Chapter Rank #179neighbor
- 作为x2 | Chapter Rank #180one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 回报x2 | Chapter Rank #181(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
- 总会x1 | Chapter Rank #321
- 帮x1 | Chapter Rank #322to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- 点x1 | Chapter Rank #323to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 忙x1 | Chapter Rank #324busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- 要是x4 | Chapter Rank #102(coll.) if
- 卖掉x3 | Chapter Rank #129to sell off
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #325dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 显然x1 | Chapter Rank #326clearly; evidently; obviously
- 多得多x1 | Chapter Rank #327
- 或者x2 | Chapter Rank #182or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 至少x1 | Chapter Rank #328at least; (to say the) least
- 可以x6 | Chapter Rank #64can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 拿x3 | Chapter Rank #130to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 换x14 | Chapter Rank #22to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 些x3 | Chapter Rank #131classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #329(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 更x3 | Chapter Rank #132more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 有用x1 | Chapter Rank #330useful
- 可是x5 | Chapter Rank #84but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 究竟x1 | Chapter Rank #331to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- 怎么x3 | Chapter Rank #133how?; what?; why?
- 做x9 | Chapter Rank #44to 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)
- 呢x6 | Chapter Rank #65dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 总能x1 | Chapter Rank #332total energy
- 知道x6 | Chapter Rank #66to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #333ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 最好x1 | Chapter Rank #334best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- 说道x5 | Chapter Rank #85to discuss; reason (behind sth)to state; to say (the quoted words)
- 今天x1 | Chapter Rank #335today; the present time; now
- 正好x1 | Chapter Rank #336just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 赶集x4 | Chapter Rank #103to go to a local market or country fair (on market day)
- 日子x1 | Chapter Rank #337day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- 快x2 | Chapter Rank #183rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 吧x7 | Chapter Rank #54(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 用x14 | Chapter Rank #23to 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
- 卖钱x1 | Chapter Rank #338to make money by selling sth
- 笔x1 | Chapter Rank #339writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 交易x12 | Chapter Rank #28to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 出门x2 | Chapter Rank #184to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- 言x1 | Chapter Rank #340words; speech; to say; to talk
- 罢x1 | Chapter Rank #341to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish(final particle, same as 吧)
- 她x13 | Chapter Rank #27she