Vocabulary: 蜗牛与玫瑰树
from 安徒生童话
- 盛开x1 | Chapter Rank #205blooming; in full flower
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #206but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 故伎重演x1 | Chapter Rank #207to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #208now; at present; currently
- 已经x2 | Chapter Rank #99already
- 老x1 | Chapter Rank #209prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 抓紧时间x1 | Chapter Rank #210to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up
- 死期x1 | Chapter Rank #211time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- 不远x1 | Chapter Rank #212
- 仅x1 | Chapter Rank #213barely; only; merely
- 被x6 | Chapter Rank #23quilt; 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")
- 掏空x1 | Chapter Rank #214to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling
- 到底x1 | Chapter Rank #215finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 有没有x1 | Chapter Rank #216(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
- 意义x1 | Chapter Rank #217sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 个x1 | Chapter Rank #218used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 问题x2 | Chapter Rank #100question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #101only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 可x4 | Chapter Rank #45used in 可汗[ke4 han2](prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 没工夫x1 | Chapter Rank #219
- 去x1 | Chapter Rank #220to 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)
- 思考x5 | Chapter Rank #29to reflect on; to ponder over
- 那种x2 | Chapter Rank #102that kind of
- 有件事x1 | Chapter Rank #221
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #222to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 很x1 | Chapter Rank #223very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #224clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #103right; 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
- 自己的x3 | Chapter Rank #58
- 内在x1 | Chapter Rank #225inner; internal; intrinsic; innate
- 提升x1 | Chapter Rank #226to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- 不然的话x1 | Chapter Rank #227
- 早就x1 | Chapter Rank #228already at an earlier time
- 别的x3 | Chapter Rank #59else; other
- 什么x11 | Chapter Rank #10what?; something; anything
- 对此x1 | Chapter Rank #229
- 还有x1 | Chapter Rank #230there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #231dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 吗x3 | Chapter Rank #60used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](coll.) what?(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #232
- 就x9 | Chapter Rank #15(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 这x5 | Chapter Rank #30(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 世上x1 | Chapter Rank #233on earth
- 消失掉x1 | Chapter Rank #234
- 最后x2 | Chapter Rank #104final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 顶多x1 | Chapter Rank #235at most; at best
- 人x1 | Chapter Rank #236person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 做成x1 | Chapter Rank #237
- 一根x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 木杖x1 | Chapter Rank #239