Vocabulary: 安徒生童话
- sculpture; (carved) statue; CL:尊[zun1]
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- handsome
- early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- white marble; a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
- to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- humanity; human race; mankind
- ship; boat; vessel
- to sink
- to follow after; immediately afterwards
- to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- side; adjacent place
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- branch; twig; stem
- to droop; to hang low
- willow
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to weep
- classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- healthy and strong; sturdy; thriving; vigorous; robust; flourishing
- lush
- branch and leaf
- to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade
- (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
- then; after that; afterwards
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to hang down; suspended
- sandy beach or river bank; sand dune; sandy land
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to form; to take shape
- light and shadow; sunlight and shade
- (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet
- color and luster
- to sway; to wobble; to waver
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- 光泽 guāng zé: 光泽 guang1 ze2: luster; gloss光泽 Guāng zé: 光泽 Guang1 ze2: see 光澤縣|光泽县[Guang1 ze2 Xian4]
- to shake; to sway; to rock
- 同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- tree roots
- channel of TCM
- each other; mutually; mutual
- to frolic; to romp