Vocabulary: 安徒生童话
- to bite; to nip
- leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
- according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- immediately afterwards; shortly after that
- can see; can tell
- 尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (bound form) corpse
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep
- grave; tomb
- monster; freak; eccentric person
- Arabian; Arabic; Arab
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- folk story; folktale
- Arabic (language & writing)
- a few; several; how many
- letter (of the alphabet); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to make a pun; to have a double meaning; double entendre
- existing
- turkey
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- scum of a community; degenerate
- conceited; to take responsibility
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- empennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc); rear spoiler (of a car)
- circular sector
- (onom.) meow; cat's mewing
- 猫 māo: 猫 mao1: cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem猫 máo: 猫 mao2: used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]
- loud clamor; the sound of wailing
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- pun; play on words
- author; writer
- to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- (formal) to go to; to head for
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- rent
- 便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient
- junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs
- down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
- to do sth in place of sb else
- to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- Italian (language)