Vocabulary: 安徒生童话
- beforehand; in advance
- ability; capability
- 本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill
- Latin (language)
- dictionary; also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]; CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
- (of fruit) fully ripe; overripe; (of food) cooked until very soft; to know thoroughly; to be thoroughly familiar with
- newspapers and periodicals; the press
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know sth inside out; to know sth by heart
- to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
- proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through
- town councilor; city councilor; alderman
- clause (of contract or law); CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- government affairs
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- 裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: pants裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to take along with one
- to embroider; embroidery
- design; pattern
- learned; erudite
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- newspaper; newsprint; CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1]
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- to embroider; embroidery
- 角 Jué: 角 Jue2: surname Jue角 jiǎo: 角 jiao3: angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]角 jué: 角 jue2: role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale
- 抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt
- cod liver oil
- lit. lips; fig. glib talk
- 溜 līu: 溜 liu1: to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate溜 lìu: 溜 liu4: swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy; (bound form) rain runoff from a roof; (bound form) roof gutter; classifier for rows, lines etc; surroundings; neighborhood; (dialect) to practice; (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
- servant
- to get on a horse; to mount
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- 管 guǎn: 管 guan3: to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards管 Guǎn: 管 Guan3: surname Guan
- where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- troops under one's command; subordinate
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national