Vocabulary: 安徒生童话
- real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
- guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (slang) get out of here!; beat it!
- to be discouraged
- 涂 tú: 涂 tu2: to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street涂 Tú: 涂 Tu2: surname Tu
- to knock on a door
- to assign; to appoint; assignment
- simple and crude
- cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
- (lit. and fig.) pigsty
- steamer (for cooking)
- elaborate
- to boil
- to perform on a musical instrument
- 曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- steam
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; hotpot
- 支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- to stop
- footstep; step
- 弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
- (interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
- to tell; to instruct; to command
- musical instrument; CL:件[jian4]
- to enter; to step into
- overshoes; galoshes
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 乖乖 guāi guāi: 乖乖 guai1 guai1: (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie乖乖 guāi guai: 乖乖 guai1 guai5: goodness gracious!; oh my lord!
- 喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)喂 wéi: 喂 wei2: hello (when answering the phone)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: to feed
- to scare; scary; frightening
- in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
- lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- at the same time; meanwhile
- party; carousal; hilarity; merriment; whoopee; to carouse