Vocabulary: 第一〇三章 鲸骨架的尺寸
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- 暂时x1 | Chapter Rank #296temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #297merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 断开x1 | Chapter Rank #298to break; to sever; to turn off (electric switch)
- 木头x1 | Chapter Rank #299wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- 每x1 | Chapter Rank #300each; every
- 边x2 | Chapter Rank #107suffix of a noun of localityside; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- 十根x2 | Chapter Rank #108
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #109from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 颈x1 | Chapter Rank #301used in 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3]neck
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #110to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 第一根x1 | Chapter Rank #302
- 六x1 | Chapter Rank #303six; 6used in place names
- 第二x1 | Chapter Rank #304second; number two; next; secondary
- 第三x1 | Chapter Rank #305
- 第四根x1 | Chapter Rank #306
- 直到x2 | Chapter Rank #111until
- 最长x1 | Chapter Rank #307
- 第五根x1 | Chapter Rank #308
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #309or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 中间x4 | Chapter Rank #37the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 那根x2 | Chapter Rank #112
- 八x2 | Chapter Rank #113eight
- 零x2 | Chapter Rank #114zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
- 几x2 | Chapter Rank #115small tablehow many; how much; several; a few(literary) almost
- 英寸x3 | Chapter Rank #49inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 此处x1 | Chapter Rank #310this place; here (literary)
- 剩下x1 | Chapter Rank #311to remain; to be left over
- 逐渐x1 | Chapter Rank #312gradually
- 第x1 | Chapter Rank #313(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #50exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 最后x2 | Chapter Rank #116final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 一根x2 | Chapter Rank #117
- 只有x6 | Chapter Rank #21only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #314five; 5
- 粗细x1 | Chapter Rank #315thick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber); coarseness; quality of work
- 明显x1 | Chapter Rank #316clear; distinct; obvious
- 都x1 | Chapter Rank #317capital city; metropolissurname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
- 它们x4 | Chapter Rank #38they; them
- 相对x1 | Chapter Rank #318relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- 应x1 | Chapter Rank #319surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallto answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 几根x2 | Chapter Rank #118
- 弯度x1 | Chapter Rank #320
- 阿萨x1 | Chapter Rank #321
- 西斯x1 | Chapter Rank #322
- 一些x1 | Chapter Rank #323some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 地方x3 | Chapter Rank #51place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 人们x1 | Chapter Rank #324people
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #119to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #325(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)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
- 横梁x1 | Chapter Rank #326beam