Vocabulary: 第一〇八章 亚哈与木匠
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- 火焰x1 | Chapter Rank #257blaze; flame
- 铁匠x3 | Chapter Rank #95blacksmith; ironworker
- 正在x2 | Chapter Rank #138to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 炉边x1 | Chapter Rank #258fireside
- 干活x2 | Chapter Rank #139to work; to be employed
- 该死x3 | Chapter Rank #96Damn it!; damned; wretched
- 骨头x6 | Chapter Rank #49bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
- 应该x4 | Chapter Rank #66ought to; should; must
- 软x2 | Chapter Rank #140soft; flexible
- 它x12 | Chapter Rank #22itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 偏x2 | Chapter Rank #141to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- 硬x2 | Chapter Rank #142hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 我们x4 | Chapter Rank #67we; us; ourselves; our
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #143still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 算了吧x1 | Chapter Rank #259
- 谁x2 | Chapter Rank #144who; also pr. [shui2]
- 要x15 | Chapter Rank #17(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 那x18 | Chapter Rank #13(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nasurname Nuo
- 老x3 | Chapter Rank #97prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 腭x1 | Chapter Rank #260palate; roof of the mouth
- 胫骨x2 | Chapter Rank #145tibia; shinbone
- 试试x2 | Chapter Rank #146
- 另x2 | Chapter Rank #147other; another; separate; separately
- 一块x1 | Chapter Rank #261a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- 没错x2 | Chapter Rank #148that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- 嗯x8 | Chapter Rank #35(a groaning sound)(nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement
- 这个x5 | Chapter Rank #57(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 就x34 | Chapter Rank #4(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 好多x1 | Chapter Rank #262many; quite a lot; much better
- 了x33 | Chapter Rank #5(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 打喷嚏x10 | Chapter Rank #25to sneeze
- 喂x3 | Chapter Rank #98hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)hello (when answering the phone)to feed
- 这x24 | Chapter Rank #8(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 灰x4 | Chapter Rank #68ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- 还x6 | Chapter Rank #50surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 真是x5 | Chapter Rank #58indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- 哎呀x3 | Chapter Rank #99interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- 不错x1 | Chapter Rank #263correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 老天x1 | Chapter Rank #264God; Heavens
- 保佑x1 | Chapter Rank #265to bless and protect; blessing
- 不让x1 | Chapter Rank #266
- 我x52 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 说话x4 | Chapter Rank #69to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 就是x11 | Chapter Rank #24exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 一x13 | Chapter Rank #20one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个x20 | Chapter Rank #12(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 老家伙x1 | Chapter Rank #267(coll.) old fellow; old codger
- 种x6 | Chapter Rank #51to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 死x2 | Chapter Rank #149to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 木头x1 | Chapter Rank #268wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt