Vocabulary: 第一〇八章 亚哈与木匠
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- 下场x1 | Chapter Rank #269to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)the end; to conclude
- 要是x2 | Chapter Rank #150(coll.) if
- 锯x2 | Chapter Rank #151a saw (CL:把[ba3]); to saw
- 一棵x1 | Chapter Rank #270
- 活树x1 | Chapter Rank #271
- 不会x5 | Chapter Rank #59improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 有x18 | Chapter Rank #14to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 切断x1 | Chapter Rank #272to cut off; to sever
- 一根x4 | Chapter Rank #70
- 新鲜x1 | Chapter Rank #273fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
- 来x10 | Chapter Rank #26to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 吧x9 | Chapter Rank #31bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!
- 你x23 | Chapter Rank #10you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 煤黑子x2 | Chapter Rank #152
- 老头x1 | Chapter Rank #274old fellow; old man; father; husband
- 搭x1 | Chapter Rank #275to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train)
- 把手x1 | Chapter Rank #276to shake handshandle; grip; knob
- 准备x2 | Chapter Rank #153preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 好x14 | Chapter Rank #18good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 铁x2 | Chapter Rank #154surname Tieiron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- 套管x1 | Chapter Rank #277pipe casing
- 带x3 | Chapter Rank #100band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 扣x3 | Chapter Rank #101to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) codebutton
- 现在x8 | Chapter Rank #36now; at present; currently
- 算x1 | Chapter Rank #278to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- 幸运x1 | Chapter Rank #279fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- 不x13 | Chapter Rank #21no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 需要x3 | Chapter Rank #102to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 做x7 | Chapter Rank #41to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 膝关节x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 会x7 | Chapter Rank #42(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 有点x2 | Chapter Rank #155a little
- 为难x1 | Chapter Rank #281to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
- 只x4 | Chapter Rank #71only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 跳x1 | Chapter Rank #282to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- 杆x1 | Chapter Rank #283pole; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns
- 一样x5 | Chapter Rank #60same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 容易x1 | Chapter Rank #284easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #285merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 想x6 | Chapter Rank #52to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 把x17 | Chapter Rank #15handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 好好x1 | Chapter Rank #286well; carefully; nicely; properly
- 完x3 | Chapter Rank #103to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 时间x3 | Chapter Rank #104(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 但凡x1 | Chapter Rank #287every single; as long as
- 能x4 | Chapter Rank #72surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 给x4 | Chapter Rank #73to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 他x26 | Chapter Rank #7(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 做出x1 | Chapter Rank #288to put out; to issue
- 一条x9 | Chapter Rank #32