Vocabulary: 第一〇八章 亚哈与木匠
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- 东西x4 | Chapter Rank #81east and westthing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 老兄x3 | Chapter Rank #111elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- 普罗米修斯x3 | Chapter Rank #112Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
- 那里x3 | Chapter Rank #113there; that place
- 干什么x2 | Chapter Rank #173what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 说x10 | Chapter Rank #28to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 那个x6 | Chapter Rank #55that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 一定x4 | Chapter Rank #82surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- 打x3 | Chapter Rank #114a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 对x3 | Chapter Rank #115right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 合作x1 | Chapter Rank #348to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- 提供x1 | Chapter Rank #349to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 肌肉x1 | Chapter Rank #350muscle; flesh
- 部分x1 | Chapter Rank #351part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- 那边x1 | Chapter Rank #352over there; yonder
- 炉火x1 | Chapter Rank #353the fire of a stove
- 烧x1 | Chapter Rank #354to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 很x3 | Chapter Rank #116very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 旺x1 | Chapter Rank #355prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
- 细x2 | Chapter Rank #174thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- 活儿x1 | Chapter Rank #356work; (lots of) things to do
- 高温x2 | Chapter Rank #175high temperature
- 才x3 | Chapter Rank #117ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 行x2 | Chapter Rank #176used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 相信x1 | Chapter Rank #357to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 桩x1 | Chapter Rank #358stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- 最x4 | Chapter Rank #83(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 意义x1 | Chapter Rank #359sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 事x2 | Chapter Rank #177matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 古希腊x1 | Chapter Rank #360ancient Greece
- 据说x1 | Chapter Rank #361it is said that; reportedly
- 创造x2 | Chapter Rank #178to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- 人类x2 | Chapter Rank #179humanity; human race; mankind
- 火x3 | Chapter Rank #118fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86surname Huo
- 使x2 | Chapter Rank #180to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 生机勃勃x1 | Chapter Rank #362(idiom) vibrant; full of vitality
- 因为x1 | Chapter Rank #363because; owing to; on account of
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #364only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 属于x1 | Chapter Rank #365to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- 所以x1 | Chapter Rank #366therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 地狱x3 | Chapter Rank #119hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
- 可能x2 | Chapter Rank #181might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 这样x5 | Chapter Rank #61this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 煤烟x1 | Chapter Rank #367
- 飞x1 | Chapter Rank #368to fly
- 多x2 | Chapter Rank #182many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 高x3 | Chapter Rank #120surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 希腊x2 | Chapter Rank #183Greece
- 人造x1 | Chapter Rank #369man-made; artificial; synthetic
- 非洲人x1 | Chapter Rank #370African (person)