Vocabulary: 第一〇八章 亚哈与木匠
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- 吗x7 | Chapter Rank #45(question particle for "yes-no" questions)used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1](coll.) what?
- 头顶x1 | Chapter Rank #411top of the head
- 开x1 | Chapter Rank #412to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 天窗x1 | Chapter Rank #413hatchway; skylight; sun roof
- 光照x1 | Chapter Rank #414illumination
- 进去x1 | Chapter Rank #415to go in
- 确认x1 | Chapter Rank #416to confirm; to verify; confirmation
- 订单x1 | Chapter Rank #417(purchase) order
- 嘿x2 | Chapter Rank #190hey
- 什么x2 | Chapter Rank #191what?; something; anything
- 呀x2 | Chapter Rank #192(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #193to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 旁白x1 | Chapter Rank #418aside (theater); voice-over; background narration
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #194only 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")
- 蹩脚x1 | Chapter Rank #419inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
- 建筑x1 | Chapter Rank #420to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 啥x1 | Chapter Rank #421dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #87surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 看不见x2 | Chapter Rank #195cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- 穹顶x1 | Chapter Rank #422dome; vault; domed roof
- 盏灯x1 | Chapter Rank #423
- 嚯x2 | Chapter Rank #196(onom.) expressing admiration or surprise; (onom.) sound of a laugh
- 一盏x1 | Chapter Rank #424
- 够x2 | Chapter Rank #197enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- 干吗x2 | Chapter Rank #198
- 逮x1 | Chapter Rank #425(coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])
- 小偷x1 | Chapter Rank #426thief
- 杵x1 | Chapter Rank #427pestle; to poke
- 脸x1 | Chapter Rank #428face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 灯光x1 | Chapter Rank #429(stage) lighting; light
- 手枪x1 | Chapter Rank #430pistol; CL:把[ba3]
- 指着x1 | Chapter Rank #431
- 人家x1 | Chapter Rank #432household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 还要x1 | Chapter Rank #433
- 坏x1 | Chapter Rank #434bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 可是x5 | Chapter Rank #62but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 干x1 | Chapter Rank #435surname Gandry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 一件x3 | Chapter Rank #122
- 非常x3 | Chapter Rank #123very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 利索x1 | Chapter Rank #436nimble
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #199can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 文雅x1 | Chapter Rank #437elegant; refined
- 活x1 | Chapter Rank #438to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #439or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 宁愿x1 | Chapter Rank #440would rather ... (than ...)
- 泥巴x4 | Chapter Rank #88(coll.) mud
- 打交道x1 | Chapter Rank #441to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 烂泥x1 | Chapter Rank #442mud; mire
- 留给x1 | Chapter Rank #443to set aside for
- 挖沟x1 | Chapter Rank #444