Vocabulary: 第一一七章 看守鲸鱼
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- 旁边x1 | Chapter Rank #104side; adjacent place
- 就是x2 | Chapter Rank #47exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 亚哈x4 | Chapter Rank #21Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22
- 信号x1 | Chapter Rank #105signal
- 旗杆x1 | Chapter Rank #106flagpole
- 垂直x1 | Chapter Rank #107perpendicular; vertical
- 插x1 | Chapter Rank #108to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- 喷水孔x1 | Chapter Rank #109
- 里x1 | Chapter Rank #110lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 顶端x1 | Chapter Rank #111summit; peak
- 悬挂x1 | Chapter Rank #112to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
- 着x5 | Chapter Rank #15to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applya move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 一盏x1 | Chapter Rank #113
- 灯笼x1 | Chapter Rank #114lantern
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #115to desire; to invite; to request(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 一缕x1 | Chapter Rank #116
- 闪烁x1 | Chapter Rank #117to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate
- 不安x1 | Chapter Rank #118unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
- 灯光x1 | Chapter Rank #119(stage) lighting; light
- 投x1 | Chapter Rank #120to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- 黑色x1 | Chapter Rank #121black
- 光滑x1 | Chapter Rank #122glossy; sleek; smooth
- 背上x1 | Chapter Rank #123
- 也x2 | Chapter Rank #48also; 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]surname Ye
- 远远地x1 | Chapter Rank #124
- 投射x1 | Chapter Rank #125to throw (a projectile); to cast (light)
- 午夜x1 | Chapter Rank #126midnight
- 波浪x1 | Chapter Rank #127wave
- 海浪x1 | Chapter Rank #128sea wave
- 轻轻地x1 | Chapter Rank #129
- 摩擦x1 | Chapter Rank #130friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦
- 宽大x1 | Chapter Rank #131spacious; wide; lenient
- 身x1 | Chapter Rank #132body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 侧x1 | Chapter Rank #133lean on one sidethe side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side
- 像是x3 | Chapter Rank #31
- 轻柔x1 | Chapter Rank #134soft; gentle; pliable
- 涌浪x1 | Chapter Rank #135swell; billows; surging waves
- 冲刷x1 | Chapter Rank #136to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away
- 海滩x1 | Chapter Rank #137beach; CL:片[pian4]
- 和x2 | Chapter Rank #49to complete a set in mahjong or playing cardssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 他x2 | Chapter Rank #50(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])
- 水手x2 | Chapter Rank #51mariner; sailor; seaman
- 们x1 | Chapter Rank #138plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 似乎x1 | Chapter Rank #139it seems; seemingly; as if
- 都x6 | Chapter Rank #11capital city; metropolissurname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
- 已x1 | Chapter Rank #140already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 睡熟x1 | Chapter Rank #141
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #52only 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")
- 那个x1 | Chapter Rank #142that 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]
- 拜火教x3 | Chapter Rank #32see 祆教[Xian1 jiao4]