Vocabulary: 第一一九章 蜡烛
from 白鲸
- 吊x2 | Chapter Rank #216to suspend; to hang up; to hang a persona string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with
- 得x9 | Chapter Rank #46used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need tostructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 更x5 | Chapter Rank #97to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 高x3 | Chapter Rank #144surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 绑x3 | Chapter Rank #145to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- 牢固x1 | Chapter Rank #436firm; secure
- 一些x3 | Chapter Rank #146some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 但是x11 | Chapter Rank #31but; however
- 他们x11 | Chapter Rank #32they; them
- 辛苦x1 | Chapter Rank #437exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
- 似乎x4 | Chapter Rank #111it seems; seemingly; as if
- 白费x1 | Chapter Rank #438to waste (one's energy etc)
- 尽管x6 | Chapter Rank #81despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 几艘x1 | Chapter Rank #439
- 用x6 | Chapter Rank #82to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 吊车x1 | Chapter Rank #440hoist; crane; elevator
- 最高处x1 | Chapter Rank #441
- 亚哈x15 | Chapter Rank #22Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22
- 艘x1 | Chapter Rank #442classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- 顶风x1 | Chapter Rank #443to face into the wind; against the wind; fig. against the law
- 却没能x1 | Chapter Rank #444
- 幸免x1 | Chapter Rank #445to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
- 一阵x3 | Chapter Rank #147a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- 大浪x1 | Chapter Rank #446billow; surge
- 高高地x1 | Chapter Rank #447
- 卷起x1 | Chapter Rank #448to roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
- 扑x1 | Chapter Rank #449to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
- 摇摇摆摆x1 | Chapter Rank #450swaggering; staggering; waddling
- 大船x2 | Chapter Rank #217
- 高高x2 | Chapter Rank #218
- 翘起x1 | Chapter Rank #451to stick up; to point sth up
- 船x3 | Chapter Rank #148boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 侧x1 | Chapter Rank #452the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; sidelean on one side
- 撞破x1 | Chapter Rank #453
- 尾部x1 | Chapter Rank #454back part; rear section; tail section
- 艇x6 | Chapter Rank #83(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
- 底x2 | Chapter Rank #219bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- 又x4 | Chapter Rank #112(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 破x1 | Chapter Rank #455broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- 留在x1 | Chapter Rank #456
- 那里x6 | Chapter Rank #84there; that place
- 筛子x1 | Chapter Rank #457sieve; CL:面[mian4]
- 一样x7 | Chapter Rank #64same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 漏水x1 | Chapter Rank #458(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
- 糟糕x2 | Chapter Rank #220too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- 先生x4 | Chapter Rank #113teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 说道x2 | Chapter Rank #221to state; to say (the quoted words)to discuss; reason (behind sth)
- 望x3 | Chapter Rank #149full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 残骸x1 | Chapter Rank #459remains; wreckage
- 不过x3 | Chapter Rank #150only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)