Vocabulary: 第一一九章 蜡烛
from 白鲸
- 这时x2 | Chapter Rank #252at this time; at this moment
- 之后x1 | Chapter Rank #565after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 漆黑一团x1 | Chapter Rank #566pitch-black; (fig.) to be completely in the dark
- 身边x2 | Chapter Rank #253at one's side; on hand
- 响起x1 | Chapter Rank #567(of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off
- 声音x2 | Chapter Rank #254voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 几乎x1 | Chapter Rank #568almost; nearly; practically
- 一串x1 | Chapter Rank #569
- 响雷x1 | Chapter Rank #570to be thundering; thunder clap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 头上x1 | Chapter Rank #571overhead; above
- 隆隆x1 | Chapter Rank #572rumble
- 滚x1 | Chapter Rank #573to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!
- 谁x4 | Chapter Rank #121who; also pr. [shui2]
- 那儿x1 | Chapter Rank #574there
- 老x2 | Chapter Rank #255prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 雷公x1 | Chapter Rank #575Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
- 沿着x1 | Chapter Rank #576to go along; to follow
- 舷墙x1 | Chapter Rank #577
- 摸索x1 | Chapter Rank #578to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly
- 走x2 | Chapter Rank #256to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 插x4 | Chapter Rank #122to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- 假x1 | Chapter Rank #579used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposevacationto borrow
- 腿x1 | Chapter Rank #580leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]hip bone
- 旋x1 | Chapter Rank #581to revolve; a loop; a circleto whirl; immediately
- 孔x1 | Chapter Rank #582surname Konghole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
- 起x4 | Chapter Rank #123to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 肘弯x1 | Chapter Rank #583
- 状x1 | Chapter Rank #584(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- 火光x1 | Chapter Rank #585flame; blaze
- 正好x2 | Chapter Rank #257just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 路x2 | Chapter Rank #258surname Luroad (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- 一清二楚x1 | Chapter Rank #586to be very clear about sth (idiom)
- 原来x3 | Chapter Rank #172original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 陆地x1 | Chapter Rank #587dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- 建筑x1 | Chapter Rank #588to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 尖顶x1 | Chapter Rank #589pointed object; cusp; pinnacle; steeple
- 安装x1 | Chapter Rank #590to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation
- 避雷针x9 | Chapter Rank #51lightning rod
- 危险x1 | Chapter Rank #591danger; dangerous
- 电流x2 | Chapter Rank #259an electric current; (old) current intensity
- 引x2 | Chapter Rank #260to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 地x10 | Chapter Rank #40-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 里x8 | Chapter Rank #59lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]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] levelsLi (surname)
- 海上x2 | Chapter Rank #261maritime
- 有些x1 | Chapter Rank #592some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 每个x1 | Chapter Rank #593each; every
- 装有x1 | Chapter Rank #594fitted with
- 类似x1 | Chapter Rank #595similar; analogous
- 好x3 | Chapter Rank #173good; 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
- 种x4 | Chapter Rank #124seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate