Vocabulary: 《白鲸》究竟价值何在？
from 白鲸
- 百感交集x1 | Chapter Rank #138all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
- 毅然x1 | Chapter Rank #139firmly; resolutely; without hesitation
- 上岸x1 | Chapter Rank #140to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- 决定x1 | Chapter Rank #141to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #142(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just atat or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- 叫x1 | Chapter Rank #143to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 巨著x1 | Chapter Rank #144monumental (literary) work
- 写出x1 | Chapter Rank #145
- 会x2 | Chapter Rank #68can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 上x2 | Chapter Rank #69(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 纸醉金迷x1 | Chapter Rank #146lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
- 生活x3 | Chapter Rank #35to live; life; livelihood
- 超越x1 | Chapter Rank #147to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- 你x1 | Chapter Rank #148you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 想象x1 | Chapter Rank #149to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 出版x2 | Chapter Rank #70to publish
- 一年x1 | Chapter Rank #150
- 卖x1 | Chapter Rank #151to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #152to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 本x1 | Chapter Rank #153(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #154right; 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
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #155abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 版税x1 | Chapter Rank #156royalty (on books)
- 写作者x1 | Chapter Rank #157
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #158(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 这x3 | Chapter Rank #36(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #159only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 一记x1 | Chapter Rank #160
- 棍棒x3 | Chapter Rank #37club; staff; stick
- 怎么办x1 | Chapter Rank #161what's to be done
- 闯荡x1 | Chapter Rank #162to leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success
- 家伙x2 | Chapter Rank #71household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- 不会x1 | Chapter Rank #163improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 低头x1 | Chapter Rank #164to bow the head; to yield; to give in
- 失败x3 | Chapter Rank #38to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 继续x3 | Chapter Rank #39to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 写x4 | Chapter Rank #19used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 六百万x1 | Chapter Rank #165
- 最终x1 | Chapter Rank #166final; ultimate
- 没x1 | Chapter Rank #167(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 能x2 | Chapter Rank #72can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 换x1 | Chapter Rank #168to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 得x2 | Chapter Rank #73to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 应有x1 | Chapter Rank #169to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc)
- 名声x2 | Chapter Rank #74reputation
- 而x5 | Chapter Rank #12and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #170outside; excluding
- 愈加x1 | Chapter Rank #171all the more; even more; further
- 结婚x1 | Chapter Rank #172to marry; to get married
- 妻子x2 | Chapter Rank #75wife and childrenwife