Vocabulary: 第一章 蜃景隐现
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- 发现自己x2 | Chapter Rank #139
- 嘴x1 | Chapter Rank #281mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 角x2 | Chapter Rank #140surname Jueangle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale
- 变得x3 | Chapter Rank #90to become
- 冷酷x1 | Chapter Rank #282unfeeling; callous
- 我的x6 | Chapter Rank #45
- 灵魂x1 | Chapter Rank #283soul; spirit
- 里x7 | Chapter Rank #35lining; 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
- 又x7 | Chapter Rank #36(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 是x43 | Chapter Rank #4to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 潮湿x1 | Chapter Rank #284damp; moist
- 毛毛雨x1 | Chapter Rank #285drizzle; light rain; (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
- 下x3 | Chapter Rank #91down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 个x14 | Chapter Rank #16used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 不停x1 | Chapter Rank #286incessant
- 十一月x1 | Chapter Rank #287November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
- 不由自主x1 | Chapter Rank #288(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
- 地x13 | Chapter Rank #17-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 在x50 | Chapter Rank #3to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 棺材x1 | Chapter Rank #289coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
- 铺x1 | Chapter Rank #290storeto spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knockerplank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station
- 前x2 | Chapter Rank #141front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 驻足x1 | Chapter Rank #291to stop (walking); to halt
- 遇见x1 | Chapter Rank #292to meet
- 任何x1 | Chapter Rank #293any; whatever; whichever
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #294
- 葬礼x1 | Chapter Rank #295burial; funeral
- 都x17 | Chapter Rank #10surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 尾随x1 | Chapter Rank #296to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of
- 其后x1 | Chapter Rank #297next; later; after that
- 尤其x2 | Chapter Rank #142especially; particularly
- 疑x1 | Chapter Rank #298(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- 病x1 | Chapter Rank #299illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- 将x5 | Chapter Rank #57to 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])
- 支配x1 | Chapter Rank #300to control; to dominate; to allocate
- 需要x3 | Chapter Rank #92to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 强大x1 | Chapter Rank #301big and strong; formidable; powerful
- 道德x1 | Chapter Rank #302virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 律令x1 | Chapter Rank #303
- 才能x3 | Chapter Rank #93talent; ability; capacity
- 阻止x1 | Chapter Rank #304to prevent; to block
- 故意x1 | Chapter Rank #305deliberately; on purpose
- 走x1 | Chapter Rank #306to 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)
- 到x13 | Chapter Rank #18to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 街上x1 | Chapter Rank #307on the street; in town
- 有条不紊x1 | Chapter Rank #308regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
- 敲掉x1 | Chapter Rank #309
- 人们x2 | Chapter Rank #143people
- 帽子x1 | Chapter Rank #310hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- 那时x3 | Chapter Rank #94then; at that time; in those days