Vocabulary: 第一章 蜃景隐现
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- 一座座x1 | Chapter Rank #342
- 码头x2 | Chapter Rank #150wharf; dock; quay; pier
- 像x5 | Chapter Rank #59to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 西x2 | Chapter Rank #151the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanishwest
- 印度x1 | Chapter Rank #343India
- 小岛x1 | Chapter Rank #344Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)isle
- 为x3 | Chapter Rank #98because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 珊瑚礁x1 | Chapter Rank #345coral reef
- 所x2 | Chapter Rank #152actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 环绕x2 | Chapter Rank #153to surround; to circle; to revolve around
- 商业x1 | Chapter Rank #346business; trade; commerce
- 浪潮x1 | Chapter Rank #347wave; tides
- 已x3 | Chapter Rank #99already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 其x1 | Chapter Rank #348his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 包围x1 | Chapter Rank #349to surround; to encircle; to hem in
- 左右x2 | Chapter Rank #154left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- 两边x1 | Chapter Rank #350either side; both sides
- 街道x1 | Chapter Rank #351street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- 你x25 | Chapter Rank #6you (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.)
- 向x4 | Chapter Rank #72towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...surname Xiangto tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 水边x4 | Chapter Rank #73edge of the water; waterside; shore (of sea, lake or river)
- 城x1 | Chapter Rank #352city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 最x2 | Chapter Rank #155(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 南部x1 | Chapter Rank #353southern part
- 炮台x1 | Chapter Rank #354fort; battery
- 气势x1 | Chapter Rank #355imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor
- 非凡x1 | Chapter Rank #356out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
- 防波堤x1 | Chapter Rank #357breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #156quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 海浪x1 | Chapter Rank #358sea wave
- 冲刷x1 | Chapter Rank #359to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away
- 微风x1 | Chapter Rank #360breeze; light wind
- 它x9 | Chapter Rank #25itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 吹x1 | Chapter Rank #361to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- 凉x1 | Chapter Rank #362the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)to let sth cool downcool; cold
- 几个x1 | Chapter Rank #363a few; several; how many
- 小时x1 | Chapter Rank #364hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 之前x2 | Chapter Rank #157before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 从x6 | Chapter Rank #47surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 还x5 | Chapter Rank #60surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 看不见x1 | Chapter Rank #365cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- 瞧瞧x1 | Chapter Rank #366
- 那x18 | Chapter Rank #9surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 一群群x2 | Chapter Rank #158
- 看x3 | Chapter Rank #100to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 海景x1 | Chapter Rank #367seascape; sea view
- 人x17 | Chapter Rank #11person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 梦幻般x1 | Chapter Rank #368
- 安息日x1 | Chapter Rank #369Sabbath
- 下午x1 | Chapter Rank #370afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.