Vocabulary: 第三十五章 桅顶瞭望
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- 就让x1 | Chapter Rank #367
- 我们x16 | Chapter Rank #17we; us; ourselves; our
- 这里x4 | Chapter Rank #85here
- 花x1 | Chapter Rank #368flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulsurname Huaflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 些x1 | Chapter Rank #369classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 篇幅x1 | Chapter Rank #370length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
- 来x5 | Chapter Rank #64to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 细述x1 | Chapter Rank #371
- 一番x4 | Chapter Rank #86
- 猜想x1 | Chapter Rank #372to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- 最早x1 | Chapter Rank #373
- 古代x2 | Chapter Rank #176ancient times
- 埃及x3 | Chapter Rank #123Egypt
- 因为x4 | Chapter Rank #87because; owing to; on account of
- 所有x5 | Chapter Rank #65all; to have; to possess; to own
- 研究x3 | Chapter Rank #124research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 之中x6 | Chapter Rank #53inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 发现x8 | Chapter Rank #38to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 没有x9 | Chapter Rank #33haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 领先x2 | Chapter Rank #177to lead; to be in front
- 于x4 | Chapter Rank #88surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 他们x19 | Chapter Rank #11they; them
- 尽管x4 | Chapter Rank #89despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 祖先x1 | Chapter Rank #374ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- 巴别x2 | Chapter Rank #178
- 塔x2 | Chapter Rank #179pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- 建造x4 | Chapter Rank #90to construct; to build
- 者x17 | Chapter Rank #14(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 们x4 | Chapter Rank #91plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 无疑x1 | Chapter Rank #375undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- 想要x2 | Chapter Rank #180to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- 凭借x2 | Chapter Rank #181to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- 高塔x1 | Chapter Rank #376tower; CL:座[zuo4]
- 整个x3 | Chapter Rank #125whole; entire; total
- 亚洲x1 | Chapter Rank #377Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])
- 竖起x2 | Chapter Rank #182to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
- 最高x1 | Chapter Rank #378tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #379or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 非洲x1 | Chapter Rank #380Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
- 也x13 | Chapter Rank #23surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 如此x3 | Chapter Rank #126like this; so; such
- 不过x4 | Chapter Rank #92only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 桅x1 | Chapter Rank #381mast
- 冠x1 | Chapter Rank #382surname Guanhat; crown; crest; capto put on a hat; to be first; to dub
- 装x2 | Chapter Rank #183adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 巨大的x2 | Chapter Rank #184
- 石头x1 | Chapter Rank #383stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 可以x9 | Chapter Rank #34can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 说x8 | Chapter Rank #39to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 被x3 | Chapter Rank #127quilt; 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")