Vocabulary: 第四十章 午夜，船头楼
from 白鲸
- 打死x1 | Chapter Rank #709to kill; to beat to death
- 亚伯x1 | Chapter Rank #710Abe (short form for Abraham); Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies
- 妙x1 | Chapter Rank #711clever; wonderful
- 那么x1 | Chapter Rank #712like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 上帝x4 | Chapter Rank #91God
- 为什么x1 | Chapter Rank #713why?; for what reason?
- 摆x1 | Chapter Rank #714to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulumhem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 呢x1 | Chapter Rank #715dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 升降x1 | Chapter Rank #716rising and falling
- 旁x1 | Chapter Rank #717one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- 桅帆x3 | Chapter Rank #134
- 收缩x1 | Chapter Rank #718to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #719(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 快点x1 | Chapter Rank #720to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
- 乐天派x3 | Chapter Rank #135happy-go-lucky people; optimists
- 散x1 | Chapter Rank #721scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicineto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- 缩x1 | Chapter Rank #722to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
- 绞车x1 | Chapter Rank #723winch; windlass
- 帮助x1 | Chapter Rank #724assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- 嘁x1 | Chapter Rank #725whispering sound
- 哩x1 | Chapter Rank #726mile(modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])
- 喀x1 | Chapter Rank #727(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
- 喳x1 | Chapter Rank #728(onom.) chirp, twitter, etcused in 喳喳[cha1 cha1] and 喳喳[cha1 cha5]
- 支柱x1 | Chapter Rank #729mainstay; pillar; prop; backbone
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #730to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 乒乒乓乓x1 | Chapter Rank #731
- 钻x1 | Chapter Rank #732to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gaindrill; auger; diamond
- 低点x1 | Chapter Rank #733
- 顶x1 | Chapter Rank #734apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- 桁x1 | Chapter Rank #735pole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-polecangue (stocks to punish criminals)
- 过来x1 | Chapter Rank #736see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- 待x1 | Chapter Rank #737to stay; to remainto wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- 刮x1 | Chapter Rank #738to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extortto blow (of the wind)
- 旋风x3 | Chapter Rank #136whirlwind; tornado
- 末日x1 | Chapter Rank #739Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)last day; end; final days; doomsday
- 爬树x1 | Chapter Rank #740
- 摘x1 | Chapter Rank #741to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
- 栗子x1 | Chapter Rank #742chestnut
- 可是x1 | Chapter Rank #743but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 前途x1 | Chapter Rank #744prospects; future outlook; journey
- 光明x1 | Chapter Rank #745light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- 走x1 | Chapter Rank #746to 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)
- 路上x1 | Chapter Rank #747on the road; on the way; en route
- 抓紧x1 | Chapter Rank #748to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)
- 大的x1 | Chapter Rank #749
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #750but; however
- 白x2 | Chapter Rank #246surname Bai; Bai ethnic groupwhite; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- 白鲸x2 | Chapter Rank #247Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville 赫曼·麥爾維爾|赫曼·麦尔维尔[He4 man4 Mai4 er3 wei2 er3]beluga whale
- 刚才x1 | Chapter Rank #751just now; a moment ago
- 聊天x1 | Chapter Rank #752to chat; to gossip