Vocabulary: 第四十三章 听！
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- 人x5 | Chapter Rank #8person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 一站x1 | Chapter Rank #85
- 在x7 | 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)
- 后甲板x1 | Chapter Rank #86afterdeck
- 块x1 | Chapter Rank #87lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- 圣地x1 | Chapter Rank #88holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
- 上x2 | Chapter Rank #35used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](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; above
- 便x1 | Chapter Rank #89plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 都x1 | Chapter Rank #90capital city; metropolissurname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
- 小心翼翼x1 | Chapter Rank #91(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
- 地x2 | Chapter Rank #36-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 不x2 | Chapter Rank #37no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #92to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 了x7 | Chapter Rank #4to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 脚下x1 | Chapter Rank #93under the foot
- 也x2 | Chapter Rank #38surname 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]
- 发出x2 | Chapter Rank #39to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- 沙沙x1 | Chapter Rank #94rustle
- 声响x1 | Chapter Rank #95sound; noise
- 一只x1 | Chapter Rank #96
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #40hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 另一只x1 | Chapter Rank #97
- 悄无声息x1 | Chapter Rank #98quietly; noiselessly
- 着x3 | Chapter Rank #19to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding ina move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 偶尔x1 | Chapter Rank #99occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #100only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 船帆x1 | Chapter Rank #101sail
- 拍打x1 | Chapter Rank #102to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
- 声x1 | Chapter Rank #103sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 以及x1 | Chapter Rank #104and; as well as
- 不断前进x1 | Chapter Rank #105
- 船x1 | Chapter Rank #106boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 骨x1 | Chapter Rank #107boneused in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]; used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]
- 一成不变x1 | Chapter Rank #108(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- 嗡嗡声x1 | Chapter Rank #109hum; drone; buzz
- 打破x1 | Chapter Rank #110to break; to smash
- 沉寂x1 | Chapter Rank #111silence; stillness
- 就x4 | Chapter Rank #13(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 一派x1 | Chapter Rank #112
- 安宁x1 | Chapter Rank #113see 安寧區|安宁区[An1 ning2 Qu1]; see 安寧市|安宁市[An1 ning2 Shi4]peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
- 之中x1 | Chapter Rank #114inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 队列x1 | Chapter Rank #115formation (of troops); alignment; (computing) queue; cohort (in a study)
- 一x2 | Chapter Rank #41one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 位置x1 | Chapter Rank #116position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 靠近x1 | Chapter Rank #117to be close to; to approach; to draw near
- 后x1 | Chapter Rank #118surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 舱口x2 | Chapter Rank #42
- 阿x2 | Chapter Rank #43prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4](literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- 契x2 | Chapter Rank #44to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- 低声x1 | Chapter Rank #119in a low voice; softly