Vocabulary: 第四十八章 初次放艇
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- 摆脱x1 | Chapter Rank #806to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- 种种x1 | Chapter Rank #807all kinds of
- 猜想x1 | Chapter Rank #808to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #377although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #378to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 阴沉x2 | Chapter Rank #379gloomy
- 到底x1 | Chapter Rank #809finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 起x3 | Chapter Rank #236to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 作用x2 | Chapter Rank #380to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- 仍x3 | Chapter Rank #237still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 很大x1 | Chapter Rank #810
- 余地x1 | Chapter Rank #811margin; leeway
- 人们x1 | Chapter Rank #812people
- 做出x2 | Chapter Rank #381to put out; to issue
- 各种各样x1 | Chapter Rank #813various kinds; all sorts
- 胡乱x1 | Chapter Rank #814careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- 至于x2 | Chapter Rank #382as for; as to; to go so far as to
- 一声不响x1 | Chapter Rank #815to keep totally silent; noiselessly
- 回忆起x1 | Chapter Rank #816
- 楠x1 | Chapter Rank #817Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- 塔基x1 | Chapter Rank #818
- 特x2 | Chapter Rank #383special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 那个x5 | Chapter Rank #127that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 暗淡x1 | Chapter Rank #819dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
- 黎明x1 | Chapter Rank #820dawn; daybreak
- 曾x1 | Chapter Rank #821great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)surname Zeng
- 看见x5 | Chapter Rank #128to see; to catch sight of
- 爬x1 | Chapter Rank #822to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- 裴x2 | Chapter Rank #384(of a garment) long and flowingsurname Pei
- 阔x2 | Chapter Rank #385rich; wide; broad
- 德x2 | Chapter Rank #386Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- 号x2 | Chapter Rank #387(bound form) to wail; to howl(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- 神秘x1 | Chapter Rank #823mysterious; mystery
- 还有x3 | Chapter Rank #238there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 莫名其妙x1 | Chapter Rank #824(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- 利亚x1 | Chapter Rank #825
- 谜x1 | Chapter Rank #826see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddleriddle
- 暗示x1 | Chapter Rank #827to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
- 此时x1 | Chapter Rank #828now; this moment
- 已经x4 | Chapter Rank #170already
- 处于x1 | Chapter Rank #829to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- 听不见x1 | Chapter Rank #830not be able to hear
- 头目x1 | Chapter Rank #831ringleader; gang leader; chieftain
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #832to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 地方x3 | Chapter Rank #239place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 向上x1 | Chapter Rank #833upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- 驶x1 | Chapter Rank #834(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go; (of a boat) to sail
- 很x1 | Chapter Rank #835very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 远x3 | Chapter Rank #240to distance oneself from (classical)far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- 依然x2 | Chapter Rank #388still; as before