Vocabulary: 第五十五章 荒谬的鲸鱼画像
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- 吞x1 | Chapter Rank #437to swallow; to take
- 约x3 | Chapter Rank #112to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); conciseto weigh in a balance or on a scale
- 拿x5 | Chapter Rank #55to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 如x2 | Chapter Rank #192as; as if; such as
- 同x1 | Chapter Rank #438used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]like; same; similar; together; alike; withused in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- 旧版x1 | Chapter Rank #439old version
- 圣经x1 | Chapter Rank #440the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 插图x4 | Chapter Rank #73illustration
- 从前x1 | Chapter Rank #441previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 小x2 | Chapter Rank #193small; tiny; few; young
- 祷告x1 | Chapter Rank #442to pray; prayer
- 书x4 | Chapter Rank #74book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to writeabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 木刻x1 | Chapter Rank #443woodcut
- 那样x3 | Chapter Rank #113that kind; that sort
- 对x4 | Chapter Rank #75right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 说x5 | Chapter Rank #56to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 些x2 | Chapter Rank #194classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 什么x3 | Chapter Rank #114what?; something; anything
- 至于x3 | Chapter Rank #115as for; as to; to go so far as to
- 书籍x3 | Chapter Rank #116books; works
- 装订x2 | Chapter Rank #195bookbinding; to bind (books etc)
- 工x2 | Chapter Rank #196work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- 藤蔓x1 | Chapter Rank #444vine; also pr. [teng2 wan4]
- 般x2 | Chapter Rank #197see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]used in 般若[bo1 re3]sort; kind; class; way; manner
- 盘绕在x1 | Chapter Rank #445
- 下沉x1 | Chapter Rank #446to sink down
- 锚链x1 | Chapter Rank #447anchor chain
- 镀x1 | Chapter Rank #448to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
- 金x1 | Chapter Rank #449surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 印x1 | Chapter Rank #450to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; imagesurname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India
- 古今x1 | Chapter Rank #451then and now; ancient and modern
- 书脊x1 | Chapter Rank #452spine of a book
- 扉页x2 | Chapter Rank #198title page; flyleaf; end paper
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #453to 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 profitto 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; yet
- 栩栩如生x1 | Chapter Rank #454vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life; realistic
- 却x3 | Chapter Rank #117but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 纯粹x1 | Chapter Rank #455pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- 传说x1 | Chapter Rank #456legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #457(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 照着x2 | Chapter Rank #199
- 旧x1 | Chapter Rank #458old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 花瓶x1 | Chapter Rank #459flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
- 类似x1 | Chapter Rank #460similar; analogous
- 图形x1 | Chapter Rank #461picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical
- 模仿x1 | Chapter Rank #462to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model
- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #463to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #200although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 一般x2 | Chapter Rank #201same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 称之为x2 | Chapter Rank #202to call it...; known as...
- 想x3 | Chapter Rank #118to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)