Vocabulary: 第六十四章 斯塔布的晚餐
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- 海x1 | Chapter Rank #405surname Haiocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous
- 中x8 | Chapter Rank #57to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 那个x6 | Chapter Rank #83that 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]
- 了x66 | Chapter Rank #2(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to 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(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 无生气x1 | Chapter Rank #406
- 呆滞x1 | Chapter Rank #407dull; lifeless; sluggish
- 笨重x2 | Chapter Rank #208heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous
- 尸体x3 | Chapter Rank #149corpse; dead body
- 要x23 | Chapter Rank #19(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 费x1 | Chapter Rank #408surname Feito cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
- 好长时间x1 | Chapter Rank #409
- 才能x1 | Chapter Rank #410talent; ability; capacity
- 它x12 | Chapter Rank #35itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 挪动x2 | Chapter Rank #209to move; to shift
- 一下x8 | Chapter Rank #58(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 这x30 | Chapter Rank #11(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 足以x1 | Chapter Rank #411sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- 证明x1 | Chapter Rank #412proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- 拖动x1 | Chapter Rank #413to drag; to tow; (computing) to drag (mouse operation)
- 东西x3 | Chapter Rank #150thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]east and west
- 多么x1 | Chapter Rank #414how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 巨大x2 | Chapter Rank #210huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- 中国x1 | Chapter Rank #415China
- 那条x1 | Chapter Rank #416
- 叫x7 | Chapter Rank #73to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 杭x1 | Chapter Rank #417surname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
- 河x2 | Chapter Rank #211river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- 或是x4 | Chapter Rank #111or; either one or the other
- 随便x1 | Chapter Rank #418as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton
- 什么x10 | Chapter Rank #46what?; something; anything
- 大运河x1 | Chapter Rank #419the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
- 上x27 | Chapter Rank #13used 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
- 四五个x1 | Chapter Rank #420
- 纤夫x1 | Chapter Rank #421burlak (barge hauler)
- 小道x1 | Chapter Rank #422bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
- 拖x4 | Chapter Rank #112to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- 一艘x1 | Chapter Rank #423
- 重载x1 | Chapter Rank #424(computing) overloadingheavy load (on a truck)
- 平底x1 | Chapter Rank #425flat bottomed; low heeled
- 帆船x1 | Chapter Rank #426sailboat
- 每x2 | Chapter Rank #212each; every
- 还x8 | Chapter Rank #59still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elsesurname Huanto pay back; to return
- 能x5 | Chapter Rank #100surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 走上x1 | Chapter Rank #427
- 一英里x1 | Chapter Rank #428
- 可是x4 | Chapter Rank #113but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 艘x1 | Chapter Rank #429classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- 大x8 | Chapter Rank #60see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 商船x1 | Chapter Rank #430merchant ship
- 仿佛x2 | Chapter Rank #213to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar