Vocabulary: 第七十八章 水箱和水桶
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- 突然x4 | Chapter Rank #66sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 发生x2 | Chapter Rank #163to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 奇怪x2 | Chapter Rank #164strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- 意外x2 | Chapter Rank #165unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 究竟x1 | Chapter Rank #368to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- 是x16 | Chapter Rank #12to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 那个x1 | Chapter Rank #369that 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]
- 印第安x1 | Chapter Rank #370(American) Indian; native American; indigenous peoples of the Americas
- 野人x1 | Chapter Rank #371a savage; uncivilized person; (old) commoner
- 过于x1 | Chapter Rank #372excessively; too
- 粗心大意x1 | Chapter Rank #373negligent; careless; inadvertent
- 竟然x1 | Chapter Rank #374unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 一瞬间x2 | Chapter Rank #166split second
- 放开x1 | Chapter Rank #375to let go; to release
- 抓x2 | Chapter Rank #167to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- 悬x1 | Chapter Rank #376to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- 头顶x5 | Chapter Rank #49top of the head
- 复滑车x5 | Chapter Rank #50
- 粗x1 | Chapter Rank #377(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; ruderemote; distant
- 缆x1 | Chapter Rank #378cable; hawser; to moor
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #379still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 所x1 | Chapter Rank #380actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 站x1 | Chapter Rank #381station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 牢靠x1 | Chapter Rank #382firm and solid; robust; reliable
- 又x6 | Chapter Rank #38(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 湿x1 | Chapter Rank #383moist; wet
- 滑x1 | Chapter Rank #384to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trustedsurname Hua
- 或者x2 | Chapter Rank #168or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 魔鬼x1 | Chapter Rank #385devil
- 本人x1 | Chapter Rank #386I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
- 无事生非x1 | Chapter Rank #387to make trouble out of nothing
- 故意x1 | Chapter Rank #388deliberately; on purpose
- 捣乱x1 | Chapter Rank #389to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
- 到底x2 | Chapter Rank #169finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 怎么回事x2 | Chapter Rank #170what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #390who; also pr. [shui2]
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #67surname 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]
- 说不清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #391
- 总之x1 | Chapter Rank #392in a word; in short; in brief
- 之间x1 | Chapter Rank #393(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 上来x1 | Chapter Rank #394to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- 十八九x1 | Chapter Rank #395
- 我的x1 | Chapter Rank #396
- 上帝x1 | Chapter Rank #397God
- 可怜x5 | Chapter Rank #51pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 一口x1 | Chapter Rank #398readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- 真x1 | Chapter Rank #399really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 井x2 | Chapter Rank #171Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jinga well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- 中x11 | Chapter Rank #23(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)
- 升降x1 | Chapter Rank #400rising and falling