Vocabulary: 第七章 礼拜堂
from 白鲸
- 使命x1 | Chapter Rank #163mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- 天色x1 | Chapter Rank #164color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #77from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 晴x1 | Chapter Rank #165clear; fine (weather)
- 寒x1 | Chapter Rank #166cold; poor; to tremble
- 明媚x1 | Chapter Rank #167bright and beautiful
- 一x11 | Chapter Rank #6one; 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
- 变x1 | Chapter Rank #168to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 而x8 | Chapter Rank #11and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #78down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #79to 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
- 猛烈x1 | Chapter Rank #169fierce; violent; vigorous; intense
- 雨夹雪x1 | Chapter Rank #170sleet; mixture of snow and rain
- 雾气腾腾x1 | Chapter Rank #171
- 裹x2 | Chapter Rank #80to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- 那x6 | Chapter Rank #15(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nuosurname Na
- 件x1 | Chapter Rank #172item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- 粗糙x1 | Chapter Rank #173crude; gruff; rough; coarse
- 熊x1 | Chapter Rank #174bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapablesurname Xiong
- 皮夹克x1 | Chapter Rank #175
- 顶x1 | Chapter Rank #176apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- 强劲x1 | Chapter Rank #177strong; powerful; robust
- 风暴x2 | Chapter Rank #81storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- 艰难x1 | Chapter Rank #178difficult; hard; challenging
- 前行x1 | Chapter Rank #179(literary) to go forward
- 进x2 | Chapter Rank #82to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 发现x1 | Chapter Rank #180to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #181only 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")
- 零零散散x1 | Chapter Rank #182
- 多x2 | Chapter Rank #83many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 水手x4 | Chapter Rank #34mariner; sailor; seaman
- 妻子x1 | Chapter Rank #183wifewife and children
- 和x8 | Chapter Rank #12to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanesesurname Heto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 寡妇x1 | Chapter Rank #184widow
- 一片x1 | Chapter Rank #185
- 沉寂x1 | Chapter Rank #186silence; stillness
- 气氛x1 | Chapter Rank #187atmosphere; mood
- 压抑x1 | Chapter Rank #188to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #189only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 偶尔x1 | Chapter Rank #190occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- 能x2 | Chapter Rank #84can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 听见x1 | Chapter Rank #191to hear
- 迸发出x1 | Chapter Rank #192
- 尖声x1 | Chapter Rank #193
- 呼啸x1 | Chapter Rank #194to whistle; to scream; to whiz
- 每x2 | Chapter Rank #85each; every
- 个x3 | Chapter Rank #46used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 沉默x2 | Chapter Rank #86taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
- 信众x1 | Chapter Rank #195believers; worshippers
- 都x5 | Chapter Rank #21capital city; metropolissurname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all