Vocabulary: 第九十章 头和尾
from 白鲸
- 千辛万苦x1 | Chapter Rank #335to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort
- 白忙x1 | Chapter Rank #336
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #337
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #338only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 得到x2 | Chapter Rank #119to get; to obtain; to receive
- 两手x1 | Chapter Rank #339one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- 血泡x1 | Chapter Rank #340
- 吗x4 | Chapter Rank #45(question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- 穷x1 | Chapter Rank #341poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 份x1 | Chapter Rank #342classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- 非得x1 | Chapter Rank #343(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- 这么x3 | Chapter Rank #67so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 不择手段x1 | Chapter Rank #344by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- 谋生x1 | Chapter Rank #345to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living
- 不可x1 | Chapter Rank #346cannot; should not; must not
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #347to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 卧床不起x1 | Chapter Rank #348
- 老娘x1 | Chapter Rank #349my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife
- 治病x1 | Chapter Rank #350to treat an illness
- 呢x2 | Chapter Rank #120dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 难道x2 | Chapter Rank #121don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #351to 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)
- 四分之一x1 | Chapter Rank #352one-quarter
- 一半x1 | Chapter Rank #353half
- 大人x4 | Chapter Rank #46adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 满意x1 | Chapter Rank #354satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- 一句x1 | Chapter Rank #355a line of verse; a sentence
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #356dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #122quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 卖x1 | Chapter Rank #357to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- 威灵顿x1 | Chapter Rank #358Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw); Wellington (name); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
- 拿到x1 | Chapter Rank #359to get; to obtain
- 钱x3 | Chapter Rank #68surname Qiancoin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- 某些x1 | Chapter Rank #360some; certain (things)
- 特殊x1 | Chapter Rank #361special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- 角度x1 | Chapter Rank #362angle; (fig.) point of view
- 考虑x1 | Chapter Rank #363to think over; to consider; consideration
- 这件x3 | Chapter Rank #69
- 事x2 | Chapter Rank #123matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #364again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #365how?; what?; why?
- 相当x1 | Chapter Rank #366equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- 过分x1 | Chapter Rank #367excessive; undue; unduly; overly
- 种x2 | Chapter Rank #124to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 当地x1 | Chapter Rank #368local
- 正直x1 | Chapter Rank #369upright; upstanding; honest
- 神父x2 | Chapter Rank #125Catholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)
- 恭恭敬敬x1 | Chapter Rank #370
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #126used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 封信x1 | Chapter Rank #371