Vocabulary: 第17章
from 百年孤独
- 挖掘x2 | Chapter Rank #434to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
- 还x23 | Chapter Rank #30surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 从x11 | Chapter Rank #83from; 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
- 墙壁x2 | Chapter Rank #435wall
- 地基x2 | Chapter Rank #436foundations (of a building); base
- 处处x1 | Chapter Rank #835everywhere; in all respects
- 开裂x1 | Chapter Rank #836to split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open)
- 家具x1 | Chapter Rank #837furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- 退色x1 | Chapter Rank #838also pr. [tui4 shai3]
- 散架x1 | Chapter Rank #839to fall apart; exhaustion
- 房门x5 | Chapter Rank #175door of a room
- 脱x1 | Chapter Rank #840to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- 轴x1 | Chapter Rank #841see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]; Taiwan pr. [zhou2]axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
- 家中x8 | Chapter Rank #113
- 弥漫着x1 | Chapter Rank #842
- 一x47 | Chapter Rank #10one; 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
- 种x2 | Chapter Rank #437seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 那个x5 | Chapter Rank #176that 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]
- 时代x3 | Chapter Rank #294Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 无法x6 | Chapter Rank #154unable to; incapable of
- 想象x2 | Chapter Rank #438to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 听天由命x1 | Chapter Rank #843(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
- 悲戚x1 | Chapter Rank #844mournful
- 氛围x2 | Chapter Rank #439ambience; atmosphere
- 摸索x1 | Chapter Rank #845to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly
- 着x30 | Chapter Rank #21to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding into wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing statea move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 走过x1 | Chapter Rank #846to walk past; to pass by
- 一间x1 | Chapter Rank #847
- 间x4 | Chapter Rank #223between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for roomsgap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 空荡荡x1 | Chapter Rank #848empty; deserted
- 卧室x8 | Chapter Rank #114bedroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 听到x3 | Chapter Rank #295to hear
- 白蚁x2 | Chapter Rank #440termite; white ant
- 蛀蚀x1 | Chapter Rank #849to corrupt; to erode
- 木头x1 | Chapter Rank #850wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- 低x1 | Chapter Rank #851low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- 鸣x1 | Chapter Rank #852to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- 不止x1 | Chapter Rank #853incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- 蠹虫x1 | Chapter Rank #854moth; harmful person; vermin
- 衣柜x2 | Chapter Rank #441wardrobe; armoire; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 沙沙x1 | Chapter Rank #855rustle
- 大嚼x1 | Chapter Rank #856
- 暴雨x8 | Chapter Rank #115torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- 期间x3 | Chapter Rank #296period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 繁殖x2 | Chapter Rank #442to breed; to reproduce; to propagate
- 红色x3 | Chapter Rank #297red (color); revolutionary
- 巨x1 | Chapter Rank #857very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- 蚁x2 | Chapter Rank #443ant
- 毁灭x1 | Chapter Rank #858to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- 之x6 | Chapter Rank #155(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it