Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- to question via torture
- to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
- to vow
- destitute but honest; poor and simple; spartan; austere
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing
- perfectly round; (fig.) accommodating; considerate; smooth (way of doing things)
- to protrude; to stick out
- one who tries never to offend anybody
- good and honest; kindhearted
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- diocese; parish
- barren; infertile; poor
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
- baptize
- 节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
- to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal)
- (bound form) country; nation; state
- to live together; to cohabit
- to legalize; to make legal; legalization
- nearing death; on the point of demise; approaching extinction
- Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Protestant); also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
- to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
- wilderness
- to preach; a sermon
- church; chapel; CL:座[zuo4],所[suo3],間|间[jian1]
- a real person; Daoist spiritual master
- painted; colored painted-on designs
- Rome, capital of Italy
- to respect a deity; to pray to a God
- to worship
- to solicit contributions; to collect donations
- to contribute funds
- the sound of a bell