Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- simple; not complicated
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused
- on end; in a row; in succession
- week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday
- to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- mercury; quicksilver
- to cut up; to break up
- 多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- usual; customary
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu
- thirty; 30
- 枚 Méi: 枚 Mei2: surname Mei枚 méi: 枚 mei2: classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- crucible
- orpiment; arsenic trisulfide As2S3; make changes in writing; malign; criticize without grounds
- sulfur
- 铅 yán: 铅 yan2: used in 鉛山|铅山[Yan2 shan1] (the name of a place in Jiangxi)铅 qiān: 铅 qian1: lead (chemistry)
- to melt (of ice, metals etc)
- 盛 Shèng: 盛 Sheng4: surname Sheng盛 chéng: 盛 cheng2: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil盛 shèng: 盛 sheng4: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively
- 满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- to boil
- until
- stink; stench; stinky; smelly; (fig.) disgusting; repugnant
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- shoddy; of poor quality
- syrup
- beautiful; wonderful; splendid
- 令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- apprehensive; on edge