Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- 雀 qiāo: 雀 qiao1: a freckle; lentigo雀 què: 雀 que4: (bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. [qiao3]
- 爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
- to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- 梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- in public; in front of everybody
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
- to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
- to come from
- Macedonia
- (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
- great master; master
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- miracle; wonder; marvel
- to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- 着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to 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 in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- metal; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- (weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
- to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)
- scene; sight (to behold)
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- everyone; owner
- (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
- iron cooking pot
- small; tiny; few; young
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- to fall; to drop
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- cause; reason; because
- nail; snag; saboteur
- to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation
- to struggle
- screw
- to do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive
- to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]