Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- to not say a word
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- not only; not just
- tender; delicate (texture)
- thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
- to smash to pieces
- nature; the natural world
- see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]
- not completely; endlessly
- to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change
- alone; lonely
- to resist (an aggressor); to oppose (a menace)
- dilapidated; in ruins
- to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
- socks; stockings
- packet
- won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
- to have lost both one's parents
- 弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong
- passageway; archway
- endlessly; ceaselessly
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- to overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
- one by one; in turn
- seat of honor; first place
- each one does what he thinks is right (idiom); each goes his own way
- (literary or dialectal) to snow; (literary) fallen snow; settled snow
- 笼 lóng: 笼 long2: enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket笼 lǒng: 笼 long3: to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]
- 梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge