Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- any; whatever; whichever
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- giant; enormous
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- astonishing
- to demonstrate; to show; presentation; demonstration
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- pile
- hay
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- then; after that; afterwards
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention
- sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
- to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- not yet; still not
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; 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 ancestor
- experiment; test; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; experimental; to experiment
- to lose; to suffer defeat
- to calm down; to subside; to be cured; to be healed
- to burgeon; to produce; to conceive; to be in the initial stage
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- once more; once again
- to attempt; to try
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- colony
- gold coin
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- to cry; to weep
- 钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian
- (for) a lifetime
- (idiom) to live frugally