Vocabulary: 远走重洋
from 百年袁家：袁世凯及杨氏夫人后裔百年家族史
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #140can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 改变x1 | Chapter Rank #141to change; to alter; to transform
- 选择x1 | Chapter Rank #142to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- 决定x1 | Chapter Rank #143to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 但x3 | Chapter Rank #41but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 历史x1 | Chapter Rank #144history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 生活x2 | Chapter Rank #65to live; life; livelihood
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #145(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 走x2 | Chapter Rank #66to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 不了x1 | Chapter Rank #146no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- 回头路x1 | Chapter Rank #147the road back to where one came from
- 右x1 | Chapter Rank #148(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 一x3 | Chapter Rank #42one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 左x2 | Chapter Rank #67surname Zuoleft; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- 与x6 | Chapter Rank #18to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 袁家骝x1 | Chapter Rank #149
- 吴健雄x1 | Chapter Rank #150
- 伉俪x1 | Chapter Rank #151(literary) husband and wife; married couple
- 合影x1 | Chapter Rank #152group photo; to take a group photo
- 提供x3 | Chapter Rank #43to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 当年x1 | Chapter Rank #153that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 都要x1 | Chapter Rank #154
- 先x1 | Chapter Rank #155beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 香港x8 | Chapter Rank #12Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])
- 等待x1 | Chapter Rank #156to wait; to wait for
- 入境x1 | Chapter Rank #157to enter a country
- 就x7 | Chapter Rank #17(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 到x4 | Chapter Rank #26to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 因为x3 | Chapter Rank #44because; owing to; on account of
- 一些x3 | Chapter Rank #45some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 朋友x1 | Chapter Rank #158friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 再x4 | Chapter Rank #27again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 加上x1 | Chapter Rank #159plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- 他们x3 | Chapter Rank #46they; them
- 勤奋x1 | Chapter Rank #160hardworking; diligent
- 所以x3 | Chapter Rank #47therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 还x3 | Chapter Rank #48to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 比较x1 | Chapter Rank #161to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 安定x1 | Chapter Rank #162stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- 其间x1 | Chapter Rank #163in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- 小儿子x2 | Chapter Rank #68
- 治x1 | Chapter Rank #164to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #165quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 邵x1 | Chapter Rank #166surname Shao; place name
- 氏x1 | Chapter Rank #167(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figuresused in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- 电影x2 | Chapter Rank #69movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],場|场[chang3]
- 公司x2 | Chapter Rank #70company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- 选中x1 | Chapter Rank #168to select; to choose; to decide on
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #71to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 职业x1 | Chapter Rank #169occupation; profession; vocation; professional