Vocabulary: 白夜
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- dear; beloved; darling
- reader
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- we; us; ourselves; our
- time; length of time; moment; period
- talent; ability; capacity
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- sky
- that kind; that sort
- clear; limpid
- bright and clean; luminous
- starlight
- bright; resplendent
- 看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; 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])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- cannot help; unable to bear
- secretly; inwardly
- to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- various kinds; all sorts
- angry; indignant; wrath; ire
- to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved
- willful; headstrong; unruly
- 胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?
- perhaps; maybe
- young; childish; puerile
- question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- God
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- often; constantly
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- one's heart; one's mind
- since; as; this being the case