Vocabulary: 白夜
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- I; me; my
- (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 ...
- have to; cannot but
- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle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})
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- whole; full
- one; 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
- day; sky; heaven
- among; in the middle; in the center
- noble; lofty; refined; exquisite
- bearing; manner; mien
- to look back; to review
- 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
- first thing in the morning; at daybreak
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
- melancholy
- to torment; to torture
- 着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state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 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- suddenly; all of a sudden
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
- people
- all; without exception
- to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to heed; to pay attention to
- to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
- to inquire
- here
- to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- because; owing to; on account of
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- Petersburg (place name); Saint Petersburg, Russia
- eight
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- (of a period of time) long
- almost; nearly; practically
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time