Vocabulary: 白夜
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
- if; in case; in the event that
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- on time; punctual; on schedule
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- greatly disappointed
- sometimes; now and then
- 要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- each other; one another
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns
- to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards; to devote attention to
- especially; particularly
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- mood; mental state; frame of mind
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
- not long ago; not long before
- to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb)
- already
- to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- thanks to; luckily
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality
- 过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- promptly; at once
- 把手 bǎ shou: 把手 ba3 shou5: handle; grip; knob把手 bǎ shǒu: 把手 ba3 shou3: to shake hands
- to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- to have a tacit understanding
- to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
- a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
- each; every
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- as if; to seem like
- 跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- to 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
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- as for; when it comes to