Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- 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
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet
- forever; eternal
- 东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west
- even if; even though
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo
- middle age
- always
- to pursue; to track down; to search
- this kind of
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 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
- to understand; to realize; to find out
- 吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- very long; endless
- life (one's time on earth)
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- young; childish; puerile
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (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
- with one's own hands; personally
- to stain; to sully; to tarnish
- action; conduct; behavior; activity
- hardly; not in the least; not at all
- contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory
- main; principal; major; primary
- 大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- extramarital
- romantic
- just as; precisely as
- I; me; my
- really isn't
- to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
- rather
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 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])
- to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience
- 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
- terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist
- aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane