Vocabulary: 第一章 纳伊瓦：我的童年
from 本·拉登传——一个恐怖大亨的隐秘人生
- 挑战x1 | Chapter Rank #615to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
- 或者x8 | Chapter Rank #65or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 失去x2 | Chapter Rank #319to lose
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #616opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 香料x3 | Chapter Rank #212spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume
- 贸易x1 | Chapter Rank #617(commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 衰亡x1 | Chapter Rank #618to decline; to die out; decline and fall
- 雨水x1 | Chapter Rank #619Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th Marchrainwater; rainfall; rain
- 太x4 | Chapter Rank #151highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 少x1 | Chapter Rank #620youngfew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 不够x1 | Chapter Rank #621not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 浇灌x1 | Chapter Rank #622to water; to irrigate
- 作物x1 | Chapter Rank #623crop
- 面对x3 | Chapter Rank #213to face; to confront
- 嗷嗷待哺x1 | Chapter Rank #624cry piteously for food
- 面黄肌瘦x1 | Chapter Rank #625lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom); fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
- 无奈x1 | Chapter Rank #626to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- 爬x4 | Chapter Rank #152to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- 高大x1 | Chapter Rank #627tall; lofty; towering
- 骆驼x1 | Chapter Rank #628camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
- 棕色x2 | Chapter Rank #320brown
- 掩映x1 | Chapter Rank #629hidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
- 下x7 | Chapter Rank #83down; 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
- 绿色x1 | Chapter Rank #630green
- 峡谷x1 | Chapter Rank #631canyon; gill; ravine
- 艰难x1 | Chapter Rank #632difficult; hard; challenging
- 跋涉x1 | Chapter Rank #633to trudge; to trek
- 到达x1 | Chapter Rank #634to reach; to arrive
- 地中海x1 | Chapter Rank #635Mediterranean Sea(coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
- 沿岸x1 | Chapter Rank #636coastal area; littoral or riparian
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #214exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 出生x2 | Chapter Rank #321to be born
- 并x11 | Chapter Rank #41and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 度过x2 | Chapter Rank #322to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- 大型x1 | Chapter Rank #637large; large-scale
- 建立x1 | Chapter Rank #638to establish; to set up; to found
- 家园x1 | Chapter Rank #639home; homeland
- 两千多年x1 | Chapter Rank #640
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #641front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 文字x1 | Chapter Rank #642character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 记载x1 | Chapter Rank #643to write down; to record; written account
- 这x8 | Chapter Rank #66(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)(coll.) this
- 座x2 | Chapter Rank #323seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- 拥有x2 | Chapter Rank #324to have; to possess; to own
- 堂皇x1 | Chapter Rank #644imposing; grand
- 建筑x1 | Chapter Rank #645to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 优良x1 | Chapter Rank #646fine; good; first-rate
- 港口x1 | Chapter Rank #647port; harbor
- 面朝x1 | Chapter Rank #648
- 大海x1 | Chapter Rank #649sea; ocean