Vocabulary: 变形记
- a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen
- mother
- to sew; to make (clothes, bedding)
- undergarment; underwear; CL:件[jian4]
- 裁缝 cái feng: 裁缝 cai2 feng5: tailor; dressmaker裁缝 cái féng: 裁缝 cai2 feng2: to make an item of clothing; to tailor
- 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]
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- girl; lass
- sales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- complete; whole; totally; entirely
- to depend on; to be dependent on
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
- along with; in the wake of; following
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- needless to say; it goes without saying
- to come to blows; to start a fight; (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[da3 chu1 shou3])
- to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
- fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
- to wander; to shift around; to waver; to vacillate
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- to be frightened; fear; dread
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- death penalty; capital punishment
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- to depart; to leave
- to yell
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- it seems; seemingly; as if
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice