Vocabulary: 第九章 艰难岁月
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- 区x1 | Chapter Rank #889surname Ouarea; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 演讲稿x4 | Chapter Rank #269
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #890only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 一份x1 | Chapter Rank #891
- 里x12 | Chapter Rank #69lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 保持x1 | Chapter Rank #892to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 冷静x1 | Chapter Rank #893calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
- 已x1 | Chapter Rank #894already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #504abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 易事x1 | Chapter Rank #895easy task
- 维持x3 | Chapter Rank #355to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 礼仪x1 | Chapter Rank #896etiquette; ceremony
- 更x14 | Chapter Rank #57more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 难x3 | Chapter Rank #356disaster; distress; to scolddifficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 从事x1 | Chapter Rank #897to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 外交x1 | Chapter Rank #898diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 多年x7 | Chapter Rank #134many years; for many years; longstanding
- 从未x3 | Chapter Rank #357never
- 过x14 | Chapter Rank #58(experienced action marker)surname Guoto cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 这样x8 | Chapter Rank #120this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 挑战x5 | Chapter Rank #212to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
- 西装革履x1 | Chapter Rank #899dressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired
- 黑暗x1 | Chapter Rank #900dark; darkly; darkness
- 落水x1 | Chapter Rank #901to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to go to the dogs
- 摸索x1 | Chapter Rank #902to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly
- 发x1 | Chapter Rank #903to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- 然后x14 | Chapter Rank #59then; after that; afterwards
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #904to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #905to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 水x1 | Chapter Rank #906surname Shui; Shui ethnic groupwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 拯救x1 | Chapter Rank #907to save; to rescue
- 里边x1 | Chapter Rank #908inside
- 文件x1 | Chapter Rank #909document; file; CL:份[fen4]
- 最x9 | Chapter Rank #97(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 重要x6 | Chapter Rank #164important; significant; major
- 赶紧x1 | Chapter Rank #910hurriedly; without delay
- 拉直x1 | Chapter Rank #911
- 领带x1 | Chapter Rank #912necktie; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 以防x1 | Chapter Rank #913(so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- 这时x6 | Chapter Rank #165at this time; at this moment
- 有人x1 | Chapter Rank #914someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 打开x2 | Chapter Rank #505to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 灯x1 | Chapter Rank #915lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #916to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 这里x10 | Chapter Rank #83here
- 发生x4 | Chapter Rank #270to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 什么x7 | Chapter Rank #135what?; something; anything
- 回到x3 | Chapter Rank #358to return to
- 看着x1 | Chapter Rank #917
- 镜子x1 | Chapter Rank #918mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]