Vocabulary: 第九章 艰难岁月
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- 自己x9 | Chapter Rank #98oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 知道x8 | Chapter Rank #121to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 摊x1 | Chapter Rank #919to spread out; vendor's stand
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #920seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 像x5 | Chapter Rank #213to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 一只x3 | Chapter Rank #359
- 下水道x1 | Chapter Rank #921sewer
- 待x1 | Chapter Rank #922to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending toto stay; to remain
- 一整天x1 | Chapter Rank #923
- 老鼠x1 | Chapter Rank #924rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- 唯一x6 | Chapter Rank #166only; sole
- 备用x1 | Chapter Rank #925reserve; spare; alternate; backup
- 西服x1 | Chapter Rank #926suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
- 送x1 | Chapter Rank #927to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 干洗x1 | Chapter Rank #928to dry clean; dry cleaning
- 除了x3 | Chapter Rank #360apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 裤衩x1 | Chapter Rank #929underpants
- 颜色x1 | Chapter Rank #930color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- 不x21 | Chapter Rank #32no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 协调x1 | Chapter Rank #931to coordinate; to harmonize; to fit together; to match (colors etc); harmonious; concerted
- 运动衫x1 | Chapter Rank #932sports shirt; sweatshirt; CL:件[jian4]
- 一双x1 | Chapter Rank #933
- 沙滩x1 | Chapter Rank #934beach; sandy shore; CL:片[pian4]
- 凉鞋x1 | Chapter Rank #935sandal
- 别无选择x2 | Chapter Rank #506to have no other choice
- 湿透x1 | Chapter Rank #936drenched; wet through
- 有些x1 | Chapter Rank #937some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 墨迹x1 | Chapter Rank #938ink marks; original calligraphy or painting of famous person
- 已经x16 | Chapter Rank #51already
- 开始x9 | Chapter Rank #99to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 模糊x1 | Chapter Rank #939vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
- 试x1 | Chapter Rank #940to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 逐页x1 | Chapter Rank #941
- 吹干x1 | Chapter Rank #942to blow-dry
- 还好x1 | Chapter Rank #943not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
- 我的x37 | Chapter Rank #14
- 奇迹般地x1 | Chapter Rank #944
- 幸存x1 | Chapter Rank #945to survive (a disaster)
- 下来x3 | Chapter Rank #361to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 打x2 | Chapter Rank #507a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 前台x1 | Chapter Rank #946stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk; (computing) front-end; foreground
- 要求x6 | Chapter Rank #167to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 派x5 | Chapter Rank #214used in 派司[pa1 si5](literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- 车x1 | Chapter Rank #947war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)surname Checar; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
- 解释x1 | Chapter Rank #948explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 我会x3 | Chapter Rank #362
- 迟到x1 | Chapter Rank #949to arrive late
- 后x13 | Chapter Rank #64empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 坐满x1 | Chapter Rank #950
- 衣冠楚楚x1 | Chapter Rank #951immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper