Vocabulary: 第一章 我母亲的儿子
from 不畏：陆克文自传
- 传闻x2 | Chapter Rank #678rumor
- 所知x1 | Chapter Rank #1294known; what one knows
- 上流社会x1 | Chapter Rank #1295upper class; high society
- 愿意x1 | Chapter Rank #1296to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 多x16 | Chapter Rank #70many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 谈及x1 | Chapter Rank #1297to talk about; to mention
- 事情x6 | Chapter Rank #207affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 悄悄地x1 | Chapter Rank #1298
- 家族史x1 | Chapter Rank #1299
- 抹x1 | Chapter Rank #1300to wipeto plaster; to go around; to skirtto smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- 耻辱x1 | Chapter Rank #1301disgrace; shame; humiliation
- 孤零零x2 | Chapter Rank #679lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary
- 雷德x1 | Chapter Rank #1302Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009
- 芬x1 | Chapter Rank #1303perfume; fragrance
- 人世x1 | Chapter Rank #1304the world; this world; the world of the living
- 与此同时x2 | Chapter Rank #680at the same time; meanwhile
- 朋友x5 | Chapter Rank #265friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 乔x5 | Chapter Rank #266surname Qiaotall
- 汉x8 | Chapter Rank #155Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)man
- 娜x8 | Chapter Rank #156(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]elegant; graceful
- 卡x2 | Chapter Rank #681to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassetteto block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]
- 欣x1 | Chapter Rank #1305happy
- 当地x15 | Chapter Rank #75local
- 女孩x1 | Chapter Rank #1306girl; lass
- 珀x1 | Chapter Rank #1307used in 琥珀[hu3 po4]
- 雷x2 | Chapter Rank #682surname Leithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- 郡x1 | Chapter Rank #1308canton; county; region
- 巴林x1 | Chapter Rank #1309Bahrain
- 加里x1 | Chapter Rank #1310potassium (loanword)Gary (name)
- 长途跋涉x2 | Chapter Rank #683long and difficult trek
- 南部x1 | Chapter Rank #1311southern part
- 河岸x1 | Chapter Rank #1312riverside; river bank
- 从事x1 | Chapter Rank #1313to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 农耕x1 | Chapter Rank #1314farming; agriculture
- 初期x1 | Chapter Rank #1315initial stage; beginning period
- 定居x1 | Chapter Rank #1316to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- 太小x1 | Chapter Rank #1317
- 无法x6 | Chapter Rank #208unable to; incapable of
- 养育x1 | Chapter Rank #1318to rear; to bring up; to nurture
- 后代x1 | Chapter Rank #1319descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- 北x2 | Chapter Rank #684north; (classical) to be defeated
- 迁移x1 | Chapter Rank #1320to migrate; to move
- 拿到x2 | Chapter Rank #685to get; to obtain
- 楠x9 | Chapter Rank #139Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- 经营x2 | Chapter Rank #686to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 商业x1 | Chapter Rank #1321business; trade; commerce
- 酒店x3 | Chapter Rank #447wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
- 执照x1 | Chapter Rank #1322license; permit
- 生意x1 | Chapter Rank #1323business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]life force; vitality
- 一度x1 | Chapter Rank #1324for a time; at one time; one time; once