Vocabulary: 第一章 我母亲的儿子
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- 顶梁柱x1 | Chapter Rank #1587pillar; backbone
- 好多x1 | Chapter Rank #1588many; quite a lot; much better
- 罗德尼x1 | Chapter Rank #1589
- 格雷戈里x1 | Chapter Rank #1590
- 常x1 | Chapter Rank #1591always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constantsurname Chang
- 回想起来x1 | Chapter Rank #1592
- 考虑x2 | Chapter Rank #769to think over; to consider; consideration
- 中期x1 | Chapter Rank #1593middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
- 顽固x1 | Chapter Rank #1594stubborn; obstinate
- 种族主义x1 | Chapter Rank #1595racism
- 态度x1 | Chapter Rank #1596manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 多么x2 | Chapter Rank #770how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 难能可贵x1 | Chapter Rank #1597rare and precious; valuable; remarkable
- 社区x5 | Chapter Rank #278community; neighborhood
- 颇受x1 | Chapter Rank #1598
- 尊重x2 | Chapter Rank #771to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- 仍然x4 | Chapter Rank #352still; as before; yet
- 保持x1 | Chapter Rank #1599to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 主要x5 | Chapter Rank #279main; principal; major; primary
- 是因为x6 | Chapter Rank #217
- 教导x1 | Chapter Rank #1600to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- 不管x1 | Chapter Rank #1601not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 哪里x3 | Chapter Rank #492where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- 肤色x1 | Chapter Rank #1602skin color
- 走x4 | Chapter Rank #353to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 前列x1 | Chapter Rank #1603the very front
- 充满x3 | Chapter Rank #493full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 竞争x1 | Chapter Rank #1604to compete; competition
- 大哥x4 | Chapter Rank #354eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss
- 雕刻x1 | Chapter Rank #1605to carve; to engrave; carving
- 玩具枪x1 | Chapter Rank #1606toy gun
- 带x2 | Chapter Rank #772band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 河滩x1 | Chapter Rank #1607river bank; river shore; strand
- 边x1 | Chapter Rank #1608suffix of a noun of localityside; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- 挖x1 | Chapter Rank #1609to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- 沙x1 | Chapter Rank #1610(dialect) to sift; to sievesurname Shagranule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- 洞x1 | Chapter Rank #1611cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2] (the name of a place in Shanxi)
- 二哥x1 | Chapter Rank #1612second brother
- 打x2 | Chapter Rank #773a 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]
- 周六x2 | Chapter Rank #774Saturday
- 上午x1 | Chapter Rank #1613morning
- 观看x1 | Chapter Rank #1614to watch; to view
- 摔跤x2 | Chapter Rank #775to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)
- 锦标赛x1 | Chapter Rank #1615championship contest; championships
- 广告x1 | Chapter Rank #1616to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 休息x1 | Chapter Rank #1617rest; to rest
- 期间x2 | Chapter Rank #776period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 尝试x1 | Chapter Rank #1618to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- 刚才x1 | Chapter Rank #1619just now; a moment ago
- 技巧x1 | Chapter Rank #1620skill; technique