Vocabulary: 第一章 我母亲的儿子
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- 相比之下x1 | Chapter Rank #2051by comparison
- 大都市x1 | Chapter Rank #2052metropolis; large city; megacity
- 大概x1 | Chapter Rank #2053roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 乘坐x1 | Chapter Rank #2054to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
- 蒸汽x1 | Chapter Rank #2055steam
- 火车x1 | Chapter Rank #2056train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
- 造访x1 | Chapter Rank #2057(formal) to visit; to pay a visit
- 卡车x1 | Chapter Rank #2058truck; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 探险x1 | Chapter Rank #2059to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
- 现代化x1 | Chapter Rank #2060modernization; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 标志x2 | Chapter Rank #870sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
- 自动扶梯x1 | Chapter Rank #2061escalator
- 电梯x1 | Chapter Rank #2062elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- 毕竟x1 | Chapter Rank #2063after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- 重心x1 | Chapter Rank #2064center of gravity; central core; main part
- 老师x2 | Chapter Rank #871teacher
- 阿尔伯特x2 | Chapter Rank #872Albert (name)
- 凯利x5 | Chapter Rank #287Kelly (person name)
- 校长x1 | Chapter Rank #2065(college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 烟民x1 | Chapter Rank #2066smoker; tobacco user
- 骆驼x1 | Chapter Rank #2067camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
- 香烟x2 | Chapter Rank #873smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2])
- 一根x1 | Chapter Rank #2068
- 细长x1 | Chapter Rank #2069slender
- 柳条x1 | Chapter Rank #2070willow twig; osier; wicker
- 手杖x3 | Chapter Rank #532cane; CL:把[ba3]
- 用来x1 | Chapter Rank #2071to be used for
- 吓唬x1 | Chapter Rank #2072to scare; to frighten
- 小孩子x2 | Chapter Rank #874child
- 这根x1 | Chapter Rank #2073
- 有点儿x1 | Chapter Rank #2074slightly; a little; somewhat
- 类似x1 | Chapter Rank #2075similar; analogous
- 当今x1 | Chapter Rank #2076the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- 核武器x1 | Chapter Rank #2077nuclear weapon
- 视为x2 | Chapter Rank #875to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
- 威慑x1 | Chapter Rank #2078to deter
- 手段x1 | Chapter Rank #2079method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- 很少x1 | Chapter Rank #2080
- 体罚x2 | Chapter Rank #876corporal punishment; to inflict physical punishment on (sb)
- 挨过x1 | Chapter Rank #2081
- 不过x2 | Chapter Rank #877only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 其他人x2 | Chapter Rank #878
- 州立x1 | Chapter Rank #2082state-run
- 小学x5 | Chapter Rank #288elementary school; primary school
- 好孩子x1 | Chapter Rank #2083
- 课堂x1 | Chapter Rank #2084classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- 比较x2 | Chapter Rank #879to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 专心x1 | Chapter Rank #2085to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- 家庭作业x1 | Chapter Rank #2086homework
- 第一x1 | Chapter Rank #2087first; most important; primary; foremost