Vocabulary: 第四章 追寻中土之国
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- 初期x1 | Chapter Rank #945initial stage; beginning period
- 出版x2 | Chapter Rank #552to publish
- 老x4 | Chapter Rank #293prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 差不多x2 | Chapter Rank #553almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 已经x10 | Chapter Rank #104already
- 岁x6 | Chapter Rank #185years oldclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- 大约x3 | Chapter Rank #393approximately; probably
- 第x4 | Chapter Rank #294(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 一次x4 | Chapter Rank #295first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 世界大战x1 | Chapter Rank #946world war
- 结束x10 | Chapter Rank #105termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 他x46 | Chapter Rank #15(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 决心x3 | Chapter Rank #394determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 要x10 | Chapter Rank #106(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 看看x2 | Chapter Rank #554to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 达成x1 | Chapter Rank #947to reach (an agreement); to accomplish
- 心愿x1 | Chapter Rank #948cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration
- 一生x3 | Chapter Rank #395all one's life; throughout one's life
- 致力于x3 | Chapter Rank #396
- 西方x24 | Chapter Rank #38the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 了解x7 | Chapter Rank #157to understand; to realize; to find out
- 现代史x1 | Chapter Rank #949modern history
- 最为x1 | Chapter Rank #950the most
- 动荡x1 | Chapter Rank #951unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion
- 里x17 | Chapter Rank #61lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)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] levels
- 那里x10 | Chapter Rank #107there; that place
- 生活x15 | Chapter Rank #67to live; life; livelihood
- 约x1 | Chapter Rank #952to weigh in a balance or on a scaleto make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- 年x35 | Chapter Rank #21year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)
- 呢x1 | Chapter Rank #953dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 某些x3 | Chapter Rank #397some; certain (things)
- 方面x7 | Chapter Rank #158respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 代表x5 | Chapter Rank #227representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 之前x8 | Chapter Rank #134before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 之后x7 | Chapter Rank #159after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 几代x1 | Chapter Rank #954
- 汉学家x3 | Chapter Rank #398sinologist; scholar of Chinese
- 追随着x1 | Chapter Rank #955
- 多年x5 | Chapter Rank #228many years; for many years; longstanding
- 前x8 | Chapter Rank #135front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 于x10 | Chapter Rank #108to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 明朝x1 | Chapter Rank #956tomorrow morning; the following morningMing Dynasty (1368-1644)
- 末年x1 | Chapter Rank #957the final years (of a regime)
- 踏足x1 | Chapter Rank #958to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread; (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)
- 伟大x6 | Chapter Rank #186huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 来自x8 | Chapter Rank #136to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 意大利x2 | Chapter Rank #555Italy
- 耶稣会x1 | Chapter Rank #959The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
- 传教士x7 | Chapter Rank #160missionary
- 利玛窦x1 | Chapter Rank #960Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China