Vocabulary: 第五章 乘慢车到中国
from 不畏：陆克文自传
- 一套x3 | Chapter Rank #255suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- 暗蓝色x1 | Chapter Rank #696
- 另x5 | Chapter Rank #144other; another; separate; separately
- 银灰色x1 | Chapter Rank #697
- 招聘x1 | Chapter Rank #698to invite applications for a job; to recruit
- 个x32 | Chapter Rank #11used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 环节x2 | Chapter Rank #372(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
- 备受x1 | Chapter Rank #699to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
- 期待x1 | Chapter Rank #700to look forward to; to await; expectation
- 同时x2 | Chapter Rank #373at the same time; simultaneously
- 也x20 | Chapter Rank #27also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 非常x19 | Chapter Rank #29very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 可怕x2 | Chapter Rank #374awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- 酒会x2 | Chapter Rank #375drinking party; wine reception
- 秘书长x5 | Chapter Rank #145secretary-general
- 彼得x2 | Chapter Rank #376Peter (name)
- 亨德森x3 | Chapter Rank #256
- 家x2 | Chapter Rank #377used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 举行x6 | Chapter Rank #116to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 他的x6 | Chapter Rank #117
- 另外x2 | Chapter Rank #378additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- 身份x1 | Chapter Rank #701identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 澳大利亚x31 | Chapter Rank #13Australia
- 服务x3 | Chapter Rank #257to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 时间x7 | Chapter Rank #92(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 最长x1 | Chapter Rank #702
- 总理x3 | Chapter Rank #258premier; prime minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 罗伯特x1 | Chapter Rank #703Robert (name)
- 孟席斯x1 | Chapter Rank #704
- 爵士x1 | Chapter Rank #705knight; Sir; (loanword) jazz
- 女婿x1 | Chapter Rank #706daughter's husband; son-in-law
- 又x6 | Chapter Rank #118(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 因为x8 | Chapter Rank #80because; owing to; on account of
- 站x1 | Chapter Rank #707station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 工党x2 | Chapter Rank #379worker's party; labor party
- 一边x1 | Chapter Rank #708one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 情报部门x1 | Chapter Rank #709
- 掌握x1 | Chapter Rank #710to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- 这个x20 | Chapter Rank #28(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 消息x1 | Chapter Rank #711(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 我会x1 | Chapter Rank #712
- 进入x4 | Chapter Rank #180to enter; to join; to go into
- 之前x4 | Chapter Rank #181before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 就x19 | Chapter Rank #30(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 出局x1 | Chapter Rank #713(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- 也许x2 | Chapter Rank #380perhaps; maybe
- 福音x1 | Chapter Rank #714good news; glad tidings; gospel
- 派x5 | Chapter Rank #146used 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
- 联盟x1 | Chapter Rank #715alliance; union; coalition
- 抵消x1 | Chapter Rank #716to counteract; to cancel out; to offset