Vocabulary: 译后余墨——浅谈“非人情”
from 草枕
- 应酬x1 | Chapter Rank #258to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- 故而x2 | Chapter Rank #126therefore
- 奋战x1 | Chapter Rank #259to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
- 十五个x1 | Chapter Rank #260
- 昼夜x1 | Chapter Rank #261day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
- 漱x4 | Chapter Rank #59to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
- 石x4 | Chapter Rank #60rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- 先生x4 | Chapter Rank #61teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 便x3 | Chapter Rank #86used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 厌烦x1 | Chapter Rank #262bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #263(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 给x4 | Chapter Rank #62to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 友人x1 | Chapter Rank #264friend
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #265letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 中x15 | Chapter Rank #10(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 他x5 | Chapter Rank #47(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])
- 就是x4 | Chapter Rank #63exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 这么x2 | Chapter Rank #127so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 说x6 | Chapter Rank #40to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 掷x2 | Chapter Rank #128to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 笔x2 | Chapter Rank #129writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 不x7 | Chapter Rank #30no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 写x1 | Chapter Rank #266to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 如此说来x1 | Chapter Rank #267
- 这x12 | Chapter Rank #14(coll.) this(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 是不是x1 | Chapter Rank #268is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 一x17 | Chapter Rank #7one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 部x2 | Chapter Rank #130ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 草率x1 | Chapter Rank #269careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious
- 之x23 | Chapter Rank #4(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 作x2 | Chapter Rank #131to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 呢x4 | Chapter Rank #64dense 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
- 当然x2 | Chapter Rank #132only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 不是x3 | Chapter Rank #87no; is not; notfault; blame
- 理由x2 | Chapter Rank #133reason; grounds; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #134to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 文学创作x2 | Chapter Rank #135
- 已x2 | Chapter Rank #136already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 近x1 | Chapter Rank #270near; close to; approximately
- 不惑x1 | Chapter Rank #271without doubt; with full self-confidence; forty years of age
- 对于x2 | Chapter Rank #137regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 社会x2 | Chapter Rank #138society
- 人生x1 | Chapter Rank #272life (one's time on earth)
- 已有x1 | Chapter Rank #273
- 深刻x2 | Chapter Rank #139profound; deep; deep-going
- 体察x1 | Chapter Rank #274to experience; to observe
- 思考x1 | Chapter Rank #275to reflect on; to ponder over
- 更x3 | Chapter Rank #88to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 兼x1 | Chapter Rank #276double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- 在此之前x1 | Chapter Rank #277before that; beforehand; previously