Vocabulary: 第13章 杀人如麻胭脂红
from 陈二狗的妖孽人生
- 毫无x2 | Chapter Rank #202not in the least; to completely lack
- 瑕疵x1 | Chapter Rank #429blemish; flaw; defect
- 神仙x1 | Chapter Rank #430Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- 人物x1 | Chapter Rank #431person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- 还是x5 | Chapter Rank #81still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 让x13 | Chapter Rank #32to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 大开眼界x1 | Chapter Rank #432(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
- 客厅x1 | Chapter Rank #433living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 坐下x1 | Chapter Rank #434to sit down
- 因为x4 | Chapter Rank #99because; owing to; on account of
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #435only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 两条x1 | Chapter Rank #436
- 檀木x1 | Chapter Rank #437
- 椅x1 | Chapter Rank #438chair
- 负责x1 | Chapter Rank #439to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- 端茶x1 | Chapter Rank #440
- 送x2 | Chapter Rank #203to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 水x2 | Chapter Rank #204water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 虽然x7 | Chapter Rank #62although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 相貌x1 | Chapter Rank #441appearance
- 粗糙x1 | Chapter Rank #442crude; gruff; rough; coarse
- 喝茶x1 | Chapter Rank #443to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- 动作x3 | Chapter Rank #132movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- 却x4 | Chapter Rank #100but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 有条不紊x1 | Chapter Rank #444regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
- 极x1 | Chapter Rank #445extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 有x18 | Chapter Rank #24to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 讲究x1 | Chapter Rank #446to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- 不是x6 | Chapter Rank #70no; is not; notfault; blame
- 那种x2 | Chapter Rank #205that kind of
- 找x3 | Chapter Rank #133to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- 调x1 | Chapter Rank #447to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to inciteto transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- 附庸风雅x1 | Chapter Rank #448(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to be a culture snob; having pretensions to culture
- 跟x11 | Chapter Rank #39heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 魏公公x2 | Chapter Rank #206
- 一样x3 | Chapter Rank #134same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 正统x1 | Chapter Rank #449Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate
- 古典x1 | Chapter Rank #450classical
- 雅致x1 | Chapter Rank #451elegant; refined; in good taste
- 入骨x1 | Chapter Rank #452
- 书架x2 | Chapter Rank #207bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 前x5 | Chapter Rank #82front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 翻阅x1 | Chapter Rank #453to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
- 一本x3 | Chapter Rank #135
- 从x8 | Chapter Rank #52from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 山水x1 | Chapter Rank #454water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscapeSansui, Japanese company
- 华x1 | Chapter Rank #455Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Huaabbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflower
- 门x1 | Chapter Rank #456gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)surname Men
- 挑选x1 | Chapter Rank #457to choose; to select
- 来x5 | Chapter Rank #83to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])