Vocabulary: 第25章 死亡、自由、孤独和意义
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- 修整x1 | Chapter Rank #264to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
- 的x101 | Chapter Rank #1really and trulyof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 树x1 | Chapter Rank #265tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 屋x1 | Chapter Rank #266(bound form) house; (bound form) room
- 工作室x1 | Chapter Rank #267studio; workshop
- 里x3 | Chapter Rank #80lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]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] levelsLi (surname)
- 聊天x1 | Chapter Rank #268to chat; to gossip
- 当x3 | Chapter Rank #81(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 告诉x2 | Chapter Rank #125to tell; to inform; to let knowto press charges; to file a complaint
- 他x25 | Chapter Rank #5(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])
- 阅读x2 | Chapter Rank #126to read; reading
- 资料x2 | Chapter Rank #127material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- 对x6 | Chapter Rank #37right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 这x16 | Chapter Rank #10(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)
- 本书x6 | Chapter Rank #38
- 想法x1 | Chapter Rank #269way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- 时x6 | Chapter Rank #39surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 聚精会神x1 | Chapter Rank #270to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
- 地x5 | Chapter Rank #44earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 听x2 | Chapter Rank #128smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 着x4 | Chapter Rank #58aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing statea move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding into wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 大约x1 | Chapter Rank #271approximately; probably
- 一个半x1 | Chapter Rank #272one and a half
- 小时x1 | Chapter Rank #273hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 后x2 | Chapter Rank #129empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 打断x1 | Chapter Rank #274to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
- 了x33 | Chapter Rank #3(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 郑重其事x1 | Chapter Rank #275serious about the matter
- 宣告x1 | Chapter Rank #276to declare; to proclaim
- 欧文x1 | Chapter Rank #277Owen (name); Erwin (name); Irvine, California
- 听到x1 | Chapter Rank #278to hear
- 从头到尾x1 | Chapter Rank #279from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
- 都x9 | Chapter Rank #17surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 而且x1 | Chapter Rank #280(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 充满信心x1 | Chapter Rank #281
- 向x1 | Chapter Rank #282surname Xiangtowards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...to tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 你x3 | Chapter Rank #82you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 宣布x1 | Chapter Rank #283to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- 现在x4 | Chapter Rank #59now; at present; currently
- 是x19 | Chapter Rank #8to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 停止x1 | Chapter Rank #284to stop; to halt; to cease
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #130to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 写作x4 | Chapter Rank #60to write; to compose; writing; written works
- 时候x2 | Chapter Rank #131time; length of time; moment; period
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #285is precisely
- 需要x2 | Chapter Rank #132to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 要不然x1 | Chapter Rank #286otherwise; or else; or
- 可能x2 | Chapter Rank #133might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #287surname Huanto pay back; to returnstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 折腾x1 | Chapter Rank #288to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)