Vocabulary: 第七章 能者为之（1952～2002）
from 传奇之家：托马斯·曼一家的故事
- 一干二净x1 | Chapter Rank #2424thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
- 只字不提x3 | Chapter Rank #1051(idiom) to say not a single word about it
- 而是x8 | Chapter Rank #384rather
- 话题x3 | Chapter Rank #1052subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
- 转向x1 | Chapter Rank #2425to get lost; to lose one's wayto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
- 即将x2 | Chapter Rank #1473about to; on the point of; soon
- 到来x2 | Chapter Rank #1474to arrive; arrival; advent
- 想像x1 | Chapter Rank #2426to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 安徒生x1 | Chapter Rank #2427Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
- 童话x1 | Chapter Rank #2428children's fairy tales
- 坚定x2 | Chapter Rank #1475firm; steady; staunch; resolute
- 锡x3 | Chapter Rank #1053tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 兵x2 | Chapter Rank #1476soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 一样x13 | Chapter Rank #239same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 听凭x1 | Chapter Rank #2429to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
- 摆布x1 | Chapter Rank #2430to arrange; to order about; to manipulate
- 根本就是x1 | Chapter Rank #2431
- 一生x3 | Chapter Rank #1054all one's life; throughout one's life
- 象征x4 | Chapter Rank #806symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
- 近x7 | Chapter Rank #442near; close to; approximately
- 梦x7 | Chapter Rank #443dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- 孩子气x2 | Chapter Rank #1477boyish; childish; childishness
- 梦想x7 | Chapter Rank #444(fig.) to dream of; dream
- 一枚x2 | Chapter Rank #1478
- 戒指x8 | Chapter Rank #385(finger) ring
- 镶着x1 | Chapter Rank #2432
- 一颗x2 | Chapter Rank #1479
- 精美x1 | Chapter Rank #2433exquisite; elegant; fine
- 宝石x1 | Chapter Rank #2434precious stone; gem; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 翡翠x4 | Chapter Rank #807jadeite; tree kingfisher
- 枚x2 | Chapter Rank #1480surname Meiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
- 一条x5 | Chapter Rank #619
- 纽带x2 | Chapter Rank #1481tie; link; bond
- 跨越x1 | Chapter Rank #2435to step across; step over
- 大西洋x1 | Chapter Rank #2436Atlantic Ocean
- 连接x1 | Chapter Rank #2437to link; to join; to connect
- 华盛顿x2 | Chapter Rank #1482Washington (name); George Washington (1732-1799), first US president; Washington, US State; Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
- 特区x1 | Chapter Rank #2438special administrative region; abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区
- 市x3 | Chapter Rank #1055market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- 这么x6 | Chapter Rank #515so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 坦白x2 | Chapter Rank #1483honest; forthcoming; to confess
- 程度x3 | Chapter Rank #1056degree; level; extent
- 嫌x1 | Chapter Rank #2439to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- 不够x2 | Chapter Rank #1484not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 间接x1 | Chapter Rank #2440indirect
- 无误x4 | Chapter Rank #808verified; unmistaken
- 补充x2 | Chapter Rank #1485to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 道x5 | Chapter Rank #620road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 正如x4 | Chapter Rank #809just as; precisely as
- 多年x7 | Chapter Rank #445many years; for many years; longstanding