Vocabulary: 序曲
from 传奇之家：托马斯·曼一家的故事
- 可怜x1 | Chapter Rank #522pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- 蒙x1 | Chapter Rank #523(literary) sincere; honest; genuinedrizzle; mistto deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guessblind; dim-sightedMongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2](knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunnedto cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheatsurname Meng
- 阴影x1 | Chapter Rank #524(lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
- 经历x3 | Chapter Rank #99to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #525
- 危机x2 | Chapter Rank #199crisis
- 父母x1 | Chapter Rank #526father and mother; parents
- 来到x1 | Chapter Rank #527to arrive; to come
- 床头x1 | Chapter Rank #528bedhead; bedside; headboard
- 看望x1 | Chapter Rank #529to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
- 不见x1 | Chapter Rank #530not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- 起色x1 | Chapter Rank #531a turn for the better; to pick up; to improve
- 全家x1 | Chapter Rank #532FamilyMart (convenience store chain)whole family
- 准备x2 | Chapter Rank #200preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 盛宴x1 | Chapter Rank #533feast
- 期间x1 | Chapter Rank #534period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 正在x1 | Chapter Rank #535to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 奋笔疾书x1 | Chapter Rank #536to write at a tremendous speed
- 写信给x1 | Chapter Rank #537
- 波恩大学x1 | Chapter Rank #538University of Bonn
- 大学x1 | Chapter Rank #539the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianismuniversity; college; CL:所[suo3]
- 取消x1 | Chapter Rank #540to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- 授予x2 | Chapter Rank #201to award; to confer
- 名誉博士x2 | Chapter Rank #202honorary doctorate; Doctor Honoris Causae
- 头衔x1 | Chapter Rank #541title; rank; appellation
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #542merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 顺便x1 | Chapter Rank #543conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- 提x1 | Chapter Rank #544used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- 一下x2 | Chapter Rank #203(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 哈佛大学x1 | Chapter Rank #545Harvard University
- 新近x1 | Chapter Rank #546newly
- 同时x1 | Chapter Rank #547at the same time; simultaneously
- 发布x1 | Chapter Rank #548to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- 预言x1 | Chapter Rank #549to predict; prophecy
- 要说x1 | Chapter Rank #550as for; when it comes to
- 那些x2 | Chapter Rank #204those
- 德意志x1 | Chapter Rank #551Deutschland; Germany
- 当权者x1 | Chapter Rank #552ruler; those in power; the authorities
- 竟然x1 | Chapter Rank #553unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 胆敢x1 | Chapter Rank #554to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
- 混为一谈x1 | Chapter Rank #555to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
- 厚颜无耻x1 | Chapter Rank #556shameless
- 那x2 | Chapter Rank #205surname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Na
- 或许x1 | Chapter Rank #557perhaps; maybe
- 并x1 | Chapter Rank #558and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 太x3 | Chapter Rank #100highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 久远x1 | Chapter Rank #559old; ancient; far away
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #560exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 混淆x1 | Chapter Rank #561to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead
- 一起x1 | Chapter Rank #562(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)