Vocabulary: 第三章 传奇之家（1937～1939）
from 传奇之家：托马斯·曼一家的故事
- 草稿x2 | Chapter Rank #1568draft; outline; sketch
- 生意x1 | Chapter Rank #2544life force; vitalitybusiness; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 充当x2 | Chapter Rank #1569to serve as; to act as; to play the role of
- 意见x5 | Chapter Rank #753idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- 过问x1 | Chapter Rank #2545to show an interest in; to get involved with
- 回归x3 | Chapter Rank #1148to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- 老本行x1 | Chapter Rank #2546
- 轻松x4 | Chapter Rank #912light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously
- 持x5 | Chapter Rank #754to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 绥靖x4 | Chapter Rank #913to pacify; to appease; appeasement
- 态度x9 | Chapter Rank #401manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 理想主义x1 | Chapter Rank #2547idealism
- 角色x9 | Chapter Rank #402role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- 强迫x3 | Chapter Rank #1149to compel; to force
- 坚决x1 | Chapter Rank #2548firm; resolute; determined
- 保持x3 | Chapter Rank #1150to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 命名x1 | Chapter Rank #2549to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- 到来x4 | Chapter Rank #914to arrive; arrival; advent
- 今年x1 | Chapter Rank #2550this year
- 康复x1 | Chapter Rank #2551to recuperate; to recover (health); to convalesce
- 期盼x2 | Chapter Rank #1570to expect; to await
- 行x3 | Chapter Rank #1151used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- 不过x8 | Chapter Rank #460only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 需要x9 | Chapter Rank #403to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 账单x1 | Chapter Rank #2552bill
- 讨厌x5 | Chapter Rank #755to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- 救x1 | Chapter Rank #2553to save; to assist; to rescue
- 欠x2 | Chapter Rank #1571to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- 债x2 | Chapter Rank #1572debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 额外x1 | Chapter Rank #2554extra; added; additional
- 尽快x4 | Chapter Rank #915as quickly as possible; as soon as possiblesee 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]
- 大局x1 | Chapter Rank #2555overall situation; the big picture
- 来看x2 | Chapter Rank #1573
- 惊心动魄x1 | Chapter Rank #2556(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
- 年份x1 | Chapter Rank #2557particular year
- 回头x3 | Chapter Rank #1152to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- 风暴x1 | Chapter Rank #2558storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- 来临x5 | Chapter Rank #756to approach; to come closer
- 宁静x1 | Chapter Rank #2559tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- 重大x2 | Chapter Rank #1574great; important; major; significant
- 事件x6 | Chapter Rank #617incident; event
- 挺x4 | Chapter Rank #916straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 两次x1 | Chapter Rank #2560
- 小资x1 | Chapter Rank #2561petit bourgeois; yuppie; abbr. of 小資產階級|小资产阶级
- 俘虏x1 | Chapter Rank #2562captive
- 多产x1 | Chapter Rank #2563prolific; fertile; high yield
- 一年x1 | Chapter Rank #2564
- 进展x1 | Chapter Rank #2565to make headway; to make progress
- 顺利x1 | Chapter Rank #2566smoothly; without a hitch
- 忍受x1 | Chapter Rank #2567to bear; to endure