Vocabulary: 第十二章 为他人铺路的责任
from 从头开始:星巴克之父的人生信条和经营哲学
- 首都x1 | Chapter Rank #676capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 基加利x1 | Chapter Rank #677Kigali, capital of Rwanda
- 工作x5 | Chapter Rank #132to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 一x46 | Chapter Rank #8one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 天x6 | Chapter Rank #107day; sky; heaven
- 母亲x11 | Chapter Rank #59mother
- 让x12 | Chapter Rank #53to 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])
- 和x27 | Chapter Rank #20surname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 姐姐x3 | Chapter Rank #230older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 打x2 | Chapter Rank #359(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 好x2 | Chapter Rank #360to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 包裹x1 | Chapter Rank #678to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 以便x1 | Chapter Rank #679so that; so as to; in order to
- 去x19 | Chapter Rank #33to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 舅舅家x2 | Chapter Rank #361
- 避难x1 | Chapter Rank #680to take refuge; to seek asylum
- 走x4 | Chapter Rank #174to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 吧x4 | Chapter Rank #175(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 说道x8 | Chapter Rank #84to state; to say (the quoted words)to discuss; reason (behind sth)
- 快x2 | Chapter Rank #362rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 跑x8 | Chapter Rank #85to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- 一家x5 | Chapter Rank #133the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- 从那时起x2 | Chapter Rank #363
- 再也x3 | Chapter Rank #231(not) ever again; (not) any longer
- 没有x11 | Chapter Rank #60haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 见到x5 | Chapter Rank #134to see
- 父母x15 | Chapter Rank #44father and mother; parents
- 我x222 | Chapter Rank #2I; me; my
- 得x10 | Chapter Rank #67used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedstructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #681
- 但x24 | Chapter Rank #24but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 他们x27 | Chapter Rank #21they; them
- 来x16 | Chapter Rank #41to 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])
- 第一天x1 | Chapter Rank #682
- 没x9 | Chapter Rank #75drowned; to end; to die; to inundate(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 那天x3 | Chapter Rank #232that day; the other day
- 天气晴朗x1 | Chapter Rank #683
- 多个x1 | Chapter Rank #684many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
- 手x1 | Chapter Rank #685hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 拿x2 | Chapter Rank #364to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 男人x3 | Chapter Rank #233a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 来到x4 | Chapter Rank #176to arrive; to come
- 唱着歌x1 | Chapter Rank #686
- 说x15 | Chapter Rank #45to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 开始x6 | Chapter Rank #108to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 干活儿x1 | Chapter Rank #687
- 后来x4 | Chapter Rank #177afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 回忆x1 | Chapter Rank #688to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 道x3 | Chapter Rank #234road; 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)
- 这些x6 | Chapter Rank #109these