Vocabulary: 第一章 在艰难中成长
from 从头开始：星巴克之父的人生信条和经营哲学
- 卧室x1 | Chapter Rank #339bedroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 还x8 | Chapter Rank #37still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elsesurname Huanto pay back; to return
- 叮嘱x1 | Chapter Rank #340to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again
- 不许x2 | Chapter Rank #152not to allow; must not; can't
- 出x3 | Chapter Rank #102to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 声x3 | Chapter Rank #103sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 开门x1 | Chapter Rank #341(lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- 从x4 | Chapter Rank #83from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 她x13 | Chapter Rank #22she
- 眼神x1 | Chapter Rank #342expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 能x6 | Chapter Rank #51can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 听到x3 | Chapter Rank #104to hear
- 一x13 | Chapter Rank #23one; 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
- 种x5 | Chapter Rank #61to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 无奈x1 | Chapter Rank #343to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- 一样x2 | Chapter Rank #153same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 希望x3 | Chapter Rank #105to hope; a hope; a wish
- 这个x7 | Chapter Rank #40(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 尽快x1 | Chapter Rank #344as quickly as possible; as soon as possiblesee 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]
- 上床x1 | Chapter Rank #345to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex
- 之后x6 | Chapter Rank #52after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 有时候x3 | Chapter Rank #106sometimes
- 偷偷x1 | Chapter Rank #346stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #347to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- 把头x1 | Chapter Rank #348labor contractor; gangmaster
- 伸出x1 | Chapter Rank #349to extend
- 门口x1 | Chapter Rank #350doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 窥探x1 | Chapter Rank #351to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimpse of
- 厨房x4 | Chapter Rank #84kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里x19 | Chapter Rank #12lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)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] levels
- 情况x2 | Chapter Rank #154circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 大概x1 | Chapter Rank #352roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 晚上x3 | Chapter Rank #107evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- 来x10 | Chapter Rank #29to 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])
- 陆续x1 | Chapter Rank #353in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- 登场x1 | Chapter Rank #354to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product
- 三三两两x1 | Chapter Rank #355in twos and threes
- 结伴x1 | Chapter Rank #356to go with sb; to form companionships
- 而x7 | Chapter Rank #41and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 冬天x2 | Chapter Rank #155winter
- 进门x1 | Chapter Rank #357to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
- 后x4 | Chapter Rank #85empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 旧x2 | Chapter Rank #156old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 大衣x1 | Chapter Rank #358overcoat; topcoat; cloak; CL:件[jian4]
- 脱下来x1 | Chapter Rank #359
- 放在x1 | Chapter Rank #360
- 客厅x1 | Chapter Rank #361living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 塑料x1 | Chapter Rank #362plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
- 皮x1 | Chapter Rank #363skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)surname Pi
- 再x4 | Chapter Rank #86again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur