Vocabulary: 作者的话
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 买x2 | Chapter Rank #79to buy; to purchase
- 了x11 | Chapter Rank #5to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 一本x2 | Chapter Rank #80
- 页x1 | Chapter Rank #189headpage; leaf
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #190right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 开本x1 | Chapter Rank #191book format based on how a full printing sheet is cut or folded (often abbreviated to 開|开[kai1] after a numeral, e.g. 16-kai and 32-kai, roughly A4 and A5 respectively)
- 形式x1 | Chapter Rank #192outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 数学x1 | Chapter Rank #193mathematics
- 书x2 | Chapter Rank #81abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #194again; 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
- 用x1 | Chapter Rank #195to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #196
- 绿x1 | Chapter Rank #197green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)used in names
- 丝绒x1 | Chapter Rank #198velvet
- 镶边x1 | Chapter Rank #199edge; border; to edge (with lace, embroidery etc)
- 银色x1 | Chapter Rank #200silver (color)
- 斗篷x1 | Chapter Rank #201cloak; mantle
- 一匹x1 | Chapter Rank #202
- 好x1 | Chapter Rank #203to 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
- 马x1 | Chapter Rank #204surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 建筑工人x1 | Chapter Rank #205construction worker; builder
- 每月x1 | Chapter Rank #206each month
- 挣x1 | Chapter Rank #207used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- 而x5 | Chapter Rank #21and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 执政x1 | Chapter Rank #208to hold power; in office
- 团x1 | Chapter Rank #209round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)dumpling
- 高级x1 | Chapter Rank #210high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- 公务员x1 | Chapter Rank #211civil servant; public servant
- 月薪x1 | Chapter Rank #212monthly income (in kind)
- 美第奇x2 | Chapter Rank #82
- 斯特罗x1 | Chapter Rank #213
- 齐x1 | Chapter Rank #214(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qineat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 豪宅x1 | Chapter Rank #215luxury home; mansion
- 耗资x1 | Chapter Rank #216to spend; expenditure; to cost
- 万x2 | Chapter Rank #83used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]surname Wanten thousand; a great number
- 建成x1 | Chapter Rank #217to establish; to build
- 纳税x1 | Chapter Rank #218to pay taxes
- 申报单x1 | Chapter Rank #219declaration form
- 科西莫x1 | Chapter Rank #220
- 德x4 | Chapter Rank #31virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kindGermany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- 奇x2 | Chapter Rank #84strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusuallyodd (number)
- 公布x1 | Chapter Rank #221to announce; to make public; to publish
- 资产x1 | Chapter Rank #222property; assets
- 超过x1 | Chapter Rank #223to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- 我们x3 | Chapter Rank #46we; us; ourselves; our
- 想见x1 | Chapter Rank #224to infer; to gather
- 还x2 | Chapter Rank #85to pay back; to returnsurname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 只是x1 | Chapter Rank #225merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 保守x1 | Chapter Rank #226conservative; to guard; to keep
- 估计x1 | Chapter Rank #227to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)