Vocabulary: 离奇故事，小小谜题
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 大多x1 | Chapter Rank #477for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- 形式x2 | Chapter Rank #233outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 写成x1 | Chapter Rank #478
- 种x20 | Chapter Rank #16to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 令x5 | Chapter Rank #83used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])classifier for a ream of paperto order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- 怀疑x1 | Chapter Rank #479to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
- 真实性x1 | Chapter Rank #480authenticity; truthfulness; veracity; reality; validity
- 笑话x13 | Chapter Rank #24joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd
- 也x23 | Chapter Rank #14also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 特别x4 | Chapter Rank #102unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 针对x1 | Chapter Rank #481to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- 因为x9 | Chapter Rank #43because; owing to; on account of
- 就是x4 | Chapter Rank #103exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 提供者x1 | Chapter Rank #482supplier; provider
- 则x5 | Chapter Rank #84(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 背景x1 | Chapter Rank #483background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- 与x13 | Chapter Rank #25(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 自己的x1 | Chapter Rank #484
- 之x6 | Chapter Rank #69(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 旅x1 | Chapter Rank #485trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- 一致x1 | Chapter Rank #486consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
- 无疑x2 | Chapter Rank #234undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- 用x5 | Chapter Rank #85to 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
- 传统x2 | Chapter Rank #235tradition; traditional
- 手法x2 | Chapter Rank #236technique; trick; skill
- 添油加醋x1 | Chapter Rank #487lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom); fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
- 地x9 | Chapter Rank #44-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 描述x4 | Chapter Rank #104to describe; description
- 行x1 | Chapter Rank #488(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 linesused 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
- 想到x1 | Chapter Rank #489to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 安泰x2 | Chapter Rank #237at peace; healthy and secure
- 俄x2 | Chapter Rank #238Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]suddenly; very soon
- 斯x2 | Chapter Rank #239Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4](phonetic); this
- 赫拉x1 | Chapter Rank #490Hera (wife of Zeus)
- 克勒斯x1 | Chapter Rank #491
- 杀死x1 | Chapter Rank #492to kill
- 传说x1 | Chapter Rank #493legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 据说x1 | Chapter Rank #494it is said that; reportedly
- 更x8 | Chapter Rank #46to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 具体地说x1 | Chapter Rank #495
- 这位x3 | Chapter Rank #144this (person)
- 夸张x2 | Chapter Rank #240to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- 化x2 | Chapter Rank #241to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- 非常x4 | Chapter Rank #105very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 可怖x1 | Chapter Rank #496
- 黑色x3 | Chapter Rank #145black
- 脸x2 | Chapter Rank #242face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 充血x1 | Chapter Rank #497hyperemia (increase in blood flow); blood congestion
- 眼睛x1 | Chapter Rank #498eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 宽大x1 | Chapter Rank #499spacious; wide; lenient