Vocabulary: 执着的侯爵夫人
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #155to 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])
- 见x2 | Chapter Rank #156to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- 作为x1 | Chapter Rank #298one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 传信x1 | Chapter Rank #299
- 角色x1 | Chapter Rank #300role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- 为x11 | Chapter Rank #24as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 我们x13 | Chapter Rank #15we; us; ourselves; our
- 打开x1 | Chapter Rank #301to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 一扇x1 | Chapter Rank #302
- 窗户x2 | Chapter Rank #157window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]
- 让x3 | Chapter Rank #105to 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])
- 了解x7 | Chapter Rank #42to understand; to realize; to find out
- 时x3 | Chapter Rank #106o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 环境x1 | Chapter Rank #303environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 和x13 | Chapter Rank #16to 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 herbssurname 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 cards
- 活动x2 | Chapter Rank #158to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- 甚至x3 | Chapter Rank #107even; so much so that
- 他的x18 | Chapter Rank #11
- 精神x1 | Chapter Rank #304vigor; vitality; spirited; good-lookingspirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 世界x1 | Chapter Rank #305world
- 这里x6 | Chapter Rank #55here
- 封x1 | Chapter Rank #306surname Fengto confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
- 首次x1 | Chapter Rank #307first; first time; for the first time
- 得到x1 | Chapter Rank #308to get; to obtain; to receive
- 全文x1 | Chapter Rank #309entire text; full text
- 翻译x1 | Chapter Rank #310to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 信件x2 | Chapter Rank #159letter (sent by mail)
- 讲述x1 | Chapter Rank #311to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- 这x30 | Chapter Rank #6(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 段x1 | Chapter Rank #312paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etcsurname Duan
- 关于x1 | Chapter Rank #313pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 追求x5 | Chapter Rank #63to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 闪躲x2 | Chapter Rank #160to dodge; to evade
- 奇妙x2 | Chapter Rank #161wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
- 故事x1 | Chapter Rank #314old practicenarrative; story; tale
- 致x2 | Chapter Rank #162(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 曼x6 | Chapter Rank #56handsome; large; long
- 图亚x2 | Chapter Rank #163
- 月x12 | Chapter Rank #19moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 日x9 | Chapter Rank #31(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- 最x7 | Chapter Rank #43(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 尊敬x2 | Chapter Rank #164to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
- 大人x2 | Chapter Rank #165adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 如果x7 | Chapter Rank #44if; in case; in the event that
- 那个x1 | Chapter Rank #315that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 画家x3 | Chapter Rank #108painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 出现x1 | Chapter Rank #316to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 请求x2 | Chapter Rank #166to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #167you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 去x4 | Chapter Rank #76to 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)