Vocabulary: 一封给苏丹的信
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 作为x3 | Chapter Rank #58one'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
- 您x7 | Chapter Rank #18you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- 仆人x4 | Chapter Rank #40servant
- 将x2 | Chapter Rank #86to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 建造x9 | Chapter Rank #10to construct; to build
- 一座x7 | Chapter Rank #19
- 不x1 | Chapter Rank #187no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 需要x2 | Chapter Rank #87to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 水x1 | Chapter Rank #188surname Shui; Shui ethnic groupwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 仅靠x1 | Chapter Rank #189
- 风力x1 | Chapter Rank #190wind force; wind power
- 动力x1 | Chapter Rank #191motive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
- 磨坊x1 | Chapter Rank #192mill
- 以及x2 | Chapter Rank #88and; as well as
- 上帝x2 | Chapter Rank #89God
- 愿x2 | Chapter Rank #90honest and prudent(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 称颂x1 | Chapter Rank #193to praise
- 赐予x1 | Chapter Rank #194to grant; to bestow
- 一x5 | Chapter Rank #34one; 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x1 | Chapter Rank #195seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 无须x1 | Chapter Rank #196need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- 绳缆x1 | Chapter Rank #197
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #198rather
- 用x4 | Chapter Rank #41to 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
- 自动x1 | Chapter Rank #199automatic; voluntarily
- 水力x1 | Chapter Rank #200hydraulic power
- 机器x1 | Chapter Rank #201machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]
- 船上x1 | Chapter Rank #202
- 汲水x1 | Chapter Rank #203to draw water
- 方法x1 | Chapter Rank #204method; way; technique; procedure
- 这些x2 | Chapter Rank #91these
- 只是x2 | Chapter Rank #92merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 他的x2 | Chapter Rank #93
- 主要x1 | Chapter Rank #205main; principal; major; primary
- 所x3 | Chapter Rank #59actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 做x6 | Chapter Rank #24to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 铺垫x1 | Chapter Rank #206to spread out bedding; bedcover
- 真正x1 | Chapter Rank #207genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 想x2 | Chapter Rank #94to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 设计x6 | Chapter Rank #25to design; to plan; design; plan
- 和x3 | Chapter Rank #60(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 herbssurname He
- 跨越x1 | Chapter Rank #208to step across; step over
- 金角湾x3 | Chapter Rank #61Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)
- 桥x14 | Chapter Rank #6bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- 听说x1 | Chapter Rank #209to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- 打算x1 | Chapter Rank #210to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 斯x3 | Chapter Rank #62Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4](phonetic); this
- 坦x1 | Chapter Rank #211flat; open-hearted; level; smooth
- 布尔x1 | Chapter Rank #212Boole (surname); (math.) Boolean
- 到x5 | Chapter Rank #35to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough