Vocabulary: 一封给苏丹的信
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #213to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 拉塔x1 | Chapter Rank #214
- 这样x2 | Chapter Rank #95this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 因为x3 | Chapter Rank #63because; owing to; on account of
- 找到x1 | Chapter Rank #215to find
- 有x1 | Chapter Rank #216to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 能力x1 | Chapter Rank #217capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 这件x1 | Chapter Rank #218
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #219matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 知道x1 | Chapter Rank #220to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #221how?; what?; why?
- 我会x1 | Chapter Rank #222
- 把x1 | Chapter Rank #223to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 它x7 | Chapter Rank #20itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 提高x1 | Chapter Rank #224to raise; to increase; to improve
- 建筑物x1 | Chapter Rank #225building; structure; edifice
- 高度x1 | Chapter Rank #226height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 就x2 | Chapter Rank #96(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 能x2 | Chapter Rank #97surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 翻越x1 | Chapter Rank #227to cross; to surmount; to transcend
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #228highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 高x1 | Chapter Rank #229surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 这么x1 | Chapter Rank #230so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 为了x1 | Chapter Rank #231for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 让x2 | Chapter Rank #98to 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])
- 船只x1 | Chapter Rank #232ship; boat; vessel
- 即使x1 | Chapter Rank #233even if; even though
- 升起x1 | Chapter Rank #234to raise; to hoist; to rise
- 风帆x1 | Chapter Rank #235sail; sailing boat
- 情况x2 | Chapter Rank #99circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #100down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 也x2 | Chapter Rank #101also; 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
- 下方x1 | Chapter Rank #236underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
- 通行x1 | Chapter Rank #237to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
- 吊桥x1 | Chapter Rank #238drawbridge; suspension bridge
- 以便x1 | Chapter Rank #239so that; so as to; in order to
- 人们x1 | Chapter Rank #240people
- 通过x2 | Chapter Rank #102to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 并x2 | Chapter Rank #103and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 到达x1 | Chapter Rank #241to reach; to arrive
- 安纳托x1 | Chapter Rank #242
- 利亚x1 | Chapter Rank #243
- 海岸x1 | Chapter Rank #244coastal; seacoast
- 相信x1 | Chapter Rank #245to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #246dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 而且x1 | Chapter Rank #247(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 考虑一下x1 | Chapter Rank #248
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #249this (person)
- 随时x1 | Chapter Rank #250at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- 为您服务x1 | Chapter Rank #251