Vocabulary: 河流改道
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 收益x1 | Chapter Rank #686earnings; profit
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #301although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #302to 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)
- 估算x1 | Chapter Rank #687assessment; evaluation
- 不足以x1 | Chapter Rank #688
- 一半x1 | Chapter Rank #689half
- 除了x2 | Chapter Rank #303apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 泛滥x1 | Chapter Rank #690to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
- 从未x1 | Chapter Rank #691never
- 流入x4 | Chapter Rank #109to flow into; inflow
- 一旦x1 | Chapter Rank #692in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- 平息x1 | Chapter Rank #693(of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc); to suppress (a rebellion etc)
- 水x5 | Chapter Rank #75water; (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 garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 就x5 | Chapter Rank #76(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 ...
- 回流x1 | Chapter Rank #694to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent)
- 耗费x2 | Chapter Rank #304to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- 工资x1 | Chapter Rank #695wages; pay; CL:份[fen4]
- 维持x1 | Chapter Rank #696to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 士兵x1 | Chapter Rank #697soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 保护x1 | Chapter Rank #698to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 免受x1 | Chapter Rank #699to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- 灾难x1 | Chapter Rank #700disaster; catastrophe
- 降临x1 | Chapter Rank #701to descend; to arrive; to come
- 一场x2 | Chapter Rank #305
- 猛烈x1 | Chapter Rank #702fierce; violent; vigorous; intense
- 暴风雨x1 | Chapter Rank #703rainstorm; storm; tempest
- 几艘x1 | Chapter Rank #704
- 守护x1 | Chapter Rank #705to guard; to protect
- 口x1 | Chapter Rank #706mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- 船只x1 | Chapter Rank #707ship; boat; vessel
- 遇难x1 | Chapter Rank #708to perish; to be killed
- 丧生x1 | Chapter Rank #709to die; to lose one's life
- 围墙x1 | Chapter Rank #710perimeter wall; fence; CL:道[dao4]
- 坍塌x1 | Chapter Rank #711to collapse
- 平原x1 | Chapter Rank #712field; plain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 洪水x1 | Chapter Rank #713deluge; flood
- 淹没x1 | Chapter Rank #714to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
- 摧毁x1 | Chapter Rank #715to destroy; to wreck
- 许多x1 | Chapter Rank #716many; a lot of; much
- 农田x1 | Chapter Rank #717farmland; cultivated land
- 中旬x1 | Chapter Rank #718middle third of a month
- 不到x1 | Chapter Rank #719not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 撤军x1 | Chapter Rank #720to withdraw troops; to retreat
- 填满x1 | Chapter Rank #721to cram
- 插曲x1 | Chapter Rank #722music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #723
- 遗忘x1 | Chapter Rank #724to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
- 持续x1 | Chapter Rank #725to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- 长期x1 | Chapter Rank #726long-term; for a protracted period
- 拉锯战x1 | Chapter Rank #727to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest