Vocabulary: 手足相争
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 加x1 | Chapter Rank #615Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jiato 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)")
- 路上x1 | Chapter Rank #616on the road; on the way; en route
- 建于x1 | Chapter Rank #617
- 世纪x3 | Chapter Rank #172century
- 年代x2 | Chapter Rank #271a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 圣x1 | Chapter Rank #618(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- 焦x1 | Chapter Rank #619burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])surname Jiao
- 万x1 | Chapter Rank #620used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]ten thousand; a great numbersurname Wan
- 尼x2 | Chapter Rank #272Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
- 教堂x2 | Chapter Rank #273church; chapel; CL:座[zuo4],所[suo3],間|间[jian1]
- 修道院x1 | Chapter Rank #621monastery; convent
- 吞并x1 | Chapter Rank #622to annex
- 除了x2 | Chapter Rank #274apart 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")
- 房客x1 | Chapter Rank #623tenant
- 雕塑家x2 | Chapter Rank #275
- 乔瓦尼x2 | Chapter Rank #276
- 斯蒂奇x10 | Chapter Rank #28
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #624two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 投缘x1 | Chapter Rank #625to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #626immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 岁x1 | Chapter Rank #627years oldclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- 年龄x1 | Chapter Rank #628(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 比x2 | Chapter Rank #277to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 小x2 | Chapter Rank #278small; tiny; few; young
- 将近x1 | Chapter Rank #629almost; nearly; close to
- 一半x1 | Chapter Rank #630half
- 瓦萨里x5 | Chapter Rank #79
- 一段x1 | Chapter Rank #631
- 生动x2 | Chapter Rank #279(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
- 记录x3 | Chapter Rank #173to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 才华横溢x1 | Chapter Rank #632brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
- 业余x1 | Chapter Rank #633in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- 炼金x1 | Chapter Rank #634
- 师x2 | Chapter Rank #280teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troopssurname Shi
- 偶尔x1 | Chapter Rank #635occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- 当x2 | Chapter Rank #281(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 通x1 | Chapter Rank #636to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etcclassifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- 灵x1 | Chapter Rank #637quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #638to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 听x1 | Chapter Rank #639smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 起来x2 | Chapter Rank #282(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 斯特罗x1 | Chapter Rank #640
- 一类x2 | Chapter Rank #283same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- 伙伴x1 | Chapter Rank #641partner; companion; comrade
- 年轻的x1 | Chapter Rank #642
- 安德烈亚x1 | Chapter Rank #643
- 德尔x2 | Chapter Rank #284
- 萨尔托x2 | Chapter Rank #285
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #644this (person)
- 优秀x1 | Chapter Rank #645outstanding; excellent