Vocabulary: 和动物说话
from 达·芬奇传：自由的心灵
- 原创性x1 | Chapter Rank #276originality
- 他的x6 | Chapter Rank #42
- 故事x6 | Chapter Rank #43narrative; story; taleold practice
- 叙事x1 | Chapter Rank #277to narrate; to recount; narrative
- 明快x1 | Chapter Rank #278(of style, mood etc) bright; lively; brisk; prompt; decisive
- 有些x3 | Chapter Rank #79some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #279only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 短短x1 | Chapter Rank #280
- 几行x1 | Chapter Rank #281
- 鸟类x1 | Chapter Rank #282birds
- 昆虫x1 | Chapter Rank #283insect; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]
- 会x12 | Chapter Rank #15(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 也x7 | Chapter Rank #33surname Yealso; 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]
- 要x2 | Chapter Rank #132to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 讲x1 | Chapter Rank #284to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 也许x1 | Chapter Rank #285perhaps; maybe
- 如x2 | Chapter Rank #133as; as if; such as
- 梦x1 | Chapter Rank #286dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- 般的x1 | Chapter Rank #287
- 生活x4 | Chapter Rank #61to live; life; livelihood
- 息息相关x1 | Chapter Rank #288closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
- 预言x2 | Chapter Rank #134to predict; prophecy
- 集x1 | Chapter Rank #289to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- 鸢x4 | Chapter Rank #62kite (small hawk)
- 之x2 | Chapter Rank #135(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 幻想x3 | Chapter Rank #80to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- 可见一斑x1 | Chapter Rank #290
- 你x5 | Chapter Rank #47you (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.)
- 每x2 | Chapter Rank #136each; every
- 一x7 | 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x3 | Chapter Rank #81seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 交流x2 | Chapter Rank #137to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- 用x7 | Chapter Rank #35to 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
- 语言x1 | Chapter Rank #291language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 这个x5 | Chapter Rank #48(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 关于x2 | Chapter Rank #138pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 本x2 | Chapter Rank #139(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 就x7 | Chapter Rank #36(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 ...
- 属于x1 | Chapter Rank #292to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- 万物x1 | Chapter Rank #293all things; all that exists
- 灵x1 | Chapter Rank #294quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- 世界x2 | Chapter Rank #140world
- 甚至x1 | Chapter Rank #295even; so much so that
- 把x4 | Chapter Rank #63to 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
- 看成x1 | Chapter Rank #296to regard as
- 一段x1 | Chapter Rank #297
- 只是x2 | Chapter Rank #141merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 它x16 | Chapter Rank #13itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 反过来x1 | Chapter Rank #298conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- 角度x1 | Chapter Rank #299angle; (fig.) point of view