Vocabulary: 第三十八章
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- 面x2 | Chapter Rank #197face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etcflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- 讲课x1 | Chapter Rank #508to give a lecture; to teach a class
- 因为x4 | Chapter Rank #85because; owing to; on account of
- 换上x1 | Chapter Rank #509
- 一副x2 | Chapter Rank #198
- 正经八百x1 | Chapter Rank #510very serious; solemn
- 口气x1 | Chapter Rank #511tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- 对x4 | Chapter Rank #86right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 一群x1 | Chapter Rank #512
- 想象x1 | Chapter Rank #513to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 听众x1 | Chapter Rank #514audience; listeners
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #515to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 各位x4 | Chapter Rank #87everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- 荣幸x1 | Chapter Rank #516honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- 为x6 | Chapter Rank #44as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 你们x5 | Chapter Rank #63you (plural)
- 介绍x1 | Chapter Rank #517to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #518this (person)
- 第x1 | Chapter Rank #519(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 四x1 | Chapter Rank #520four; 4
- 卓越x1 | Chapter Rank #521outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
- 否认x1 | Chapter Rank #522to declare to be untrue; to deny
- 毫不逊色x1 | Chapter Rank #523not inferior in any respect
- 则x1 | Chapter Rank #524(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 予以x1 | Chapter Rank #525to give; to impose; to apply
- 那些x2 | Chapter Rank #199those
- 中x7 | Chapter Rank #35(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 多x4 | Chapter Rank #88many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 玛x3 | Chapter Rank #120used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[ma3 nao3]
- 果x2 | Chapter Rank #200fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- 在场x1 | Chapter Rank #526to be present; to be on the scene
- 手指x1 | Chapter Rank #527finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 触x1 | Chapter Rank #528to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- 碰x1 | Chapter Rank #529to touch; to meet with; to bump
- 被迫x1 | Chapter Rank #530to be compelled; to be forced
- 他们x2 | Chapter Rank #201they; them
- 错误x1 | Chapter Rank #531mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 很x3 | Chapter Rank #121very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 明白x1 | Chapter Rank #532clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- 科学x3 | Chapter Rank #122science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 应该x1 | Chapter Rank #533ought to; should; must
- 提防x1 | Chapter Rank #534to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
- 这种x1 | Chapter Rank #535this kind of
- 不会x2 | Chapter Rank #202improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 巴纳x2 | Chapter Rank #203
- 一丘之貉x1 | Chapter Rank #536jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
- 江湖x1 | Chapter Rank #537rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 郎中x1 | Chapter Rank #538doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #204to 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)
- 恶行x1 | Chapter Rank #539evil or wicked conduct