Vocabulary: 地心游记
- once more; once again; one more time
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to beat and scold
- to rise into the air; to become airborne
- 蹬 dèng: 蹬 deng4: used in 蹭蹬[ceng4 deng4]蹬 dēng: 蹬 deng1: to step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [deng4]
- knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
- (lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
- colt; pony
- to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
- to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- pestle; to poke
- to look exactly like; to be the spitting image of
- Rhode Island, US state; Rhodes, an island of Greece
- in an instant; in a flash
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- to scold; shout at; to hoot at
- officer (military)
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier
- shoulder
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- high tide; rising tide
- boat
- 涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
- to rest
- tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
- shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
- boatman
- strong; solid; sturdy; firm; practical
- sampan; also written 舢舨
- accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- (bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)