Vocabulary: 地心游记
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- a bed (on a train); a couchette
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up
- cable; hawser; mooring rope
- very fast; at lightning speed; (coll.) razor-sharp
- (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter
- strait; channel
- gloom
- seawater
- 墨 mò: 墨 mo4: ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead墨 Mò: 墨 Mo4: surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- billow; surge
- lights
- in a little while; shortly after
- when
- flash bulb (photography)
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- sea wave
- place above (it); upper part (of it)
- glistening; bright
- brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
- to remember; to recall; memory
- a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- 舍 shě: 舍 she3: to give up; to abandon; to give alms舍 shè: 舍 she4: (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]舍 Shè: 舍 She4: surname She
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train)
- to cross; to pass over; to traverse; trans-
- in the country; rural; pastoral
- level; even; smooth; flat
- journey; trip
- to close one's eyes; to get to sleep
- impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth); anxious; fretful; agitated
- foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- left; the left side; to the left of
- hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]
- to take up space; to occupy (space)
- (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- insane asylum; mental hospital
- half of a lifetime