Vocabulary: 前言
from 都柏林人
- 一度x1 | Chapter Rank #335for a time; at one time; one time; once
- 辍学x1 | Chapter Rank #336to drop out of school; to leave off studying; to interrupt one's studies
- 后来x6 | Chapter Rank #47afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 进入x3 | Chapter Rank #105to enter; to join; to go into
- 一所x1 | Chapter Rank #337
- 免费x1 | Chapter Rank #338free (of charge)
- 的x194 | Chapter Rank #1a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsreally and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 耶稣会x1 | Chapter Rank #339The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
- 走读学校x1 | Chapter Rank #340
- 大学x2 | Chapter Rank #174the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianismuniversity; college; CL:所[suo3]
- 学习x2 | Chapter Rank #175to learn; to study
- 那里x5 | Chapter Rank #54there; that place
- 多种x2 | Chapter Rank #176many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
- 外语x1 | Chapter Rank #341foreign language; CL:門|门[men2]
- 以便x1 | Chapter Rank #342so that; so as to; in order to
- 阅读x2 | Chapter Rank #177to read; reading
- 欧洲x2 | Chapter Rank #178Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])
- 大陆x2 | Chapter Rank #179continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]mainland China (reference to the PRC)
- 国家x1 | Chapter Rank #343country; nation; state
- 文学作品x2 | Chapter Rank #180
- 大学毕业x1 | Chapter Rank #344
- 结识x1 | Chapter Rank #345to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- 了x41 | Chapter Rank #4(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 复兴x2 | Chapter Rank #181to revive; to rejuvenate
- 运动x2 | Chapter Rank #182to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 核x2 | Chapter Rank #183pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verifyto investigate
- 心x2 | Chapter Rank #184heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 人物x9 | Chapter Rank #30person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- 巴x1 | Chapter Rank #346Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
- 叶芝x2 | Chapter Rank #185
- 芝x1 | Chapter Rank #347Zoysia pungens
- 格雷戈里x1 | Chapter Rank #348
- 里x36 | Chapter Rank #6lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 夫人x1 | Chapter Rank #349lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- 乔治x1 | Chapter Rank #350George (name)
- 治x1 | Chapter Rank #351to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 莫x2 | Chapter Rank #186do not; there is none whosurname Mo
- 约x2 | Chapter Rank #187to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); conciseto weigh in a balance or on a scale
- 米x2 | Chapter Rank #188uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuansurname Mi
- 辛格x1 | Chapter Rank #352(name) Singh
- 格x2 | Chapter Rank #189used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit
- 等x3 | Chapter Rank #106to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 人x35 | Chapter Rank #8person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 与x8 | Chapter Rank #33to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 他们x22 | Chapter Rank #11they; them
- 关系x1 | Chapter Rank #353relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 并x5 | Chapter Rank #55and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 融洽x1 | Chapter Rank #354harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another
- 观点x1 | Chapter Rank #355point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也x13 | Chapter Rank #18surname 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]