Vocabulary: 前言
from 都柏林人
- 题材x2 | Chapter Rank #201subject matter
- 故事x22 | Chapter Rank #13narrative; story; taleold practice
- 与众不同x1 | Chapter Rank #422(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
- 从x3 | Chapter Rank #113surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 一x6 | Chapter Rank #48one; 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
- 它x7 | Chapter Rank #40itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 就x8 | 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 ...
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #202quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 构想x1 | Chapter Rank #423to conceive; concept
- 为x5 | Chapter Rank #58because of; for; toas (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)
- 一本x3 | Chapter Rank #114
- 有x12 | Chapter Rank #20to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 机x1 | Chapter Rank #424(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organicsurname Ji
- 整体x2 | Chapter Rank #203whole; entirety; overall; whole; general; on the whole; overall
- 其中x3 | Chapter Rank #115among; in; included among these
- 通过x5 | Chapter Rank #59to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 风格x4 | Chapter Rank #84style
- 技巧x1 | Chapter Rank #425skill; technique
- 巧x1 | Chapter Rank #426opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 主题x3 | Chapter Rank #116theme; subject
- 相互连接x1 | Chapter Rank #427
- 一起x2 | Chapter Rank #204(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 正如x1 | Chapter Rank #428just as; precisely as
- 致x1 | Chapter Rank #429(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 格兰特x3 | Chapter Rank #117Grant (name)
- 理查兹x3 | Chapter Rank #118
- 兹x3 | Chapter Rank #119(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) yearused in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #430letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 中x5 | Chapter Rank #60(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)
- 所说x1 | Chapter Rank #431
- 我x3 | Chapter Rank #120I; me; my
- 意图x1 | Chapter Rank #432intent; intention; to intend
- 一章x1 | Chapter Rank #433
- 写x7 | Chapter Rank #41used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 我国x1 | Chapter Rank #434my country; our country
- 道德x2 | Chapter Rank #205virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 历史x1 | Chapter Rank #435history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 选择x2 | Chapter Rank #206to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- 作为x1 | Chapter Rank #436one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 地点x1 | Chapter Rank #437place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 因为x5 | Chapter Rank #61because; owing to; on account of
- 这个x4 | Chapter Rank #85(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 城市x1 | Chapter Rank #438city; town; CL:座[zuo4]
- 处于x1 | Chapter Rank #439to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- 麻木状态x1 | Chapter Rank #440
- 试图x1 | Chapter Rank #441to attempt; to try
- 四个x2 | Chapter Rank #207
- 方面x5 | Chapter Rank #62respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #121to 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
- 呈现x1 | Chapter Rank #442to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate