Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- suffering
- (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
- a flash of realization; the truth in a flash; a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- Grant (name)
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- 兹 cí: 兹 ci2: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]兹 zī: 兹 zi1: (literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi
- a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
- center; heart; core
- people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- profound; deep; deep-going
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- to find
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- great master; master
- to express; to exhibit
- meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of
- mix together; put together (usu. things that do not blend well together)
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- half; half and half; both ... and ...; just as much ... as ...; equally
- autobiography
- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Stephen or Steven (name)
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- almost; nearly; practically
- personality traits; temperament; disposition; aura; air; feel; vibe; refinement; sophistication; class
- until
- to mature; to grow; growth
- mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- personality; integrity; dignity
- 神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- a struggle; fight; battle
- to discard; to abandon
- to refuse; to decline; to reject