Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to write
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- agent
- daughter
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- they; them
- a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- pile
- child
- to survive
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
- old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
- originally; at first; at the outset
- to live; life; livelihood
- comfortably off; ample; plenty
- to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
- not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessities
- father and mother; parents
- frequently; often
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- friends and family; kith and kin
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to meet together; to assemble
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- feast; celebration
- to have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content
- to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
- to sing a song
- 过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay
- art
- fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
- but; however
- along with; in the wake of; following
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- to be born; arrival of newborn; birth (of a savior or religious leader)
- expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
- rapid; speedy; fast