Vocabulary: 第二百四十二章 新的线索
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- 发现x3 | Chapter Rank #83to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- 让x12 | Chapter Rank #16to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 先x6 | Chapter Rank #44beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 一下x11 | Chapter Rank #19(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 烟x3 | Chapter Rank #84cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- 萝x3 | Chapter Rank #85radish
- 萤x3 | Chapter Rank #86firefly; glow-worm
- 说x13 | Chapter Rank #14to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 毕竟x1 | Chapter Rank #175after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- 地方x10 | Chapter Rank #23region; regional (away from the central administration); localplace; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]
- 最早x1 | Chapter Rank #176
- 找到x2 | Chapter Rank #116to find
- 机率x1 | Chapter Rank #177(Tw) (math.) probability
- 还是x5 | Chapter Rank #52still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 非常x4 | Chapter Rank #60very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 大的x1 | Chapter Rank #178
- 把x8 | Chapter Rank #33to 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
- 现在x7 | Chapter Rank #35now; at present; currently
- 简单x2 | Chapter Rank #117simple; not complicated
- 跟x3 | Chapter Rank #87heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 他们x9 | Chapter Rank #28they; them
- 有点x1 | Chapter Rank #179a little
- 懊恼x1 | Chapter Rank #180annoyed; vexed; upset
- 不过x1 | Chapter Rank #181only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 三个x2 | Chapter Rank #118
- 力量x2 | Chapter Rank #119power; force; strength
- 总是x1 | Chapter Rank #182always
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #183to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 一x7 | Chapter Rank #36one; 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
- 人大x1 | Chapter Rank #184Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])
- 很多x4 | Chapter Rank #61
- 所以x4 | Chapter Rank #62therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 快点x1 | Chapter Rank #185to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
- 就算x1 | Chapter Rank #186(coll.) even if
- 我们x14 | Chapter Rank #11we; us; ourselves; our
- 放弃x1 | Chapter Rank #187to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 也好x1 | Chapter Rank #188that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
- 开始x3 | Chapter Rank #88to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 分头x1 | Chapter Rank #189separately; severally; parted hair
- 大概x2 | Chapter Rank #120roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 到x5 | Chapter Rank #53to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 后半夜x1 | Chapter Rank #190second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
- 给x6 | Chapter Rank #45to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 打x2 | Chapter Rank #121a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #122to 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])
- 电话x1 | Chapter Rank #191telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
- 已经x4 | Chapter Rank #63already
- 那个x6 | Chapter Rank #46that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 婢女x11 | Chapter Rank #20slave girl; servant girl
- 灵堂x1 | Chapter Rank #192mourning hall; funeral hall