Vocabulary: 第四百九十一章 老夫妻
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- 如果说x1 | Chapter Rank #313if; if one were to say
- 算卦x1 | Chapter Rank #314fortune telling
- 之类x1 | Chapter Rank #315and so on; and such
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #316matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 最好x1 | Chapter Rank #317best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #156still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 虽然x1 | Chapter Rank #318although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 那些x2 | Chapter Rank #157those
- 正确x1 | Chapter Rank #319correct; sound; right; proper
- 每次x1 | Chapter Rank #320every time
- 之后x3 | Chapter Rank #105after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 得病x1 | Chapter Rank #321to fall ill; to contract a disease
- 在乎x1 | Chapter Rank #322to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
- 几乎x1 | Chapter Rank #323almost; nearly; practically
- 上x1 | Chapter Rank #324(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #106exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 开玩笑x1 | Chapter Rank #325to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- 身体x1 | Chapter Rank #326the body; one's health
- 他的x1 | Chapter Rank #327
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #158you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #328clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- 难道x1 | Chapter Rank #329don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 蹊跷x1 | Chapter Rank #330odd; queer; strange; fishy
- 老太婆x1 | Chapter Rank #331old woman (at times contemptuous)
- 吵架x2 | Chapter Rank #159to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- 躲过x1 | Chapter Rank #332
- 劫难x1 | Chapter Rank #333calamity
- 活x1 | Chapter Rank #334to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #335to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 原因x1 | Chapter Rank #336cause; origin; root cause; reason; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #337to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 掉x1 | Chapter Rank #338to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #339rather
- 牵连到x1 | Chapter Rank #340
- 身边x1 | Chapter Rank #341at one's side; on hand
- 不用x1 | Chapter Rank #342need not
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #343to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 万一x1 | Chapter Rank #344just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #345quilt; 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")
- 偷偷x1 | Chapter Rank #346stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
- 藏x1 | Chapter Rank #347storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scriptureTibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #348(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #349to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 线索x4 | Chapter Rank #84trail; clues; thread (of a story)
- 听x1 | Chapter Rank #350smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #351to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 按照x1 | Chapter Rank #352according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 听到x2 | Chapter Rank #160to hear
- 有些x1 | Chapter Rank #353some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #161right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair