Vocabulary: 第八章 连接阴阳两界的公交车
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- 你x12 | Chapter Rank #13you (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.)
- 已经x5 | Chapter Rank #37already
- 终点站x1 | Chapter Rank #253terminus; final stop on rail or bus line
- 回来x2 | Chapter Rank #111to return; to come back
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #254this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 笃定x1 | Chapter Rank #255certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
- 语气x3 | Chapter Rank #69tone; manner of speaking; mood; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 让x1 | Chapter Rank #256to 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])
- 不由得x1 | Chapter Rank #257can't help; cannot but
- 皱x1 | Chapter Rank #258to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- 皱眉x1 | Chapter Rank #259to frown; to knit one's brow
- 像是x2 | Chapter Rank #112
- 一切都在x1 | Chapter Rank #260
- 意料之中x1 | Chapter Rank #261to come as no surprise; as expected
- 现在x3 | Chapter Rank #70now; at present; currently
- 顾不上x1 | Chapter Rank #262cannot attend to or manage
- 计较x1 | Chapter Rank #263to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem
- 那么x1 | Chapter Rank #264like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 多x1 | Chapter Rank #265many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 等x2 | Chapter Rank #113to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 说话x5 | Chapter Rank #38to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 直接x1 | Chapter Rank #266direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 道x7 | Chapter Rank #22road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 需要x3 | Chapter Rank #71to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 跟x5 | Chapter Rank #39heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 见面x1 | Chapter Rank #267to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- 老x1 | Chapter Rank #268prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 地方x1 | Chapter Rank #269region; regional (away from the central administration); localplace; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]
- 简单x1 | Chapter Rank #270simple; not complicated
- 应x2 | Chapter Rank #114to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #115down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 扣x1 | Chapter Rank #271to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) codebutton
- 留下x1 | Chapter Rank #272to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 一连串x1 | Chapter Rank #273a succession of; a series of
- 忙音x1 | Chapter Rank #274busy signal (telephony)
- 一脸x1 | Chapter Rank #275
- 苦笑x1 | Chapter Rank #276to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- 挂x1 | Chapter Rank #277to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- 倒x1 | Chapter Rank #278to 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 profitto 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; yet
- 干脆x1 | Chapter Rank #279candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- 颇为x2 | Chapter Rank #116rather; quite
- 无奈x2 | Chapter Rank #117to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- 放进x1 | Chapter Rank #280to put into
- 口袋x1 | Chapter Rank #281pocket; bag; sack
- 暗自x1 | Chapter Rank #282inwardly; to oneself; secretly
- 握x1 | Chapter Rank #283to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- 握拳x1 | Chapter Rank #284to make a fist
- 一次x2 | Chapter Rank #118first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 绝对x1 | Chapter Rank #285absolute; unconditional
- 不会x2 | Chapter Rank #119improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all