Vocabulary: 十四章 一
from 繁花
- 逐步x1 | Chapter Rank #667progressively; step by step
- 雌x1 | Chapter Rank #668female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
- 此消彼长x1 | Chapter Rank #669(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
- 觉得x1 | Chapter Rank #670to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 既然x1 | Chapter Rank #671since; as; this being the case
- 石头x3 | Chapter Rank #109stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 厉害x2 | Chapter Rank #207(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- 力量x1 | Chapter Rank #672power; force; strength
- 应该x1 | Chapter Rank #673ought to; should; must
- 软x1 | Chapter Rank #674soft; flexible
- 招x1 | Chapter Rank #675to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 和x1 | Chapter Rank #676to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- 慢x2 | Chapter Rank #208slow
- 功x2 | Chapter Rank #209meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 懂不懂x1 | Chapter Rank #677
- 弱水三千x1 | Chapter Rank #678
- 天下x1 | Chapter Rank #679land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 之x1 | Chapter Rank #680(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #681(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 莫x1 | Chapter Rank #682do not; there is none whosurname Mo
- 文x1 | Chapter Rank #683language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67surname Wen
- 于x1 | Chapter Rank #684to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 水x4 | Chapter Rank #72water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 水面x1 | Chapter Rank #685water surface
- 最x2 | Chapter Rank #210(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 静x1 | Chapter Rank #686still; calm; quiet; not moving
- 国文课x1 | Chapter Rank #687
- 细则x1 | Chapter Rank #688detailed rules and regulations; bylaws
- 为x8 | Chapter Rank #30as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 螺x1 | Chapter Rank #689spiral shell; snail; conch
- 殻x1 | Chapter Rank #690
- 旋x1 | Chapter Rank #691to revolve; a loop; a circleto whirl; immediately
- 则x1 | Chapter Rank #692(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 虎x1 | Chapter Rank #693tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 眼x1 | Chapter Rank #694eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- 还有x2 | Chapter Rank #211there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 注x1 | Chapter Rank #695(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of lightto annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- 坤x1 | Chapter Rank #696one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- 立x1 | Chapter Rank #697surname Lito stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 岳x1 | Chapter Rank #698surname Yuewife's parents and paternal uncleshigh mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- 玉x1 | Chapter Rank #699jade
- 骄x1 | Chapter Rank #700proud; arrogant
- 而x4 | Chapter Rank #73and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 龙x1 | Chapter Rank #701surname LongChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 喷x1 | Chapter Rank #702(of a smell) strong; peak season (of a crop); (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
- 雾x1 | Chapter Rank #703fog; mist; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- 吸x1 | Chapter Rank #704to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- 风x1 | Chapter Rank #705wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- 怒x1 | Chapter Rank #706anger; fury; flourishing; vigorousNu ethnic group
- 霆x1 | Chapter Rank #707clap of thunder