Vocabulary: CHAPTER 01 波提切利，最美的女神
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- 之所以x1 | Chapter Rank #604(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 举行x1 | Chapter Rank #605to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 不是x3 | Chapter Rank #186no; is not; notfault; blame
- 丈夫x2 | Chapter Rank #273husband
- 简单x1 | Chapter Rank #606simple; not complicated
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #607rather
- 城x2 | Chapter Rank #274city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 每个x1 | Chapter Rank #608each; every
- 迷倒x1 | Chapter Rank #609
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #610only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 包括x2 | Chapter Rank #275to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- 两x2 | Chapter Rank #276two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 兄弟x2 | Chapter Rank #277brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- 竞相x1 | Chapter Rank #611competitive; eagerly; to vie
- 折腰x1 | Chapter Rank #612to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit
- 所以x4 | Chapter Rank #130therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #613ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 所有x2 | Chapter Rank #278all; to have; to possess; to own
- 贡献x1 | Chapter Rank #614to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大家x1 | Chapter Rank #615everyone; influential family; great expert
- 花天酒地x1 | Chapter Rank #616to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
- 闹x1 | Chapter Rank #617noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- 如此x1 | Chapter Rank #618like this; so; such
- 为了x1 | Chapter Rank #619for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 讨x1 | Chapter Rank #620to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- 欢心x1 | Chapter Rank #621favor; liking; love; jubilation; joy
- 就算x1 | Chapter Rank #622(coll.) even if
- 统治者x1 | Chapter Rank #623ruler
- 曾x2 | Chapter Rank #279great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)surname Zengonce; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #280to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 诗x1 | Chapter Rank #624abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songspoem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- 因x3 | Chapter Rank #187cause; reason; because
- 政务x1 | Chapter Rank #625government affairs
- 繁忙x1 | Chapter Rank #626busy; bustling
- 最后x3 | Chapter Rank #188final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 占x1 | Chapter Rank #627to observe; to divineto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- 先机x1 | Chapter Rank #628critical opportunity
- 从而x1 | Chapter Rank #629thus; thereby
- 能够x1 | Chapter Rank #630to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 热情x1 | Chapter Rank #631cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately
- 大胆x1 | Chapter Rank #632brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
- 追求x1 | Chapter Rank #633to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 活着x1 | Chapter Rank #634alive
- 传奇x5 | Chapter Rank #106legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- 生x1 | Chapter Rank #635to 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])
- 热那亚x3 | Chapter Rank #189Genoa
- 家庭x1 | Chapter Rank #636family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- 君士坦丁堡x1 | Chapter Rank #637Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
- 奥斯曼帝国x1 | Chapter Rank #638Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
- 攻陷x1 | Chapter Rank #639to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force