Vocabulary: 宗教信仰分歧的童年
from 丰盛人生：安利创始人理查•狄维士自传
- 华而不实x1 | Chapter Rank #181flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy
- 很x1 | Chapter Rank #182very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 想x4 | Chapter Rank #31to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 站x2 | Chapter Rank #73station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #183to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](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]
- 说x3 | Chapter Rank #44to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 今天x1 | Chapter Rank #184today; the present time; now
- 你x2 | Chapter Rank #74you (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.)
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #185still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #45to 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])
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #75right; 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
- 辉煌x1 | Chapter Rank #186splendid; glorious
- 结束x2 | Chapter Rank #76termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 后x4 | Chapter Rank #32surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 讲台x1 | Chapter Rank #187platform; podium; rostrum; lectern; (teacher's) desk
- 看着x1 | Chapter Rank #188
- 观众x1 | Chapter Rank #189spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
- 感谢x1 | Chapter Rank #190to thank; to be grateful
- 那位x1 | Chapter Rank #191
- 仁兄x1 | Chapter Rank #192(honorific written address) My dear friend
- 美言x1 | Chapter Rank #193to put in a good word (for sb); (literary) beautiful words; elegant expression
- 加上x1 | Chapter Rank #194plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- 一句x1 | Chapter Rank #195a line of verse; a sentence
- 那x2 | Chapter Rank #77surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 番x1 | Chapter Rank #196surname Pan(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
- 不是x3 | Chapter Rank #46no; is not; notfault; blame
- 请x1 | Chapter Rank #197to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 让x5 | Chapter Rank #28to 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])
- 告诉x1 | Chapter Rank #198to tell; to inform; to let knowto press charges; to file a complaint
- 各位x1 | Chapter Rank #199everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- 真正x2 | Chapter Rank #78genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 身份x1 | Chapter Rank #200identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 一名x4 | Chapter Rank #33
- 罪人x2 | Chapter Rank #79sinner
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #80quilt; 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")
- 恩典x1 | Chapter Rank #201favor; grace
- 救赎x1 | Chapter Rank #202to redeem; redemption; salvation
- 基督徒x8 | Chapter Rank #15Christian
- 耶稣x1 | Chapter Rank #203Jesus
- 拯救x1 | Chapter Rank #204to save; to rescue
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #205ability; 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
- 多年x1 | Chapter Rank #206many years; for many years; longstanding
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #207front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #208matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 此后x1 | Chapter Rank #209after this; afterwards; hereafter
- 经常x1 | Chapter Rank #210frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 这样x2 | Chapter Rank #81this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 自己x2 | Chapter Rank #82oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 即使x1 | Chapter Rank #211even if; even though
- 面对x1 | Chapter Rank #212to face; to confront