Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
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- 蓝图x2 | Chapter Rank #1975blueprint
- 空间x2 | Chapter Rank #1976space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- 镀x1 | Chapter Rank #3867to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
- 金x2 | Chapter Rank #1977surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 闪闪发光x1 | Chapter Rank #3868
- 令人羡慕x1 | Chapter Rank #3869
- 华盖x2 | Chapter Rank #1978imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo
- 遍及x2 | Chapter Rank #1979to extend (everywhere)
- 重庆x1 | Chapter Rank #3870Chongqing municipality (short name 渝[Yu2])
- 成都x1 | Chapter Rank #3871see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
- 炙手可热x1 | Chapter Rank #3872lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- 声名远播x1 | Chapter Rank #3873
- 盖x3 | Chapter Rank #1235surname Gelid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- 洋房x2 | Chapter Rank #1980Western-style house
- 鲜为人知x1 | Chapter Rank #3874rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few
- 私人x2 | Chapter Rank #1981private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique
- 学社x72 | Chapter Rank #29
- 从头开始x1 | Chapter Rank #3875
- 此前x2 | Chapter Rank #1982before this; before then; previously
- 事情x2 | Chapter Rank #1983affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 之所以x1 | Chapter Rank #3876(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 ...)"
- 起因x1 | Chapter Rank #3877cause; a factor (leading to an effect)
- 寄往x1 | Chapter Rank #3878
- 形容x1 | Chapter Rank #3879to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- 心情x3 | Chapter Rank #1236mood; frame of mind
- 一阵x1 | Chapter Rank #3880a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- 惊喜x9 | Chapter Rank #352nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
- 带来x3 | Chapter Rank #1237to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 莫大x1 | Chapter Rank #3881greatest; most important
- 苦恼x3 | Chapter Rank #1238vexed; distressed
- 精美x4 | Chapter Rank #903exquisite; elegant; fine
- 巨著x3 | Chapter Rank #1239monumental (literary) work
- 天书x3 | Chapter Rank #1240imperial edict; heavenly book (superstition); obscure or illegible writing; double dutch
- 懂x3 | Chapter Rank #1241to understand; to comprehend
- 过后x1 | Chapter Rank #3882after the event
- 暗x3 | Chapter Rank #1242dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 决心x2 | Chapter Rank #1984determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 既然x2 | Chapter Rank #1985since; as; this being the case
- 完整x2 | Chapter Rank #1986complete; intact
- 技术x7 | Chapter Rank #492technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- 加强x1 | Chapter Rank #3883to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
- 兴奋x1 | Chapter Rank #3884excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- 着迷x1 | Chapter Rank #3885to be fascinated; to be captivated
- 遍历x1 | Chapter Rank #3886to traverse; to travel throughout; (math.) ergodic
- 情绪x1 | Chapter Rank #3887mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 创始人x3 | Chapter Rank #1243creator; founder; initiator
- 除了x2 | Chapter Rank #1987apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 众所周知x1 | Chapter Rank #3888(idiom) as everyone knows
- 发现者x2 | Chapter Rank #1988
- 再版x1 | Chapter Rank #3889second edition; reprint