Vocabulary: 二〇 元老
from 伏尔泰传
- 光x1 | Chapter Rank #566light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #144from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 这么x1 | Chapter Rank #567so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 可怜虫x2 | Chapter Rank #145pitiful creature; wretch
- 雕塑家x2 | Chapter Rank #146
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #568but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 活跃x1 | Chapter Rank #569active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- 谈话x1 | Chapter Rank #570to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- 找到x1 | Chapter Rank #571to find
- 老x2 | Chapter Rank #147prefix 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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 题目x2 | Chapter Rank #148subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- 辩证x1 | Chapter Rank #572to investigate; dialectical
- 藉口x1 | Chapter Rank #573to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext; also written 借口[jie4 kou3]
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #574to ask; to inquire
- 多少x1 | Chapter Rank #575how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?number; amount; somewhat
- 才能x1 | Chapter Rank #576talent; ability; capacity
- 一座x1 | Chapter Rank #577
- 三尺x1 | Chapter Rank #578
- 高x1 | Chapter Rank #579surname Gaohigh; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 马x1 | Chapter Rank #580surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 答道x1 | Chapter Rank #581
- 六个月x1 | Chapter Rank #582
- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #583to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 签x1 | Chapter Rank #584to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visainscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- 字x1 | Chapter Rank #585letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 胜利x1 | Chapter Rank #586victory; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 圣经x2 | Chapter Rank #149the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 亚伦x1 | Chapter Rank #587Aaron (name); Yaren, capital of Nauru
- 怎么x2 | Chapter Rank #150how?; what?; why?
- 一夜x1 | Chapter Rank #588
- 铸成x1 | Chapter Rank #589to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion
- 金牛x1 | Chapter Rank #590Taurus (star sign); Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
- 呢x2 | Chapter Rank #151(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 几年x1 | Chapter Rank #591a few years; several years; how many years?
- 余生x1 | Chapter Rank #592the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster)
- 天真x1 | Chapter Rank #593naive; innocent; artless
- 地x1 | Chapter Rank #594earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #595to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 拥护x1 | Chapter Rank #596to endorse; to support
- 抗辩x1 | Chapter Rank #597to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to demur; a plea (of not guilty); a defense (against an allegation); to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #598to meet; to run into; to come across
- 便x1 | Chapter Rank #599used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 关起门来x1 | Chapter Rank #600
- 天x1 | Chapter Rank #601day; sky; heaven
- 晚x1 | Chapter Rank #602evening; night; late
- 一段x1 | Chapter Rank #603
- 哲学x1 | Chapter Rank #604philosophy
- 辞典x1 | Chapter Rank #605CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 文字x1 | Chapter Rank #606character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 或是x2 | Chapter Rank #152or; either one or the other