Vocabulary: 二〇 元老
from 伏尔泰传
- 上演x1 | Chapter Rank #216to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging
- 某x1 | Chapter Rank #217some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #218to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 猥亵x1 | Chapter Rank #219obscene; indecent; to indecently assault
- 喜剧x1 | Chapter Rank #220a comedy; CL:部[bu4],齣|出[chu1]
- 向x1 | Chapter Rank #221surname Xiangtowards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...to tend toward; to guidedirection; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 朝廷x1 | Chapter Rank #222court; imperial household; dynasty
- 控诉x1 | Chapter Rank #223to accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against; denunciation
- 在x15 | Chapter Rank #7to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 从前x1 | Chapter Rank #224previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #225(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #60handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 监禁x1 | Chapter Rank #226to imprison; to jail; to take into custody
- 起来x2 | Chapter Rank #94to 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]
- 大臣x1 | Chapter Rank #227chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- 亦x4 | Chapter Rank #45also
- 不过x1 | Chapter Rank #228only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 写x3 | Chapter Rank #61to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 一封x1 | Chapter Rank #229
- 措辞x1 | Chapter Rank #230wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- 严厉x1 | Chapter Rank #231severe; strict
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #232letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 给x1 | Chapter Rank #233to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 舞蹈家x1 | Chapter Rank #234dancer
- 维斯特x1 | Chapter Rank #235
- 里斯x1 | Chapter Rank #236
- 二九x1 | Chapter Rank #237
- 一八x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 八x1 | Chapter Rank #239eight
- 说x9 | Chapter Rank #15to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #240now; at present; currently
- 只有x3 | Chapter Rank #62only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 三个x1 | Chapter Rank #241
- 大人物x1 | Chapter Rank #242
- 普鲁士王x2 | Chapter Rank #95
- 先生x2 | Chapter Rank #96teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 与x10 | Chapter Rank #12to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 我x21 | Chapter Rank #6I; me; my
- 各国x1 | Chapter Rank #243each country; every country; various countries
- 君主x3 | Chapter Rank #63monarch; sovereign
- 除了x1 | Chapter Rank #244apart 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")
- 本国x1 | Chapter Rank #245one's own country
- 以外x1 | Chapter Rank #246apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #247to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 思想界x1 | Chapter Rank #248
- 权威x1 | Chapter Rank #249authority; authoritative; power and prestige
- 巴黎x1 | Chapter Rank #250Paris, capital of France
- 友人x1 | Chapter Rank #251friend
- 发起x1 | Chapter Rank #252to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- 为x5 | Chapter Rank #30because of; for; toas (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)