Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- thirteenth day of a month
- to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance
- to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
- to warm oneself at a fire
- to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- radial (direction)
- store; shop
- to say goodbye; to take one's leave
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- older brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 吊 diào: 吊 diao4: to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person吊 diào: 吊 diao4: a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with
- door frame
- loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
- to cry out in fear
- to cut off; to sever
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey
- father and mother; parents
- to murder
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved
- head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
- would rather ... (than ...)
- accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- preposterous
- witness
- love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
- lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- to dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth)
- to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]
- to execute by hanging; to hang oneself
- 全家 Quán jiā: 全家 Quan2 jia1: FamilyMart (convenience store chain)全家 quán jiā: 全家 quan2 jia1: whole family
- to scheme together; to conspire; joint plan; conspiracy
- to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life
- closely related by blood
- blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood
- the dead; the deceased
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- to intend to; intention; desire
- feasible; realistic; practical; earnestly; conscientiously