Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- nine; 9
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- writer; man of letters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious
- to be widely known as
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of?
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- 中古 Zhōng Gǔ: 中古 Zhong1 Gu3: Sino-Cuban; China-Cuba中古 zhōng gǔ: 中古 zhong1 gu3: medieval; Middle Ages; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties; Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English); used; second-hand
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- brave and chivalrous
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- synonymous
- refined and courteous; urbane
- cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
- lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- four; 4
- creator; initiator
- a comedy; CL:部[bu4],齣|出[chu1]
- female; woman; daughter
- 翰 Hàn: 翰 Han4: surname Han翰 hàn: 翰 han4: writing brush; writing; pen
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- equally famous
- bard; poet
- Poland
- astronomer
- first of all; in the first place
- to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
- solar system
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- Italy
- mathematician
- Holland; the Netherlands
- legal person; corporation; see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2]