Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])
- great; important; major; significant
- small; tiny; few; young
- steelyard balance; Roman balance; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- this (person)
- middle-school student; high school student
- hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- sometimes; now and then
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- to tease; to play tricks on
- teacher
- convention; usual practice
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- water jar
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
- ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- just now; then
- to make a fire; to light a fire
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- ice cube; ice chunk
- to put in; to insert
- toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
- fate; one's fortune
- omen
- effortless; not expending the slightest effort
- gorgeous
- amiable (manner); unassuming; written in plain language; easy to take in
- enthralled; fascinated
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- child prodigy
- to have tender affection for; to love tenderly; to pamper sb
- nature; natural; naturally
- (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- poem; poetic works
- to spread; to propagate; to disseminate