Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation
- lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
- fully content with one's achievements (idiom); complacent
- expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- resentful; angry; to enrage sb
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- loafer; wastrel; prodigal son
- knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
- to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive
- 夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer
- 鲍 Bào: 鲍 Bao4: surname Bao鲍 bào: 鲍 bao4: abalone
- to ask the way; to ask
- aloud; loud; loudly
- to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- see 烜赫[xuan3 he4]
- family name
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- 说道 shūo dào: 说道 shuo1 dao4: to state; to say (the quoted words)说道 shūo dao: 说道 shuo1 dao5: to discuss; reason (behind sth)
- suddenly; all of a sudden
- servant
- to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
- outside the door
- to see each other; to meet in person
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- 车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che
- to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- to not mind (at all, a bit); to not care in the slightest
- to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- almost; nearly; close to
- to grab hold of; to capture
- stick; rod
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
- to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to manufacture; to make
- to stand in a circle and watch
- kindness; benevolence; philanthropy; virtuous intentions
- (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
- hat and clothes; attire