Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 葛 gé: 葛 ge2: kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth葛 Gě: 葛 Ge3: surname Ge
- phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
- some kind (of)
- pleased; elated
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- river God
- idol
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- candlestick; candle holder
- 猫 máo: 猫 mao2: used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]猫 māo: 猫 mao1: cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
- 娜 nà: 娜 na4: (phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]娜 núo: 娜 nuo2: elegant; graceful
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- Mr Goody-goody; yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
- marquis
- remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- 密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- tactful; discreet
- rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)
- evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- to face; to confront
- globe
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- 谈 tán: 谈 tan2: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss谈 Tán: 谈 Tan2: surname Tan
- to chat
- tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- to lose
- to curse
- to hurl abuse; to deride; to call sb names
- to reach everywhere; to stop at nothing; to do one's utmost
- straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- start; beginning
- Arab; Arabian; Arabian people
- common; everyday; average
- more (than sth else); even more
- to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with
- valuable; precious; to value; to treasure; to set store by
- foodstuff
- to nourish
- shape; form; pattern; morphology
- to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth)