Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- grieved; sorrowful
- disappointed; perplexed
- frustrated; perplexed; irresolute; dazed
- mansion house; official residence
- to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]
- underground; subterranean; covert
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death
- forlorn; miserable
- for a very long time
- unable to control oneself; to be beside oneself
- to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- desolate
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- learning; science; academic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- palace; CL:座[zuo4]
- to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
- thus
- grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected
- monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- cheeks
- just as; no less than; like (sth momentous); as good as; tantamount to
- 钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
- heel
- devil
- to weep
- cause of death
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- how; what kind
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- (of a woman) virtuous
- 美德 Měi Dé: 美德 Mei3 De2: USA and Germany美德 měi dé: 美德 mei3 de2: virtue
- to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- 好玩 hào wán: 好玩 hao4 wan2: to be playful; to be fond of one's fun好玩 hǎo wán: 好玩 hao3 wan2: amusing; fun; interesting
- 哄 hōng: 哄 hong1: roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)哄 hǒng: 哄 hong3: to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)哄 hòng: 哄 hong4: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
- to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- 般 pán: 般 pan2: see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]般 bō: 般 bo1: used in 般若[bo1 re3]般 bān: 般 ban1: sort; kind; class; way; manner