Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- openly; publicly; undisguised
- to assert; to claim
- Moses
- 尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You
- 著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- 卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- to take measurements and calculate
- the North Pole; the north magnetic pole
- meridian
- well-known; famous; renowned; eminent
- to bring back; to take back with one
- communication; social intercourse
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- a list; to list; to enumerate
- to forget
- to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
- reputation; declaration
- crowd
- drop of water
- whirlpool; eddy; vortex; (fig.) maelstrom
- to spin; to rotate; to revolve
- married woman
- to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- married woman's lover
- each; every
- to suffer hardship
- 削 xiāo: 削 xiao1: to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)削 xuē: 削 xue1: to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- manuscript; script
- 脏 zàng: 脏 zang4: viscera; (anatomy) organ脏 zāng: 脏 zang1: dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
- 洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- to be situated at; to find oneself at
- hegemon; overlord; despot
- Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
- to sigh; to exclaim
- to wash; to cleanse; to launder