Vocabulary: 译者导言
from 富兰克林自传
- 指望x1 | Chapter Rank #1128to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- 同时代x1 | Chapter Rank #1129contemporary
- 蒲x2 | Chapter Rank #497refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrushsurname Pu; old place name
- 柏x1 | Chapter Rank #1130cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]surname Bai; Taiwan pr. [Bo2](used for transcribing names)used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2 bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- 德莱顿x1 | Chapter Rank #1131
- 艾x2 | Chapter Rank #498Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliterationsurname Ai
- 狄x1 | Chapter Rank #1132surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)low ranking public official (old)
- 生x4 | Chapter Rank #194to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 爱德华x1 | Chapter Rank #1133Edward; Édouard (name)
- 华x1 | Chapter Rank #1134Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Huaabbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflower
- 杨x2 | Chapter Rank #499surname Yangpoplar
- 诗作x1 | Chapter Rank #1135poem; poetic works
- 耳熟能详x1 | Chapter Rank #1136what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
- 随时x1 | Chapter Rank #1137at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- 能x4 | Chapter Rank #195can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 凭x1 | Chapter Rank #1138to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- 忆x1 | Chapter Rank #1139to recollect; to remember; memory
- 引用x1 | Chapter Rank #1140to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
- 评述x2 | Chapter Rank #500to comment on; commentary
- 其实x2 | Chapter Rank #501actually; in fact; really
- 城x1 | Chapter Rank #1141city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 文风x1 | Chapter Rank #1142writing style; (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity
- 盛x1 | Chapter Rank #1143surname Shengto hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensilflourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively
- 大有人在x1 | Chapter Rank #1144there are plenty of such people
- 里x8 | Chapter Rank #77lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)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
- 办报x2 | Chapter Rank #502to run a newspaper; to publish a newspaper
- 一帮人x1 | Chapter Rank #1145
- 好友x1 | Chapter Rank #1146close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 约翰x3 | Chapter Rank #278John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
- 柯林斯x2 | Chapter Rank #503Collins (name)
- 比x7 | Chapter Rank #94to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 全面x2 | Chapter Rank #504all-around; comprehensive; total; overall
- 判断x1 | Chapter Rank #1147to judge; to determine; judgment
- 章法x1 | Chapter Rank #1148
- 法x2 | Chapter Rank #505law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]law
- 严谨x1 | Chapter Rank #1149rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- 表达x1 | Chapter Rank #1150to express; to convey
- 达x1 | Chapter Rank #1151surname Dato attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- 胜过x1 | Chapter Rank #1152to excel; to surpass
- 只不过x2 | Chapter Rank #506only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- 拼写x1 | Chapter Rank #1153to spell
- 标点x4 | Chapter Rank #196punctuation; a punctuation mark; to punctuate; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 点x2 | Chapter Rank #507to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #1154that's all; nothing more
- 不幸x1 | Chapter Rank #1155misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 染上x2 | Chapter Rank #508to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
- 酒瘾x1 | Chapter Rank #1156alcohol addiction
- 毁x1 | Chapter Rank #1157to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slanderto destroy by fireto defame; to slander
- 前程x1 | Chapter Rank #1158future (career etc) prospects
- 三个x2 | Chapter Rank #509