Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 客户x1 | Chapter Rank #5554client; customer
- 顺风x1 | Chapter Rank #5555lit. tail wind; Bon voyage!
- 顺水x1 | Chapter Rank #5556with the current
- 萎靡x1 | Chapter Rank #5557dispirited; depressed
- 迫不得已x2 | Chapter Rank #2569to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
- 穷愁潦倒x1 | Chapter Rank #5558impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
- 买下x1 | Chapter Rank #5559to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- 器材x1 | Chapter Rank #5560equipment; material
- 取而代之x1 | Chapter Rank #5561(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
- 强有力x1 | Chapter Rank #5562strong; forceful
- 既有x1 | Chapter Rank #5563existing
- 不屑一顾x1 | Chapter Rank #5564to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
- 断然拒绝x1 | Chapter Rank #5565
- 心高气傲x1 | Chapter Rank #5566proud and arrogant
- 一派x1 | Chapter Rank #5567
- 打扮x1 | Chapter Rank #5568to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress
- 生活奢靡x1 | Chapter Rank #5569
- 出外x1 | Chapter Rank #5570to go out; to leave for another place
- 冶游x1 | Chapter Rank #5571to go courting; to visit a brothel (old); related to 野遊|野游[ye3 you2]
- 到头来x1 | Chapter Rank #5572in the end; finally; as a result
- 债务缠身x1 | Chapter Rank #5573
- 荒废x1 | Chapter Rank #5574to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)
- 沾x1 | Chapter Rank #5575to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touchto moisten
- 步x3 | Chapter Rank #1571a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situationsurname Bu
- 后尘x3 | Chapter Rank #1572lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
- 昔日x1 | Chapter Rank #5576former days; in the past
- 三天两头x1 | Chapter Rank #5577lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently
- 吵架x1 | Chapter Rank #5578to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- 越x2 | Chapter Rank #2570to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the moregeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #5579to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 买主x1 | Chapter Rank #5580customer
- 客死他乡x1 | Chapter Rank #5581see 客死異鄉|客死异乡[ke4 si3 yi4 xiang1]
- 至此x1 | Chapter Rank #5582up until now; so far
- 竞争对手x2 | Chapter Rank #2571rival; competitor
- 仅剩x1 | Chapter Rank #5583
- 宿敌x1 | Chapter Rank #5584old enemy
- 富足x1 | Chapter Rank #5585rich; plentiful
- 潇洒x1 | Chapter Rank #5586confident and at ease; free and easy
- 散工x1 | Chapter Rank #5587to release from work at the end of the dayday labor; piece-time work
- 灵通x1 | Chapter Rank #5588fast and abundant (news); clever; effective
- 发布x1 | Chapter Rank #5589to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- 摇钱树x1 | Chapter Rank #5590legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
- 却是x1 | Chapter Rank #5591nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 丧门星x1 | Chapter Rank #5592messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
- 发送x2 | Chapter Rank #2572to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)
- 舆论x1 | Chapter Rank #5593public opinion
- 不以为然x1 | Chapter Rank #5594not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
- 黑心肠x1 | Chapter Rank #5595
- 邮差x2 | Chapter Rank #2573postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
- 行贿x1 | Chapter Rank #5596to offer a bribe