Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 资助x1 | Chapter Rank #2782to subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy
- 旧历x3 | Chapter Rank #1182old calendar; the Chinese lunar calendar; same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
- 七x16 | Chapter Rank #231seven; 7
- 〇x3 | Chapter Rank #1183zero
- 二x11 | Chapter Rank #333two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 一月x1 | Chapter Rank #2783January; first month (of the lunar year)
- 六日x1 | Chapter Rank #2784
- 正好x4 | Chapter Rank #920just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 四x5 | Chapter Rank #766four; 4
- 后x28 | Chapter Rank #127surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 几位x13 | Chapter Rank #272
- 老者x3 | Chapter Rank #1184old man; elderly man
- 性格x2 | Chapter Rank #1666nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 记得x5 | Chapter Rank #767to remember
- 以后x17 | Chapter Rank #221after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 感触x1 | Chapter Rank #2785one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
- 良深x1 | Chapter Rank #2786
- 非同寻常x1 | Chapter Rank #2787(idiom) extraordinary
- 非常x25 | Chapter Rank #153very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 相似x1 | Chapter Rank #2788similar; alike
- 同一天x1 | Chapter Rank #2789
- 人们x8 | Chapter Rank #489people
- 以为x7 | Chapter Rank #550to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 灵魂x2 | Chapter Rank #1667soul; spirit
- 转世x1 | Chapter Rank #2790reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
- 呢x17 | Chapter Rank #222(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speechdense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 毛料x1 | Chapter Rank #2791rough lumber; woollen cloth
- 丝绸x1 | Chapter Rank #2792silk (cloth)
- 伦敦x37 | Chapter Rank #100London, capital of United Kingdom
- 学徒x13 | Chapter Rank #273apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship
- 聪明能干x3 | Chapter Rank #1185
- 牢记在心x1 | Chapter Rank #2793
- 波士顿x28 | Chapter Rank #128Boston, capital of Massachusetts
- 来x66 | Chapter Rank #42to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 找x31 | Chapter Rank #114to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- 家住x2 | Chapter Rank #1668
- 好几年x1 | Chapter Rank #2794several years
- 很大x7 | Chapter Rank #551
- 年纪x2 | Chapter Rank #1669age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 孙子x2 | Chapter Rank #1670grandson; son's sonSun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- 塞缪尔x8 | Chapter Rank #490(name) Samuel
- 留下x9 | Chapter Rank #417to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 两卷x1 | Chapter Rank #2795
- 四开本x2 | Chapter Rank #1671
- 诗稿x2 | Chapter Rank #1672verse manuscript
- 写给x6 | Chapter Rank #654
- 亲友x4 | Chapter Rank #921friends and relatives
- 即兴x2 | Chapter Rank #1673improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
- 短小x1 | Chapter Rank #2796
- 篇什x1 | Chapter Rank #2797poem