Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 退而求其次x1 | Chapter Rank #2688to settle for second best; the next best thing
- 最x17 | Chapter Rank #219(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 像x20 | Chapter Rank #190to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 事情x30 | Chapter Rank #117affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 似乎x13 | Chapter Rank #269it seems; seemingly; as if
- 就是x51 | Chapter Rank #65exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 这x194 | Chapter Rank #10(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 一生x6 | Chapter Rank #636all one's life; throughout one's life
- 种x45 | Chapter Rank #80seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 要x61 | Chapter Rank #46(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 尽可能x3 | Chapter Rank #1152as far as possible; to the best of one's abilitysee 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- 经久不衰x1 | Chapter Rank #2689unfailing; never-ending
- 诉诸x1 | Chapter Rank #2690to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc); to resort to (a course of action)
- 笔墨x2 | Chapter Rank #1622pen and ink; words; writing
- 谈起x3 | Chapter Rank #1153to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- 自己x46 | Chapter Rank #75oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 当年x2 | Chapter Rank #1623that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 壮举x1 | Chapter Rank #2691magnificent feat; impressive feat; heroic undertaking; heroic attempt
- 老年人x1 | Chapter Rank #2692old people; the elderly
- 自然x10 | Chapter Rank #362nature; natural; naturally
- 喜欢x23 | Chapter Rank #172to like; to be fond of
- 喋喋不休x1 | Chapter Rank #2693(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
- 在所难免x1 | Chapter Rank #2694to be unavoidable (idiom)
- 有x237 | Chapter Rank #7to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 人x116 | Chapter Rank #21person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 出于x5 | Chapter Rank #749due to; to stem from
- 老人x3 | Chapter Rank #1154old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- 尊敬x2 | Chapter Rank #1624to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
- 硬着头皮x2 | Chapter Rank #1625to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- 听x9 | Chapter Rank #410smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 但x100 | Chapter Rank #25but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 絮叨x2 | Chapter Rank #1626long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
- 却x38 | Chapter Rank #97but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 不会x8 | Chapter Rank #475improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 生厌x1 | Chapter Rank #2695to disgust; to pall; fed up; tedious; cloying; boring; irritating
- 这番话x3 | Chapter Rank #1155
- 读x17 | Chapter Rank #220comma; phrase marked by pauseto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 全x9 | Chapter Rank #411all; whole; entire; every; completesurname Quan
- 随x3 | Chapter Rank #1156surname Suito follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- 意愿x1 | Chapter Rank #2696aspiration; wish (for); desire
- 最后x21 | Chapter Rank #181final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 先x20 | Chapter Rank #191beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 承认x2 | Chapter Rank #1627to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- 妙x1 | Chapter Rank #2697clever; wonderful
- 矢口否认x1 | Chapter Rank #2698to deny flatly
- 没x8 | Chapter Rank #476(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 信x25 | Chapter Rank #150letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 我会x3 | Chapter Rank #1157
- 大大x3 | Chapter Rank #1158greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- 满足x1 | Chapter Rank #2699to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content