Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 摆x3 | Chapter Rank #1424to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulumhem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 礼贤下士x2 | Chapter Rank #2138respect for the wise
- 面孔x1 | Chapter Rank #3843face
- 猛x2 | Chapter Rank #2139ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome
- 夸x2 | Chapter Rank #2140used in transliterationto boast; to exaggerate; to praise
- 相见恨晚x1 | Chapter Rank #3844to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.; It feels like we have known each other all along.
- 意x6 | Chapter Rank #722(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 嗔怪x1 | Chapter Rank #3845to blame; to rebuke
- 初x2 | Chapter Rank #2141(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 此地x2 | Chapter Rank #2142here; this place
- 为何x2 | Chapter Rank #2143why
- 酒馆x5 | Chapter Rank #861tavern; pub; wine shop
- 正要x1 | Chapter Rank #3846to be just about to; to be on the point of
- 品尝x2 | Chapter Rank #2144to have a taste of; to sample
- 高级x1 | Chapter Rank #3847high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- 马德拉x2 | Chapter Rank #2145
- 白葡萄酒x1 | Chapter Rank #3848
- 可不是x1 | Chapter Rank #3849(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
- 受宠若惊x1 | Chapter Rank #3850overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
- 呆若木鸡x1 | Chapter Rank #3851lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
- 拐角x1 | Chapter Rank #3852to turn a corner; corner
- 细x1 | Chapter Rank #3853thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- 品x1 | Chapter Rank #3854(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
- 自立门户x4 | Chapter Rank #1076to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself
- 面前x2 | Chapter Rank #2146in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 保证x2 | Chapter Rank #2147guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 面子x2 | Chapter Rank #2148outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face(medicinal) powder
- 到时候x6 | Chapter Rank #723when the moment comes; at that time
- 军政x1 | Chapter Rank #3855army and government
- 两家x2 | Chapter Rank #2149
- 衙门x1 | Chapter Rank #3856yamen, government office in dynastic China
- 归x4 | Chapter Rank #1077to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisorsurname Gui
- 一手x4 | Chapter Rank #1078a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- 承包x1 | Chapter Rank #3857to contract; to undertake (a job)
- 是不是x2 | Chapter Rank #2150is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 支持x4 | Chapter Rank #1079to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 写封信x1 | Chapter Rank #3858
- 愁x1 | Chapter Rank #3859to worry about
- 回x6 | Chapter Rank #724Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesto curve; to return; to revolve
- 意向x2 | Chapter Rank #2151intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- 保密x2 | Chapter Rank #2152to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- 照旧x2 | Chapter Rank #2153as before; as in the past
- 难以想象x1 | Chapter Rank #3860
- 莫大x1 | Chapter Rank #3861greatest; most important
- 荣幸x1 | Chapter Rank #3862honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- 四年x4 | Chapter Rank #1080
- 月底x1 | Chapter Rank #3863end of the month
- 开往x1 | Chapter Rank #3864(of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for
- 假x1 | Chapter Rank #3865fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposevacationused in 假掰[gei1 bai1]to borrow
- 看望x5 | Chapter Rank #862to pay a visit to; to see (sb)