Vocabulary: ［两封信］
from 富兰克林自传
- 用意x1 | Chapter Rank #350intention; purpose
- 相同x1 | Chapter Rank #351identical; same
- 我x45 | Chapter Rank #3I; me; my
- 敬爱x1 | Chapter Rank #352to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- 朋友x5 | Chapter Rank #61friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 每x2 | Chapter Rank #215each; every
- 想x8 | Chapter Rank #36to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 写信x2 | Chapter Rank #216to write a letter
- 你x10 | Chapter Rank #27you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 但x11 | Chapter Rank #25but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 念及x1 | Chapter Rank #353
- 信件x1 | Chapter Rank #354letter (sent by mail)
- 可能x4 | Chapter Rank #91might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 落入x1 | Chapter Rank #355to fall into
- 英x1 | Chapter Rank #356hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossomUnited Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
- 人x35 | Chapter Rank #5person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 之x5 | Chapter Rank #62(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 手x1 | Chapter Rank #357hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 又x7 | Chapter Rank #41(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 怕x1 | Chapter Rank #358to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhapssurname Pa
- 信x3 | Chapter Rank #137letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 内容x1 | Chapter Rank #359content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 会x27 | Chapter Rank #9can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 被x6 | Chapter Rank #49quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 某个x1 | Chapter Rank #360
- 印刷x1 | Chapter Rank #361to print; printing
- 商x1 | Chapter Rank #362commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 或x4 | Chapter Rank #92maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 好事者x1 | Chapter Rank #363busybody; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 断章取义x1 | Chapter Rank #364(idiom) to quote out of context
- 公之于众x1 | Chapter Rank #365to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely; to let the world know
- 致使x1 | Chapter Rank #366to cause; to result in
- 个个x1 | Chapter Rank #367each one individually; each and every
- 痛心疾首x1 | Chapter Rank #368bitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth)
- 本人x2 | Chapter Rank #217I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
- 落x1 | Chapter Rank #369to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behindcolloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compoundsto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
- 个x14 | Chapter Rank #14used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 一世x1 | Chapter Rank #370generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
- 骂名x1 | Chapter Rank #371infamy; blackened name
- 只好x1 | Chapter Rank #372to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 作罢x1 | Chapter Rank #373to drop (subject etc)
- 前不久x1 | Chapter Rank #374not long ago; not long before
- 偶然x1 | Chapter Rank #375incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly
- 得到x4 | Chapter Rank #93to get; to obtain; to receive
- 你的x3 | Chapter Rank #138
- 二十三x1 | Chapter Rank #376
- 页x1 | Chapter Rank #377page; leafhead
- 手稿x1 | Chapter Rank #378manuscript; script
- 真x4 | Chapter Rank #94really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 可谓x3 | Chapter Rank #139it could even be said