Vocabulary: 第四章
from 弗兰肯斯坦
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #691noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 承认x1 | Chapter Rank #692to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- 它们x2 | Chapter Rank #275they; them
- 比x1 | Chapter Rank #693Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- 所有x1 | Chapter Rank #694all; to have; to possess; to own
- 更x3 | Chapter Rank #157to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 孩子x1 | Chapter Rank #695child
- 感谢x1 | Chapter Rank #696to thank; to be grateful
- 既然x1 | Chapter Rank #697since; as; this being the case
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #698(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 推移x1 | Chapter Rank #699(of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve; to shift; to slide; to move smoothly and continuously along a surface
- 还有x1 | Chapter Rank #700there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 看上去x2 | Chapter Rank #276it would appear; it seems (that)
- 交付给x1 | Chapter Rank #701
- 重获x1 | Chapter Rank #702recovery; to recover
- 当x4 | Chapter Rank #104(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #703to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 锲而不舍x1 | Chapter Rank #704to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere; unflagging efforts
- 坚持x2 | Chapter Rank #277to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- 事业x1 | Chapter Rank #705undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 在精神上x1 | Chapter Rank #706
- 支持x2 | Chapter Rank #278to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 面色苍白x1 | Chapter Rank #707
- 足不出户x1 | Chapter Rank #708(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
- 身体虚弱x1 | Chapter Rank #709
- 有时x2 | Chapter Rank #279sometimes; now and then
- 眼看x1 | Chapter Rank #710soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- 胜利在望x1 | Chapter Rank #711victory is in sight
- 功亏一篑x1 | Chapter Rank #712lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
- 充满希望x1 | Chapter Rank #713
- 明天x1 | Chapter Rank #714tomorrow
- 或x3 | Chapter Rank #158maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 小时x1 | Chapter Rank #715hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #280only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 才x1 | Chapter Rank #716ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 看着x1 | Chapter Rank #717
- 半夜x1 | Chapter Rank #718midnight; in the middle of the night
- 月亮x1 | Chapter Rank #719the moon
- 见证人x1 | Chapter Rank #720eyewitness (to an incident); witness (to a legal transaction)
- 坚持不懈x1 | Chapter Rank #721(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
- 紧x1 | Chapter Rank #722tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- 赶x2 | Chapter Rank #281to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- 慢x1 | Chapter Rank #723slow
- 追踪x1 | Chapter Rank #724to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
- 幽深x1 | Chapter Rank #725serene and hidden in depth or distance
- 亵渎x3 | Chapter Rank #159(literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
- 踩x1 | Chapter Rank #726to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote
- 墓穴x1 | Chapter Rank #727tomb; grave
- 泥水x1 | Chapter Rank #728muddy water; mud; masonry (craft)
- 往来x1 | Chapter Rank #729dealings; contacts; to go back and forth