Vocabulary: 弗兰肯斯坦
- good intention; kindness
- which; who
- man (i.e. manly, masculine)
- 单 chán: 单 chan2: used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]单 Shàn: 单 Shan4: surname Shan单 dān: 单 dan1: bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]
- sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
- 义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- to tell lies
- a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam; CL:場|场[chang3]
- friendship; friendly relations
- no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner
- to mobilize; mobilization; CL:次[ci4]
- sailor; crew member
- clever; wonderful
- to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- risk to one's life
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- news of sb's death; sad news
- anxiety; anxious
- 落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
- simple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
- (idiom) fleeting; transitory
- insurrection; rebellion
- to besiege
- to collide; collision
- at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living from hand to mouth
- to have only a breath of life (idiom)
- 微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- to take the lead; to be first to start
- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
- to return to the point of departure
- rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- honor and glory; glorious
- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)