Vocabulary: 弗兰肯斯坦
- to like; to be fond of
- to write without basis
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- to be used for
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to 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)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
- pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans
- to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- daydream; reverie
- 和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- all kinds of
- 奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)
- to think; to consider
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- to 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)
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- theme; subject
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- a succession of; a series of
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: 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)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- the wording and purport of what one writes
- 东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- odd; bizarre
- 得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- adorable; cute; lovely
- to write down
- lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3]
- to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]