Vocabulary: 弗兰肯斯坦
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- my country; our country
- 著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- ought to; should; must
- (literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
- schoolchild
- ignorant; ignorance
- lofty
- painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
- if (coming after a conditional clause)
- constant; persistent; long-lasting; eternal
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- urgent; pressing
- enough; sufficient
- brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- to look down upon; to hold in contempt
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- merchant; businessman
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- rough; rude; boorish; straightforward; uninhibited
- thumping sound (onom.); to be eager and anxious (to do sth); faithful and upright
- to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential
- unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- 比如 bǐ rú: 比如 bi3 ru2: for example; for instance; such as比如 Bǐ rú: 比如 Bi3 ru2: see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]
- assistant
- astonishing
- crazy; frenzied; wild
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- to promote to a higher position
- British person; British people
- to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- 贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- gift; innate skill
- to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- weaken; make weaker
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect