Vocabulary: 十五、常话巴山夜雨时
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- 打x3 | Chapter Rank #125a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 石头x1 | Chapter Rank #348stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 从来x1 | Chapter Rank #349always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 不x8 | Chapter Rank #27no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 颠倒x1 | Chapter Rank #350to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- 阴沟x1 | Chapter Rank #351sewer; underground drainage channel
- 踩x1 | Chapter Rank #352to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote
- 脚x1 | Chapter Rank #353foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- 里头x1 | Chapter Rank #354inside; interior
- 再x2 | Chapter Rank #197again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 饮食x1 | Chapter Rank #355eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
- 川x2 | Chapter Rank #198short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1](bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country
- 喜欢x1 | Chapter Rank #356to like; to be fond of
- 上x8 | Chapter Rank #28used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 川菜x4 | Chapter Rank #79Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine
- 其x3 | Chapter Rank #126his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 可谓x1 | Chapter Rank #357it could even be said
- 情有独钟x1 | Chapter Rank #358to have a special fondness (for sth)
- 好客x1 | Chapter Rank #359hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly
- 吃x7 | Chapter Rank #36to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 那时x1 | Chapter Rank #360then; at that time; in those days
- 很多x3 | Chapter Rank #127
- 老朋友x3 | Chapter Rank #128old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- 住x2 | Chapter Rank #199to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- 去x10 | Chapter Rank #20to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 他们x1 | Chapter Rank #361they; them
- 主人x1 | Chapter Rank #362master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #200from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 鸡圈x1 | Chapter Rank #363
- 里x5 | Chapter Rank #60lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|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] levelsLi (surname)
- 逮x1 | Chapter Rank #364(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])(coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture
- 只x1 | Chapter Rank #365only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 鸡x1 | Chapter Rank #366fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 鱼塘x1 | Chapter Rank #367fishpond
- 抓x1 | Chapter Rank #368to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- 条x1 | Chapter Rank #369strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 鱼x1 | Chapter Rank #370fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])surname Yu
- 田边x1 | Chapter Rank #371
- 地角x1 | Chapter Rank #372
- 摘x1 | Chapter Rank #373to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
- 豆荚x1 | Chapter Rank #374pod (of legumes)
- 拔x1 | Chapter Rank #375to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 青菜x1 | Chapter Rank #376green vegetables; Chinese cabbage
- 磨子x1 | Chapter Rank #377mill; grain mill; millstone
- 上推x1 | Chapter Rank #378
- 一会儿x1 | Chapter Rank #379a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
- 工夫x1 | Chapter Rank #380(old) laborerperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 可以x3 | Chapter Rank #129can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 弄x1 | Chapter Rank #381lane; alleyto do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
- 出x3 | Chapter Rank #130to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc