Vocabulary: 三、天南海北故人来
from 父亲南怀瑾
- 各位x1 | Chapter Rank #1288everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- 老朋友x3 | Chapter Rank #404old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- 信x9 | Chapter Rank #123letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 发出x1 | Chapter Rank #1289to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- 日日x1 | Chapter Rank #1290every day
- 盼望着x1 | Chapter Rank #1291
- 收到x5 | Chapter Rank #245to receive
- 回信x4 | Chapter Rank #307to reply; to write back; letter written in reply; CL:封[feng1]
- 岂料x1 | Chapter Rank #1292who would have thought that; who would have expected that
- 近半年x1 | Chapter Rank #1293
- 过去x2 | Chapter Rank #643(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by(verb suffix)
- 半点x1 | Chapter Rank #1294the least bit
- 消息x7 | Chapter Rank #170(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 感到x3 | Chapter Rank #405to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 要x11 | Chapter Rank #94(bound form) to demand; to coerceto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 竟x3 | Chapter Rank #406unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 意外x2 | Chapter Rank #644unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 母亲x4 | Chapter Rank #308mother
- 去世x5 | Chapter Rank #246to pass away; to die
- 家庭x2 | Chapter Rank #645family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- 原来x3 | Chapter Rank #407original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 那个x6 | Chapter Rank #206that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 住址x2 | Chapter Rank #646address
- 之所以x2 | Chapter Rank #647(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 这么久x1 | Chapter Rank #1295
- 是因为x3 | Chapter Rank #408
- 刚x2 | Chapter Rank #648(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 收信人x1 | Chapter Rank #1296
- 地址x3 | Chapter Rank #409address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 记x3 | Chapter Rank #410to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 忆x1 | Chapter Rank #1297to recollect; to remember; memory
- 以前x3 | Chapter Rank #411before; formerly; previous; ago
- 家x8 | Chapter Rank #146used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 这么x2 | Chapter Rank #649so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 多年x6 | Chapter Rank #207many years; for many years; longstanding
- 一家x1 | Chapter Rank #1298the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- 多次x1 | Chapter Rank #1299many times; repeatedly
- 搬家x1 | Chapter Rank #1300to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
- 自然x3 | Chapter Rank #412nature; natural; naturally
- 最终x3 | Chapter Rank #413final; ultimate
- 送达x1 | Chapter Rank #1301to deliver; to serve notice (law)
- 不得x2 | Chapter Rank #650must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- 感谢x2 | Chapter Rank #651to thank; to be grateful
- 极其负责x1 | Chapter Rank #1302
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #1303surname Rento assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 邮政x1 | Chapter Rank #1304postal service; postal
- 工作人员x1 | Chapter Rank #1305staff member
- 要不是x2 | Chapter Rank #652if it were not for; but for
- 五六个x1 | Chapter Rank #1306
- 月x1 | Chapter Rank #1307moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]