Vocabulary: 王韬|跋
from 浮生忆语集
- 觅句x1 | Chapter Rank #92to search for the right word (of poet)
- 联x1 | Chapter Rank #93(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- 吟x1 | Chapter Rank #94to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- 其x3 | Chapter Rank #13his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 乐x1 | Chapter Rank #95surname Lemusichappy; cheerful; to laughused in place namessurname Yue
- 神仙中人x1 | Chapter Rank #96
- 不啻x1 | Chapter Rank #97just as; no less than; like (sth momentous); as good as; tantamount to
- 也x5 | Chapter Rank #5surname Yealso; 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]
- 曾几何时x1 | Chapter Rank #98just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..
- 一切x1 | Chapter Rank #99everything; every; all
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #100all; each and every; in all cases
- 幻x1 | Chapter Rank #101fantasy
- 此x3 | Chapter Rank #14this; these
- 记x1 | Chapter Rank #102to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 所x4 | Chapter Rank #10actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 由x1 | Chapter Rank #103to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #104(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 少时x1 | Chapter Rank #105
- 尝x1 | Chapter Rank #106to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- 其后x1 | Chapter Rank #107next; later; after that
- 云x1 | Chapter Rank #108(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 从来x1 | Chapter Rank #109always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 理x1 | Chapter Rank #110texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 有x6 | Chapter Rank #3to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 不能x2 | Chapter Rank #35cannot; must not; should not
- 知x1 | Chapter Rank #111to know; to be aware
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #112matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 不x6 | Chapter Rank #4no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 必然x1 | Chapter Rank #113inevitable; certain; necessity
- 情x2 | Chapter Rank #36(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- 不容x1 | Chapter Rank #114must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate
- 已x3 | Chapter Rank #15already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 准x1 | Chapter Rank #115to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light ofaccurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- 以x3 | Chapter Rank #16to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 一生x1 | Chapter Rank #116all one's life; throughout one's life
- 而x5 | Chapter Rank #6and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 或x4 | Chapter Rank #11maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 至x2 | Chapter Rank #37to arrive; most; to; until
- 者x3 | Chapter Rank #17(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 何x2 | Chapter Rank #38what; how; why; which; carrysurname He
- 哉x2 | Chapter Rank #39(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- 盖x1 | Chapter Rank #117surname Gelid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- 得x3 | Chapter Rank #18used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need tostructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 美x2 | Chapter Rank #40(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #41abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 数x1 | Chapter Rank #118(literary) frequently; repeatedlynumber; figure; several; a fewto count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
- 生x2 | Chapter Rank #42to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 修x1 | Chapter Rank #119surname Xiuto decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- 才x5 | Chapter Rank #7ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 有色x1 | Chapter Rank #120colored; non-white; non-ferrous (metals)