Vocabulary: 卷三 坎坷记愁
from 浮生忆语集
- 成人x1 | Chapter Rank #848to reach adulthood; an adult
- 之x6 | Chapter Rank #167(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 事x20 | Chapter Rank #46matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 帮助x3 | Chapter Rank #321assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- 朋友x7 | Chapter Rank #147friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 嫁x1 | Chapter Rank #849(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- 女儿x8 | Chapter Rank #131daughter
- 抚养x2 | Chapter Rank #479to foster; to bring up; to raise
- 儿子x9 | Chapter Rank #115son
- 等等x2 | Chapter Rank #480et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- 事情x7 | Chapter Rank #148affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 不胜枚举x1 | Chapter Rank #850too numerous to mention individually or one by one
- 挥金如土x1 | Chapter Rank #851lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
- 但x11 | Chapter Rank #90but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 多半x1 | Chapter Rank #852most; mostly; most likely
- 别人x2 | Chapter Rank #481other people; others; other person
- 用x5 | Chapter Rank #200to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 我们x52 | Chapter Rank #16we; us; ourselves; our
- 夫妇x6 | Chapter Rank #168a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- 在家x1 | Chapter Rank #853to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- 过日子x3 | Chapter Rank #322to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along
- 有时x2 | Chapter Rank #482sometimes; now and then
- 需要x2 | Chapter Rank #483to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 用钱x1 | Chapter Rank #854to spend money
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #855have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 去x66 | Chapter Rank #10to 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)
- 典卖x1 | Chapter Rank #856
- 家当x1 | Chapter Rank #857familial property; belongings
- 刚x6 | Chapter Rank #169(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 开始x2 | Chapter Rank #484to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 借x5 | Chapter Rank #201to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 东x1 | Chapter Rank #858surname Dongeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- 补x1 | Chapter Rank #859to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- 西x2 | Chapter Rank #485the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanishwest
- 接着x3 | Chapter Rank #323to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- 就x59 | Chapter Rank #11(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 左右为难x1 | Chapter Rank #860(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
- 谚语x2 | Chapter Rank #486proverb
- 说x109 | Chapter Rank #4to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 过x20 | Chapter Rank #47surname Guo(experienced action marker)to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 处x3 | Chapter Rank #324(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, pointto reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- 家x13 | Chapter Rank #70used 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]
- 人情x2 | Chapter Rank #487human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- 非x1 | Chapter Rank #861abbr. 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
- 钱x13 | Chapter Rank #71coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]surname Qian
- 不行x1 | Chapter Rank #862won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 先x11 | Chapter Rank #91beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 招惹x1 | Chapter Rank #863to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
- 起x3 | Chapter Rank #325to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 小人x3 | Chapter Rank #326person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character