Vocabulary: 前言
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- 事x5 | Chapter Rank #51matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #354but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 很少x1 | Chapter Rank #355
- 多少x1 | Chapter Rank #356how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?number; amount; somewhat
- 有点儿x2 | Chapter Rank #169slightly; a little; somewhat
- 愚蠢x1 | Chapter Rank #357silly; stupid
- 说x10 | Chapter Rank #20to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 创业者x1 | Chapter Rank #358entrepreneur
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #359(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 必须x1 | Chapter Rank #360to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 一件x1 | Chapter Rank #361
- 做好x1 | Chapter Rank #362
- 否则x1 | Chapter Rank #363otherwise; if not; or (else)
- 就x2 | Chapter Rank #170(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 ...
- 别x1 | Chapter Rank #364to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])surname Bieto make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 去x2 | Chapter Rank #171to 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)
- 大x2 | Chapter Rank #172big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 情况x1 | Chapter Rank #365circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 史蒂夫x2 | Chapter Rank #173Steve (male name)
- 乔布斯x1 | Chapter Rank #366see 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯[Shi3 di4 fu1 Qiao2 bu4 si1]
- 持有x1 | Chapter Rank #367to hold (passport, views etc)
- 另x1 | Chapter Rank #368other; another; separate; separately
- 观点x1 | Chapter Rank #369point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 总和x1 | Chapter Rank #370sum
- 争论x1 | Chapter Rank #371to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- 他x6 | Chapter Rank #40(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 经常x1 | Chapter Rank #372frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 太x1 | Chapter Rank #373highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 多x3 | Chapter Rank #97many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 则x2 | Chapter Rank #174(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 回应x1 | Chapter Rank #374to respond; response
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #375road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 得x1 | Chapter Rank #376to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedstructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto have to; must; ought to; to need toused in 得瑟[de4 se5]
- 不够x1 | Chapter Rank #377not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 已经x4 | Chapter Rank #68already
- 远远x2 | Chapter Rank #175distant; by far
- 超出x2 | Chapter Rank #176to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach
- 最初x1 | Chapter Rank #378first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- 使命x2 | Chapter Rank #177mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- 即x2 | Chapter Rank #178namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 整合x2 | Chapter Rank #179to conform; to integrate
- 信息x2 | Chapter Rank #180information; news; message
- 人人x1 | Chapter Rank #379everyone; every person
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #380all; each and every; in all cases
- 访问x1 | Chapter Rank #381to visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc); (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story); CL:次[ci4]
- 加州x6 | Chapter Rank #41California
- 生命x7 | Chapter Rank #33life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 团队x4 | Chapter Rank #69team
- 正在x4 | Chapter Rank #70to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 研究x4 | Chapter Rank #71research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into