Vocabulary: 自序
from 过得刚好
- 黄金屋x2 | Chapter Rank #62lit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence
- 和x4 | Chapter Rank #18to complete a set in mahjong or playing cardssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 都x8 | Chapter Rank #8capital city; metropolisall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allsurname Du
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #124to meet; to run into; to come across
- 但x3 | Chapter Rank #39but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 依然x1 | Chapter Rank #125still; as before
- 爱x2 | Chapter Rank #63to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 几张x1 | Chapter Rank #126
- 纸x1 | Chapter Rank #127paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- 一支x1 | Chapter Rank #128
- 笔x1 | Chapter Rank #129writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #130to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 心中x1 | Chapter Rank #131central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- 事x1 | Chapter Rank #132matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #64to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #133to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 觉得x1 | Chapter Rank #134to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 很x4 | Chapter Rank #19very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 快乐x2 | Chapter Rank #65happy; joyful
- 回头x1 | Chapter Rank #135to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- 翻看x1 | Chapter Rank #136to browse; to look over (books)
- 这些x8 | Chapter Rank #9these
- 文字x2 | Chapter Rank #66character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 时候x2 | Chapter Rank #67time; length of time; moment; period
- 也许x2 | Chapter Rank #68perhaps; maybe
- 事情x2 | Chapter Rank #69affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 已经x3 | Chapter Rank #40already
- 显得x1 | Chapter Rank #137to seem; to look; to appear
- 不再x1 | Chapter Rank #138no more; no longer
- 重要x1 | Chapter Rank #139important; significant; major
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #140but; however
- 感慨x1 | Chapter Rank #141to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 从中x1 | Chapter Rank #142from within; therefrom
- 能x6 | Chapter Rank #10surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 看到x5 | Chapter Rank #15to see
- 年x4 | Chapter Rank #20surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 心路历程x2 | Chapter Rank #70
- 身不由己x1 | Chapter Rank #143(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
- 风雨x1 | Chapter Rank #144wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
- 踏歌x1 | Chapter Rank #145to sing and dance; general term for a round dance
- 行x1 | Chapter Rank #146(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soonused in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- 江湖x2 | Chapter Rank #71rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 子弟x1 | Chapter Rank #147child; the younger generation
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #148to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 得x6 | Chapter Rank #11to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural 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 to
- 起来x1 | Chapter Rank #149(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 放x2 | Chapter Rank #72to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 下x1 | Chapter Rank #150down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 放不下x1 | Chapter Rank #151to have no room to put sth; to be unable to let go
- 活x1 | Chapter Rank #152to live; alive; living; work; workmanship