Vocabulary: 第十四章 适当的尊敬
from 黑暗精灵三部曲
- 半空中x1 | Chapter Rank #1122in midair; in the air
- 抓住x1 | Chapter Rank #1123to grab hold of; to capture
- 事实x2 | Chapter Rank #463fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 弟弟x4 | Chapter Rank #200younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 搞清楚x1 | Chapter Rank #1124
- 地位x4 | Chapter Rank #201position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 毫不掩饰x1 | Chapter Rank #1125
- 威胁x5 | Chapter Rank #163to threaten; to menace
- 不管x2 | Chapter Rank #464not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 里x1 | Chapter Rank #1126lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 还是x2 | Chapter Rank #465still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 拳头x1 | Chapter Rank #1127fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
- 手中x1 | Chapter Rank #1128
- 抽x1 | Chapter Rank #1129to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- 地狱x1 | Chapter Rank #1130hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
- 吧x2 | Chapter Rank #466bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!
- 当着x1 | Chapter Rank #1131in front of; in the presence of
- 面x1 | Chapter Rank #1132face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etcflour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- 直言不讳x1 | Chapter Rank #1133to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
- 家里x1 | Chapter Rank #1134home
- 注意x2 | Chapter Rank #467to take note of; to pay attention to
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #468hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 握住x1 | Chapter Rank #1135to grip; to hold
- 剑x2 | Chapter Rank #469double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- 往后x1 | Chapter Rank #1136from now on; in the future; time to come
- 出鞘x1 | Chapter Rank #1137(of a sword etc) to unsheath
- 哥哥x4 | Chapter Rank #202older brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 先x3 | Chapter Rank #282beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 动手x2 | Chapter Rank #470to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb; to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
- 自卫x2 | Chapter Rank #471to defend oneself; self-defense
- 小心x1 | Chapter Rank #1138to be careful; to take care
- 思索x1 | Chapter Rank #1139to think deeply; to ponder
- 行动x2 | Chapter Rank #472operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- 出手x1 | Chapter Rank #1140to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- 获胜x2 | Chapter Rank #473to win
- 有人x2 | Chapter Rank #474someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 质疑x2 | Chapter Rank #475to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)
- 叛逆x1 | Chapter Rank #1141to rebel; to revolt; a rebel
- 惩罚x1 | Chapter Rank #1142penalty; punishment; to punish
- 马x2 | Chapter Rank #476surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 烈x2 | Chapter Rank #477ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- 丝x3 | Chapter Rank #283silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- 主母x3 | Chapter Rank #284
- 不会x5 | Chapter Rank #164improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 例外x1 | Chapter Rank #1143exception; to be an exception
- 战场x1 | Chapter Rank #1144battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 札x4 | Chapter Rank #203thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China); a kind of official document (in former times); letter; note; plague
- 克x4 | Chapter Rank #204abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatiato be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 aresKe (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- 纳x3 | Chapter Rank #285to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewingsurname Na
- 梵x7 | Chapter Rank #92abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican