Vocabulary: 第十七章 微妙的平衡
from 黑暗精灵三部曲
- 挡x2 | Chapter Rank #282to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)to arrange; to put in order
- 下x5 | Chapter Rank #102down; 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
- 沉重x1 | Chapter Rank #551heavy; hard; serious; critical
- 头颅x2 | Chapter Rank #283head; skull
- 还x4 | Chapter Rank #133surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 凶狠x1 | Chapter Rank #552cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- 地x33 | Chapter Rank #10-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 往下压x1 | Chapter Rank #553
- 逼迫x1 | Chapter Rank #554to force; to compel; to coerce
- 扭x1 | Chapter Rank #555to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips
- 身后x4 | Chapter Rank #134the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 渴望x1 | Chapter Rank #556to thirst for; to long for
- 鲜血x2 | Chapter Rank #284blood
- 尖x9 | Chapter Rank #59pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- 带x2 | Chapter Rank #285band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 距离x1 | Chapter Rank #557distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- 脸x3 | Chapter Rank #188face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #135only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 一英寸x1 | Chapter Rank #558
- 划x1 | Chapter Rank #559to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #560big; 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]
- 角斗场x5 | Chapter Rank #103wrestling ring
- 看x2 | Chapter Rank #286to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out forto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 台上x2 | Chapter Rank #287on stage
- 全都x2 | Chapter Rank #288all; without exception
- 起来x2 | Chapter Rank #289to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2](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]
- 兴奋x3 | Chapter Rank #189excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- 感应x2 | Chapter Rank #290response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance
- 流水x2 | Chapter Rank #291running water; (business) turnover
- 般x1 | Chapter Rank #561see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]used in 般若[bo1 re3]sort; kind; class; way; manner
- 诡异x1 | Chapter Rank #562strange; weird
- 声音x3 | Chapter Rank #190voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 议论纷纷x1 | Chapter Rank #563to discuss spiritedly (idiom); tongues are wagging
- 一些x4 | Chapter Rank #136some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 开始x4 | Chapter Rank #137to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 迫不及待x2 | Chapter Rank #292(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
- 想要x4 | Chapter Rank #138to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- 收取x1 | Chapter Rank #564to receive; to collect
- 赢得x2 | Chapter Rank #293to win; to gain
- 赌注x1 | Chapter Rank #565stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake
- 另x3 | Chapter Rank #191other; another; separate; separately
- 一些则x1 | Chapter Rank #566
- 攥x2 | Chapter Rank #294(coll.) to hold; to grip; to grasp
- 拳头x1 | Chapter Rank #567fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
- 表示x1 | Chapter Rank #568(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- 拒绝x1 | Chapter Rank #569to refuse; to decline; to reject
- 很x3 | Chapter Rank #192very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 担心x2 | Chapter Rank #295anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 勇士x3 | Chapter Rank #193a warrior; a brave person
- 认输x3 | Chapter Rank #194to concede; to admit defeat