Vocabulary: 第八章 线索和谜团
from 黑暗精灵三部曲
- 气馁x1 | Chapter Rank #530to be discouraged
- 们x5 | Chapter Rank #136plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 抓x1 | Chapter Rank #531to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- 本来x1 | Chapter Rank #532original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 落到x1 | Chapter Rank #533
- 心里x1 | Chapter Rank #534chest; heart; mind
- 紧张x2 | Chapter Rank #319nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 交头接耳x1 | Chapter Rank #535to whisper to one another's ear
- 则x2 | Chapter Rank #320(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
- 抓住x2 | Chapter Rank #321to grab hold of; to capture
- 手臂x4 | Chapter Rank #181arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- 将x8 | Chapter Rank #84will; 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)to desire; to invite; to request
- 拉x1 | Chapter Rank #536to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowelsused in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- 一边x1 | Chapter Rank #537one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 再x11 | Chapter Rank #62again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 等x5 | Chapter Rank #137to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 天x3 | Chapter Rank #227day; sky; heaven
- 恳求x1 | Chapter Rank #538to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty
- 如果x5 | Chapter Rank #138if; in case; in the event that
- 成功x1 | Chapter Rank #539Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwanto succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 机会x2 | Chapter Rank #322opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大得多x1 | Chapter Rank #540
- 显然x3 | Chapter Rank #228clearly; evidently; obviously
- 没有x18 | Chapter Rank #36haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 被x12 | Chapter Rank #54quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 动x1 | Chapter Rank #541(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 战斗x3 | Chapter Rank #229to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- 继续x7 | Chapter Rank #98to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 杀死x6 | Chapter Rank #115to kill
- 变成x2 | Chapter Rank #323to change into; to turn into; to become
- 丑x1 | Chapter Rank #542surname Chouclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°shameful; ugly; disgraceful
- 鬼x1 | Chapter Rank #543disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- 自然x1 | Chapter Rank #544nature; natural; naturally
- 你的x5 | Chapter Rank #139
- 承诺x1 | Chapter Rank #545to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
- 考虑x5 | Chapter Rank #140to think over; to consider; consideration
- 并x5 | Chapter Rank #141and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 自尊x1 | Chapter Rank #546self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
- 面孔x1 | Chapter Rank #547face
- 阴沉x1 | Chapter Rank #548gloomy
- 扭曲x1 | Chapter Rank #549to twist; to warp; to distort
- 寸步不让x1 | Chapter Rank #550(idiom) not to yield an inch
- 地区x2 | Chapter Rank #324region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 战队x2 | Chapter Rank #325
- 活动x2 | Chapter Rank #326to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- 那么x5 | Chapter Rank #142like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 马x5 | Chapter Rank #143surname 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
- 多巴x5 | Chapter Rank #144
- 危在旦夕x1 | Chapter Rank #551in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
- 援军x1 | Chapter Rank #552(military) reinforcements