Vocabulary: 第十七章
from 家
- 做事x1 | Chapter Rank #667to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 比x3 | Chapter Rank #182to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 一般x2 | Chapter Rank #309same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 开通x1 | Chapter Rank #668to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)open-minded
- 留学生x1 | Chapter Rank #669student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
- 死x1 | Chapter Rank #670to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 将近x1 | Chapter Rank #671almost; nearly; close to
- 五x1 | Chapter Rank #672five; 5
- 肯x2 | Chapter Rank #310to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 续娶x1 | Chapter Rank #673to remarry
- 家里x1 | Chapter Rank #674home
- 独x1 | Chapter Rank #675alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 养女x1 | Chapter Rank #676adopted daughter
- 自幼x1 | Chapter Rank #677since childhood; from a young age
- 老x1 | Chapter Rank #678prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 奶妈x1 | Chapter Rank #679wet nurse
- 环境x1 | Chapter Rank #680environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 长大x1 | Chapter Rank #681to grow up
- 性格x1 | Chapter Rank #682nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #683only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 显x2 | Chapter Rank #311to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- 差异x1 | Chapter Rank #684difference; discrepancy
- 留在x1 | Chapter Rank #685
- 英x3 | Chapter Rank #183hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossomUnited Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
- 这几天来x1 | Chapter Rank #686
- 快活x1 | Chapter Rank #687happy; cheerful
- 虽然x2 | Chapter Rank #312although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 比较x1 | Chapter Rank #688to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 冷淡x1 | Chapter Rank #689cold; indifferent
- 初x1 | Chapter Rank #690(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 八日晚上x1 | Chapter Rank #691
- 年轻人x2 | Chapter Rank #313young people; youngster
- 经过x1 | Chapter Rank #692to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 两三天x1 | Chapter Rank #693
- 布置x1 | Chapter Rank #694to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
- 以x2 | Chapter Rank #314abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 长辈x2 | Chapter Rank #315one's elders; older generation
- 请x3 | Chapter Rank #184to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 放烟火x1 | Chapter Rank #695
- 拗不过x1 | Chapter Rank #696can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
- 热烈x1 | Chapter Rank #697enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- 请求x1 | Chapter Rank #698to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 果然x1 | Chapter Rank #699really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- 除了x3 | Chapter Rank #185apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- 祖父x1 | Chapter Rank #700father's father; paternal grandfather
- 受x1 | Chapter Rank #701to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- 不住x1 | Chapter Rank #702(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- 夜间x1 | Chapter Rank #703nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
- 右边x1 | Chapter Rank #704right side; right, to the right
- 进去x1 | Chapter Rank #705to go in