Vocabulary: 第二十章
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- 牺牲品x1 | Chapter Rank #847sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #437only 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")
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #848to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 期待x1 | Chapter Rank #849to look forward to; to await; expectation
- 域外x1 | Chapter Rank #850outside the country; abroad; foreign; extraterritorial
- 田x1 | Chapter Rank #851field; farm; CL:片[pian4]surname Tian
- 坎x1 | Chapter Rank #852pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵pit; hole
- 山坡x1 | Chapter Rank #853hillside
- 拿x3 | Chapter Rank #294to 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)
- 生命x2 | Chapter Rank #438life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 作x2 | Chapter Rank #439to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 儿戏x1 | Chapter Rank #854child's play; trifling matter
- 激x1 | Chapter Rank #855to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- 斗x1 | Chapter Rank #856dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped objectabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- 挣扎x2 | Chapter Rank #440to struggle
- 死亡x1 | Chapter Rank #857to die; death
- 思想x2 | Chapter Rank #441thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不断x2 | Chapter Rank #442unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 折磨x2 | Chapter Rank #443to torment; to torture
- 还有x6 | Chapter Rank #139there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- 红x2 | Chapter Rank #444red; popular; revolutionary; bonussurname Hongused in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]
- 白x1 | Chapter Rank #858surname Bai; Bai ethnic groupwhite; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- 影子x1 | Chapter Rank #859shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 晃动x1 | Chapter Rank #860to shake; to sway; to rock
- 时代x1 | Chapter Rank #861Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 引起x1 | Chapter Rank #862to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- 同情x1 | Chapter Rank #863to sympathize with; sympathy
- 响应x1 | Chapter Rank #864to respond to; answer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 法子x1 | Chapter Rank #865way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
- 快x2 | Chapter Rank #445rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 想个办法x2 | Chapter Rank #446
- 哀x1 | Chapter Rank #866Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2](bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- 闭x1 | Chapter Rank #867to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
- 子x5 | Chapter Rank #175noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 落下来x2 | Chapter Rank #447
- 呜咽x1 | Chapter Rank #868to sob; to whimper
- 伤心x1 | Chapter Rank #869to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- 事x4 | Chapter Rank #219matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 只好x1 | Chapter Rank #870to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 各人x1 | Chapter Rank #871each one; everyone
- 命x1 | Chapter Rank #872life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 才x6 | Chapter Rank #140ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 做出x1 | Chapter Rank #873to put out; to issue
- 劝x1 | Chapter Rank #874to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 火柴x1 | Chapter Rank #875match (for lighting fire); CL:根[gen1],盒[he2]
- 擦x1 | Chapter Rank #876to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- 燃x1 | Chapter Rank #877to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- 灯x1 | Chapter Rank #878lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- 豆x1 | Chapter Rank #879legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (old) stemmed cup or bowl
- 暗淡x1 | Chapter Rank #880dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak