Vocabulary: 文学生活五十年（代序）
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- 有时x3 | Chapter Rank #186sometimes; now and then
- 甚至x4 | Chapter Rank #144even; so much so that
- 废寝忘食x1 | Chapter Rank #490(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
- 但x7 | Chapter Rank #72but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 为了x6 | Chapter Rank #94for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 学习x3 | Chapter Rank #187to learn; to study
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #491rather
- 拿x4 | Chapter Rank #145to 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)
- 它们x3 | Chapter Rank #188they; them
- 消遣x3 | Chapter Rank #189to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- 做梦x1 | Chapter Rank #492to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- 也x29 | Chapter Rank #12surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 想不到x1 | Chapter Rank #493unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
- 自己x23 | Chapter Rank #14oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 会x4 | Chapter Rank #146(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 成为x3 | Chapter Rank #190to become; to turn into
- 小说家x1 | Chapter Rank #494novelistSchool of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- 开始x6 | Chapter Rank #95to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只是x3 | Chapter Rank #191merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 找寻x2 | Chapter Rank #288to look for; to seek; to find fault
- 出路x1 | Chapter Rank #495a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- 出身x1 | Chapter Rank #496to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- 四川x1 | Chapter Rank #497see 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
- 成都x2 | Chapter Rank #289see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
- 官僚x1 | Chapter Rank #498bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- 地主x1 | Chapter Rank #499landlord; landowner; host
- 大家庭x3 | Chapter Rank #192extended family; big family; harmonious group
- 二三十个x2 | Chapter Rank #290
- 所谓x3 | Chapter Rank #193what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 上x19 | Chapter Rank #25used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 等x3 | Chapter Rank #194to 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)
- 和x41 | Chapter Rank #8to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #291down; 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
- 中间x5 | Chapter Rank #114the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 度过x1 | Chapter Rank #500to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- 我的x43 | Chapter Rank #6
- 童年x1 | Chapter Rank #501childhood
- 富裕x1 | Chapter Rank #502prosperous; well-to-do; well-offsee 富裕縣|富裕县[Fu4 yu4 Xian4]
- 环境x3 | Chapter Rank #195environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 里x16 | Chapter Rank #34lining; 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
- 接触x2 | Chapter Rank #292to touch; to contact; access; in touch with
- 听差x1 | Chapter Rank #503
- 轿夫x1 | Chapter Rank #504porter for a palanquin
- 们x7 | Chapter Rank #73plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 悲惨生活x1 | Chapter Rank #505
- 伪善x1 | Chapter Rank #506hypocritical
- 自私x1 | Chapter Rank #507selfish; selfishness
- 长辈x2 | Chapter Rank #293one's elders; older generation
- 压力x1 | Chapter Rank #508pressure
- 听到x1 | Chapter Rank #509to hear