Vocabulary: 第一章
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- 加速x1 | Chapter Rank #572to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
- 一转眼x1 | Chapter Rank #573in the blink of an eye
- 走入x1 | Chapter Rank #574to walk into
- 清静x1 | Chapter Rank #575quiet; peaceful and quiet
- 街灯x1 | Chapter Rank #576streetlight
- 方形x1 | Chapter Rank #577square; square-shaped
- 玻璃罩x1 | Chapter Rank #578glass cover; bell glass
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #579son; 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-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 清x1 | Chapter Rank #580Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- 油灯x1 | Chapter Rank #581oil lamp
- 光x1 | Chapter Rank #582light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 寒风x2 | Chapter Rank #209cold wind
- 显得x1 | Chapter Rank #583to seem; to look; to appear
- 孤寂x1 | Chapter Rank #584lonesome; desolate
- 灯柱x1 | Chapter Rank #585lamppost
- 影子x1 | Chapter Rank #586shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 淡淡地x1 | Chapter Rank #587
- 躺x1 | Chapter Rank #588to recline; to lie down
- 街x2 | Chapter Rank #210street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 寥寥x1 | Chapter Rank #589very few
- 几个x2 | Chapter Rank #211a few; several; how many
- 匆忙x1 | Chapter Rank #590hasty; hurried
- 一些x1 | Chapter Rank #591some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 脚印x2 | Chapter Rank #212footprint
- 默默地x1 | Chapter Rank #592
- 深深x1 | Chapter Rank #593deep; profound
- 疲倦x1 | Chapter Rank #594to tire; tired
- 睡x1 | Chapter Rank #595to sleep; to lie down
- 不想x1 | Chapter Rank #596unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 动一动x1 | Chapter Rank #597
- 直到x1 | Chapter Rank #598until
- 脚x1 | Chapter Rank #599foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- 压x1 | Chapter Rank #600to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressureused in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- 它们x3 | Chapter Rank #112they; them
- 身上x2 | Chapter Rank #213on the body; at hand; among
- 一阵x1 | Chapter Rank #601a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- 低微x1 | Chapter Rank #602meager (wages); humble (social status); feeble (voice)
- 叹声x1 | Chapter Rank #603
- 被x1 | Chapter Rank #604quilt; 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")
- 压碎x1 | Chapter Rank #605to crush to pieces
- 奇怪x1 | Chapter Rank #606strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- 形状x1 | Chapter Rank #607form; shape
- 白x1 | Chapter Rank #608white; 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 operasurname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- 无际x1 | Chapter Rank #609limitless; boundless
- 长x2 | Chapter Rank #214chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhancelong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- 不再x1 | Chapter Rank #610no more; no longer
- 清清楚楚x1 | Chapter Rank #611
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #612only 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")
- 大的x3 | Chapter Rank #113
- 小的x1 | Chapter Rank #613(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)