Vocabulary: 第一章
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- 明媚x1 | Chapter Rank #277bright and beautiful
- 春天x1 | Chapter Rank #278spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不会x2 | Chapter Rank #129improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 回来x1 | Chapter Rank #279to return; to come back
- 已经x4 | Chapter Rank #63already
- 到x8 | Chapter Rank #29to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 傍晚x2 | Chapter Rank #130in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
- 路旁x1 | Chapter Rank #280roadside
- 灯火x1 | Chapter Rank #281lights
- 还x3 | Chapter Rank #82still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to returnsurname Huan
- 燃起x2 | Chapter Rank #131to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
- 来x5 | Chapter Rank #46to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 一切x2 | Chapter Rank #132everything; every; all
- 逐渐x1 | Chapter Rank #282gradually
- 消失x3 | Chapter Rank #83to disappear; to fade away
- 灰暗x2 | Chapter Rank #133dull gray; drab; murky
- 暮色x2 | Chapter Rank #134twilight
- 里x5 | Chapter Rank #47lining; 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
- 路上x2 | Chapter Rank #135on the road; on the way; en route
- 尽x1 | Chapter Rank #283to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority toto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 水x1 | Chapter Rank #284surname Shui; Shui ethnic groupwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 泥x1 | Chapter Rank #285mud; clay; paste; pulprestrained
- 空气x1 | Chapter Rank #286air; atmosphere
- 寒冷x3 | Chapter Rank #84cold (climate); frigid; very cold
- 个x11 | Chapter Rank #18(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 希望x3 | Chapter Rank #85to hope; a hope; a wish
- 鼓舞x1 | Chapter Rank #287to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
- 僻静x1 | Chapter Rank #288lonely; secluded
- 走x9 | Chapter Rank #26to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 吃力x2 | Chapter Rank #136to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
- 那x6 | Chapter Rank #38(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; howsurname Nasurname Nuo
- 就是x3 | Chapter Rank #86exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 温暖x2 | Chapter Rank #137warm
- 明亮x2 | Chapter Rank #138bright; shining; glittering; to become clear
- 家x4 | Chapter Rank #64used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 三x5 | Chapter Rank #48surname Santhree; 3
- 弟x5 | Chapter Rank #49younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- 快点x1 | Chapter Rank #289to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on!
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #290to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 一个十八岁x1 | Chapter Rank #291
- 青年x2 | Chapter Rank #139youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- 一手x1 | Chapter Rank #292a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- 拿x1 | Chapter Rank #293to 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)
- 手提x1 | Chapter Rank #294portable
- 棉袍x1 | Chapter Rank #295
- 下x2 | Chapter Rank #140down; 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
- 幅x1 | Chapter Rank #296width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- 掉x2 | Chapter Rank #141to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 过头x2 | Chapter Rank #142to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
- 看x4 | Chapter Rank #65to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for