Vocabulary: 家
- Tolstoy (name); Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
- to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- title page; flyleaf; end paper
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (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
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- a line of verse; a sentence
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- to live; life; livelihood
- itself; in itself; per se
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
- we; us; ourselves; our
- to 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])
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 什 shén: 什 shen2: what什 shí: 什 shi2: ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
- tiny; insignificant
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo
- handsome; large; long
- Roland (name)
- to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- for the sake of; for the purpose of
- to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- world
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)