Vocabulary: 第一章 费边
from 密码女王
- 褪色x1 | Chapter Rank #1720(of colors) to fade; also pr. [tui4shai3]
- 皮革x2 | Chapter Rank #630leather; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- 木头x1 | Chapter Rank #1721wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- 头x2 | Chapter Rank #631head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]suffix for nouns
- 羊皮纸x1 | Chapter Rank #1722parchment
- 纸x1 | Chapter Rank #1723paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- 牛皮纸x1 | Chapter Rank #1724kraft paper
- 特殊x1 | Chapter Rank #1725special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- 材料x1 | Chapter Rank #1726(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- 手写x1 | Chapter Rank #1727to write by hand
- 书籍x2 | Chapter Rank #632books; works
- 争议x1 | Chapter Rank #1728controversy; dispute; to dispute
- 祖传x1 | Chapter Rank #1729passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- 神秘x1 | Chapter Rank #1730mysterious; mystery
- 无法解释x1 | Chapter Rank #1731
- 前世x1 | Chapter Rank #1732previous life; former incarnation
- 阿拉伯文x1 | Chapter Rank #1733Arabic (language & writing)
- 装帧x2 | Chapter Rank #633binding and layout (of a book etc)
- 特色x1 | Chapter Rank #1734a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- 两条x1 | Chapter Rank #1735
- 题词x1 | Chapter Rank #1736inscription; dedication
- 德里x1 | Chapter Rank #1737Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3]
- 国王x2 | Chapter Rank #634king
- 宫殿x1 | Chapter Rank #1738palace; CL:座[zuo4]
- 正好x1 | Chapter Rank #1739just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- 暴乱x1 | Chapter Rank #1740riot; rebellion; revolt
- 七天x1 | Chapter Rank #1741
- 二条x1 | Chapter Rank #1742
- 皮x1 | Chapter Rank #1743skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)surname Pi
- 一笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1744
- 特别x1 | Chapter Rank #1745unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 交易x1 | Chapter Rank #1746to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 辛辛那提x1 | Chapter Rank #1747Cincinnati, Ohio
- 五金x1 | Chapter Rank #1748metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1 yin2 tong2 tie3 xi1]
- 商x1 | Chapter Rank #1749commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 手里x1 | Chapter Rank #1750in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- 包括x2 | Chapter Rank #635to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- 四次x1 | Chapter Rank #1751fourth; four times; quartic
- 重印x2 | Chapter Rank #636to reprint
- 二次x1 | Chapter Rank #1752second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
- 初版x1 | Chapter Rank #1753
- 浏览x1 | Chapter Rank #1754to skim over; to browse
- 穿过x3 | Chapter Rank #369to pass through
- 门厅x1 | Chapter Rank #1755entrance hall; vestibule
- 走进x2 | Chapter Rank #637to enter; to step into
- 富丽堂皇x1 | Chapter Rank #1756(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
- 罗马式x1 | Chapter Rank #1757
- 柜台x1 | Chapter Rank #1758sales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
- 拦住x1 | Chapter Rank #1759to stop; to bar the way
- 上下x1 | Chapter Rank #1760the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")