Vocabulary: 春光荏苒如梦蝶
from 明朝一哥王阳明
- 水x3 | Chapter Rank #51water; (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 garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 耳x1 | Chapter Rank #205ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 哑然失笑x1 | Chapter Rank #206to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
- 道x4 | Chapter Rank #37road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 此x3 | Chapter Rank #52this; these
- 佯狂x1 | Chapter Rank #207to feign madness
- 避世x1 | Chapter Rank #208to shun the world
- 也x7 | Chapter Rank #16surname 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]
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #79only 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")
- 他x10 | Chapter Rank #10(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 能x5 | Chapter Rank #28surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 懂x1 | Chapter Rank #209to understand; to comprehend
- 阳明x24 | Chapter Rank #3see 陽明區|阳明区[Yang2 ming2 Qu1]
- 这x7 | Chapter Rank #17(coll.) this(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)
- 套x1 | Chapter Rank #210to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- 虚虚实实x1 | Chapter Rank #211hard to tell if it's real or sham
- 艺术x1 | Chapter Rank #212art
- 因此x1 | Chapter Rank #213thus; consequently; as a result
- 古人x1 | Chapter Rank #214people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- 曰x2 | Chapter Rank #80to speak; to say
- 知音x1 | Chapter Rank #215intimate friend; soul mate
- 世x1 | Chapter Rank #216surname Shilife; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- 所x1 | Chapter Rank #217actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 稀x1 | Chapter Rank #218sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery; (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup"); (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
- 数月x1 | Chapter Rank #219several months
- 不见x1 | Chapter Rank #220not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- 王x3 | Chapter Rank #53(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; greatsurname Wang
- 华x3 | Chapter Rank #54Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Huaabbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflower
- 老x1 | Chapter Rank #221prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 许多x2 | Chapter Rank #81many; a lot of; much
- 望x5 | Chapter Rank #29full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 斑白x1 | Chapter Rank #222grizzled; graying
- 鬓角x1 | Chapter Rank #223sideburns; temples; hair on the temples
- 阳明心x1 | Chapter Rank #224
- 下x1 | Chapter Rank #225down; 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
- 愧疚x1 | Chapter Rank #226to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
- 不已x1 | Chapter Rank #227(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
- 少时x1 | Chapter Rank #228
- 顽劣x1 | Chapter Rank #229stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
- 现在x2 | Chapter Rank #82now; at present; currently
- 身x1 | Chapter Rank #230body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 遭此x1 | Chapter Rank #231
- 祸x1 | Chapter Rank #232disaster; misfortune; calamity
- 为x6 | Chapter Rank #19as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 自己x4 | Chapter Rank #38oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 操x1 | Chapter Rank #233to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)
- 多少x1 | Chapter Rank #234number; amount; somewhathow much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
- 心x1 | Chapter Rank #235heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 根本x1 | Chapter Rank #236fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #237haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be