Vocabulary: 第十三章 闷热地方的一阵清风
from 南方与北方
- 空中x1 | Chapter Rank #717in the sky; in the air
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #718seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 纤细x1 | Chapter Rank #719fine; slim; tender
- 白x2 | Chapter Rank #318surname Bai; Bai ethnic groupwhite; 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 opera
- 灰尘x3 | Chapter Rank #187dust
- 缠绕着x1 | Chapter Rank #720
- 越x2 | Chapter Rank #319generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 裹x1 | Chapter Rank #721to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- 紧x2 | Chapter Rank #320tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- 不管怎样x1 | Chapter Rank #722in any case; no matter what
- 许多x2 | Chapter Rank #321many; a lot of; much
- 成x2 | Chapter Rank #322to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenthsurname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 废人x2 | Chapter Rank #323handicapped person; useless person
- 吐血x1 | Chapter Rank #723to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
- 咳嗽x1 | Chapter Rank #724to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 他们x4 | Chapter Rank #133they; them
- 伤害x1 | Chapter Rank #725to injure; to harm
- 难道x1 | Chapter Rank #726don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 办法x1 | Chapter Rank #727way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 有些x2 | Chapter Rank #324some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- 一头x1 | Chapter Rank #728one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- 装x3 | Chapter Rank #188adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 轮子x5 | Chapter Rank #96wheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 出x3 | Chapter Rank #189to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 一股风x1 | Chapter Rank #729
- 吹x1 | Chapter Rank #730to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- 花x1 | Chapter Rank #731surname Huaflower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 许多许多x1 | Chapter Rank #732
- 钱x2 | Chapter Rank #325coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]surname Qian
- 五六百x1 | Chapter Rank #733
- 镑x1 | Chapter Rank #734pound (sterling) (loanword)
- 生x2 | Chapter Rank #326to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 利润x1 | Chapter Rank #735profits
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #736only 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")
- 几个x1 | Chapter Rank #737a few; several; how many
- 厂主x2 | Chapter Rank #327factory owner
- 乐意x2 | Chapter Rank #328to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied
- 不乐意x1 | Chapter Rank #738
- 吞x3 | Chapter Rank #190to swallow; to take
- 那么x4 | Chapter Rank #134like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 久x1 | Chapter Rank #739(of a period of time) long
- 早已x1 | Chapter Rank #740for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- 习惯x1 | Chapter Rank #741habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 反而x1 | Chapter Rank #742on the contrary; instead
- 肚子饿x1 | Chapter Rank #743
- 工资x1 | Chapter Rank #744wages; pay; CL:份[fen4]
- 应该x1 | Chapter Rank #745ought to; should; must
- 提高x1 | Chapter Rank #746to raise; to increase; to improve
- 这么一来x1 | Chapter Rank #747
- 工人x1 | Chapter Rank #748worker; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]