Vocabulary: 前言
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- 下来x1 | Chapter Rank #115to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 最后x1 | Chapter Rank #116final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 是不是x1 | Chapter Rank #117is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- 这个x2 | Chapter Rank #35(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 主人公x1 | Chapter Rank #118hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
- 样子x2 | Chapter Rank #36appearance; manner; pattern; model
- 暂x1 | Chapter Rank #119temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]to scurry
- 名为x1 | Chapter Rank #120to be called; to be known as
- 地球x1 | Chapter Rank #121the earth
- 往事x1 | Chapter Rank #122past events; former happenings
- 系列x1 | Chapter Rank #123series; set
- 第一部x1 | Chapter Rank #124
- 更x2 | Chapter Rank #37to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 长x2 | Chapter Rank #38long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #125to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 关于x1 | Chapter Rank #126pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 背叛x2 | Chapter Rank #39to betray
- 生存x2 | Chapter Rank #40to exist; to survive
- 死亡x2 | Chapter Rank #41to die; death
- 有时候x1 | Chapter Rank #127sometimes
- 比起x1 | Chapter Rank #128compared with
- 还是x1 | Chapter Rank #129still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 来x1 | Chapter Rank #130to 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])
- 忠诚x1 | Chapter Rank #131devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #132might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 更是x1 | Chapter Rank #133even more (so)
- 疯狂x1 | Chapter Rank #134crazy; frenzied; wild
- 偏执x1 | Chapter Rank #135extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
- 最终x1 | Chapter Rank #136final; ultimate
- 将x5 | Chapter Rank #11will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to request
- 人类文明x1 | Chapter Rank #137
- 内部x1 | Chapter Rank #138interior; inside (part, section); internal
- 异化x1 | Chapter Rank #139alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation
- 怎样x1 | Chapter Rank #140how; what kind
- 力量x1 | Chapter Rank #141power; force; strength
- 冷酷x1 | Chapter Rank #142unfeeling; callous
- 星空x1 | Chapter Rank #143starry sky; the star-studded heavens
- 如何x1 | Chapter Rank #144how; what way; what
- 拷问x1 | Chapter Rank #145to question via torture
- 心中x1 | Chapter Rank #146central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- 道德x1 | Chapter Rank #147virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 作者x1 | Chapter Rank #148author; writer
- 试图x1 | Chapter Rank #149to attempt; to try
- 讲述x2 | Chapter Rank #42to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- 部x1 | Chapter Rank #150ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 光年x1 | Chapter Rank #151light-year
- 尺度x1 | Chapter Rank #152scale; yardstick
- 上x2 | Chapter Rank #43used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1](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
- 重新x1 | Chapter Rank #153again; once more; re-
- 演绎x1 | Chapter Rank #154(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer