Vocabulary: 三体
- what?; something; anything
- didn't expect
- this year
- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- 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)
- one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- single volume edition; offprint
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- actually; in fact; really
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- among; in; included among these
- 占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- one tenth
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- impossible to get rid of
- 精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking
- specter; apparition; ghost
- although; even though
- sphere
- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- sequel; next episode (of TV series etc)
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to regard as; to look upon as
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- next; later; after that
- to continue; to go on; to last
- physicist
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- important; significant; major
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- forever; eternal
- to disappear; to fade away
- 林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- I; me; my