Vocabulary: 三体
- general headquarters
- building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- ensign; flag
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- to stir restlessly; to be agitated; commotion; agitation
- to wave; to flutter; to fly
- to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- to thirst for; to long for
- tinder; source of a fire; inflammable material; (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
- commander
- see 心急火燎[xin1 ji2 huo3 liao3]
- (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])
- to be afraid
- defender; a guard
- 那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- fighter; soldier; warrior; CL:個|个[ge4]
- beginning of the year
- to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- to inspect; to review (troops etc); military review
- to compare
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- young and tender; puerile; soft and immature
- many; a lot of; much
- 怕 Pà: 怕 Pa4: surname Pa怕 pà: 怕 pa4: to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- stove; oven; furnace
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight; chock full
- strong; intense; spirited; virulent
- explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
- detonator; fuse
- to establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- they; them
- magnet
- power switch; gas valve; to open the city (or frontier) gate; to open and close; to switch on and off
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- to burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
- those
- small; tiny; few; young
- Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)