Vocabulary: 三体
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- to inform; to notify
- universe; cosmos; space
- sociology
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- self-evident truth; (math.) axiom
- concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- crisis
- calendar era; epoch
- CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini)
- 长征 Cháng zhēng: 长征 Chang2 zheng1: Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)长征 cháng zhēng: 长征 chang2 zheng1: expedition; long journey
- rocket; CL:枚[mei2]
- to research and manufacture; to research and to develop
- engine; motor; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- planet; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- defense; to defend
- council
- strategy
- bureau chief; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- Thomas (male name)
- 章 Zhāng: 章 Zhang1: surname Zhang章 zhāng: 章 zhang1: chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order
- 北海 Běi Hǎi: 北海 Bei3 Hai3: North Sea (in Europe); historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖[Bei4 jia1 er3 Hu2], Russia北海 Běi hǎi: 北海 Bei3 hai3: see 北海公園|北海公园[Bei3 hai3 Gong1 yuan2]; see 北海市[Bei3 hai3 Shi4]
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- to arrive; most; to; until
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
- to flee; to go into exile
- -ism; ideology
- abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会[Lian2 he2 guo2 Da4 hui4], United Nations General Assembly; abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学[Guo2 li4 Xi1 nan2 Lian2 he2 Da4 xue2], National Southwest Combined University
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (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)
- illegal
- to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism); (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc