Vocabulary: 第十三回 五湖废人
from 射雕英雄传(二)
- 后院x1 | Chapter Rank #2461rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
- 围墙x3 | Chapter Rank #892perimeter wall; fence; CL:道[dao4]
- 察看x2 | Chapter Rank #1343to watch; to look carefully at
- 地势x1 | Chapter Rank #2462terrain; topography relief
- 扳着x1 | Chapter Rank #2463
- 手指x8 | Chapter Rank #326finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 默默x1 | Chapter Rank #2464in silence; not speaking
- 算了x1 | Chapter Rank #2465let it be; let it pass; forget about it
- 几遍x1 | Chapter Rank #2466
- 地下x13 | Chapter Rank #190underground; subterranean; covert
- 踏x1 | Chapter Rank #2467see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spot
- 脚步x7 | Chapter Rank #374footstep; step
- 数步x3 | Chapter Rank #893
- 子x2 | Chapter Rank #1344noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 震x3 | Chapter Rank #894to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 颐x1 | Chapter Rank #2468(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
- 复x2 | Chapter Rank #1345to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry outto repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicateto reply to a letter
- 七x2 | Chapter Rank #1346seven; 7
- 坤x1 | Chapter Rank #2469one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- 一处x1 | Chapter Rank #2470
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #668only 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")
- 另外x3 | Chapter Rank #895additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
- 机关x1 | Chapter Rank #2471mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- 跃上x3 | Chapter Rank #896
- 墙头x1 | Chapter Rank #2472
- 墙x1 | Chapter Rank #2473wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])
- 黄蓉才x1 | Chapter Rank #2474
- 按着x1 | Chapter Rank #2475
- 伏羲x1 | Chapter Rank #2476Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
- 六十四x1 | Chapter Rank #2477
- 卦x1 | Chapter Rank #2478divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 方位x2 | Chapter Rank #1347direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth
- 术x1 | Chapter Rank #2479method; techniquevarious genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
- 最x8 | Chapter Rank #327(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 拿手x1 | Chapter Rank #2480expert in; good at
- 旁人x2 | Chapter Rank #1348other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
- 不了x1 | Chapter Rank #2481(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantlyno thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
- 攀x1 | Chapter Rank #2482to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
- 小丘x1 | Chapter Rank #2483hill; knoll
- 一行x1 | Chapter Rank #2484party; delegation
- 高举x1 | Chapter Rank #2485to lift up; to hold high
- 火把x1 | Chapter Rank #2486torch; CL:把[ba3]
- 走向x4 | Chapter Rank #669direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- 黄蓉拉x2 | Chapter Rank #1349
- 衣袖x2 | Chapter Rank #1350the sleeve of a garment
- 展开x1 | Chapter Rank #2487to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- 轻功x2 | Chapter Rank #1351(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
- 追x4 | Chapter Rank #670to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- 奔x9 | Chapter Rank #290to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
- 临近x3 | Chapter Rank #897to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)