Vocabulary: 第十五回 神龙摆尾
from 射雕英雄传（二）
- 要x40 | Chapter Rank #38to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 借x2 | Chapter Rank #736to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 宝x1 | Chapter Rank #1211jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 庄x2 | Chapter Rank #737farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)surname Zhuang
- 后x16 | Chapter Rank #83surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 厅x10 | Chapter Rank #157(reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
- 用x15 | Chapter Rank #93to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 挽x1 | Chapter Rank #1212to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recoverto draw (a cart); to lament the dead
- 手臂x4 | Chapter Rank #399arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- 大踏步x1 | Chapter Rank #1213in big strides; (fig.) in giant steps
- 向后走x1 | Chapter Rank #1214
- 江南x6 | Chapter Rank #263region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- 六x13 | Chapter Rank #115used in place namessix; 6
- 怪x9 | Chapter Rank #175odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- 个个x2 | Chapter Rank #738each one individually; each and every
- 喜x4 | Chapter Rank #400to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- 动x8 | Chapter Rank #191(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 颜色x1 | Chapter Rank #1215color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- 天网恢恢x1 | Chapter Rank #1216lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape; you can't run from the long arm of the law
- 这里x7 | Chapter Rank #217here
- 撞见x1 | Chapter Rank #1217to meet by accident
- 恶贼x1 | Chapter Rank #1218
- 姓名x1 | Chapter Rank #1219surname and given name; full name
- 哪里x5 | Chapter Rank #323where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- 当年x3 | Chapter Rank #520in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of lifethat very same year
- 七x2 | Chapter Rank #739seven; 7
- 兄妹x1 | Chapter Rank #1220brother(s) and sister(s)
- 万里x1 | Chapter Rank #1221far away; thousands of miles; 10,000 liWan Li (1916-2015), PRC politicianWanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 追踪x1 | Chapter Rank #1222to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
- 就是x7 | Chapter Rank #218exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 此人x4 | Chapter Rank #401
- 父子x3 | Chapter Rank #521father and son
- 与x31 | Chapter Rank #53to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 不知x13 | Chapter Rank #116not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 用意x3 | Chapter Rank #522intention; purpose
- 都x40 | Chapter Rank #39surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 跟x19 | Chapter Rank #69heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 他的x6 | Chapter Rank #264
- 身后x3 | Chapter Rank #523the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 走向x2 | Chapter Rank #740direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- 家丁x2 | Chapter Rank #741(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
- 掌上x3 | Chapter Rank #524
- 烛火x1 | Chapter Rank #1223candle flame
- 烦x1 | Chapter Rank #1224to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- 纸笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1225
- 应x2 | Chapter Rank #742to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withto agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
- 取x2 | Chapter Rank #743to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 来x43 | Chapter Rank #35to 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])
- 二x4 | Chapter Rank #402two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 请x10 | Chapter Rank #158to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request